Health

Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa

Baby cousin with cancer inspires girls to sew hospital gowns for sick kids across U.S. and Africa

Craig Fedirighi

FREEHOLD, N.J. — Fighting brain cancer, little Giada Demma was lying in her pediatric hospital bed, her tiny body virtually ...

With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life

With AI Tools, Scientists Can Crack the Code of Life

Albert Wagner

In 2021, AI research lab DeepMind announced the development of its first digital biology neural network, AlphaFold. The model was ...

U.S. doctors perform kidney transplant on awake patient in milestone – National

U.S. doctors perform kidney transplant on awake patient in milestone – National

Craig Fedirighi

A medical team in the United States has performed a rare kidney transplant during which the patient was awake throughout ...

Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Treatments Can’t Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed

Revolutionary Alzheimer’s Treatments Can’t Help Patients Who Go Undiagnosed

Albert Wagner

“The statistics are frightening: Dementia is the biggest killer in the UK. It has been the leading cause of death ...

California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget

California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget

Craig Fedirighi

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers ...

Quebec hospital uses virtual reality to help with nurse shortage

Quebec hospital uses virtual reality to help with nurse shortage

Craig Fedirighi

A hospital in Quebec is using virtual reality to overcome staff shortages and improve access to care, all with the ...

Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay

Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher pay

Craig Fedirighi

More than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent a second day on the picket lines Wednesday carrying signs that ...

Best Heavy-Duty Deodorant For Super-Sweaters

Best Heavy-Duty Deodorant For Super-Sweaters

Craig Fedirighi

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars While not necessarily glamorous or decked out in fancy packaging, Certain Dri is a ...

Loneliness is on the rise globally — here are 5 ways to combat it

Loneliness is on the rise globally — here are 5 ways to combat it

Lawrence Booth

20% of the world’s employees face daily loneliness, according to Gallup’s 2024 State of the Global Workplace report.  Solstock | ...

‘Flesh-eating bacteria’ disease spreads in Japan, killing some in 2 days – National

‘Flesh-eating bacteria’ disease spreads in Japan, killing some in 2 days – National

Craig Fedirighi

A deadly outbreak of a “flesh-eating bacteria” is spreading rapidly across Japan, alarming health officials with how quickly it can ...