States Update Guardianship Laws To Keep Children of Immigrants Out of Foster Care
As family separations caused by immigration enforcement ramped up last year under President Donald Trump, I wondered what happens to the children whose parents are...
Month : April 2026
A New CDC Nominee, Again
The Host President Donald Trump this week nominated a former deputy surgeon general who has expressed support for vaccines to lead the Centers for Disease...
Plant-based milk facility ‘haven for listeria’ before deadly outbreak: docs – National
Documents detailing an inspection of a beverage production facility that regulators say was the source of a deadly listeria outbreak reveal it was cited for...
Some polar bears are adapting to their melting habitat. Will it be enough to save the iconic species?
Something surprising has been happening to polar bears. Those living in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, have been gobbling up hundreds of birds’ eggs and looking...
Listen: With Little Federal Regulation, States Are Left To Shape the Rules on AI in Health Care
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Your New Therapist: Chatty, Leaky, and Hardly Human
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”...
Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report – National
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has found that hospitalization rates for COVID-19 and other respiratory infections are still in the...
Anglo-Saxon burial holds an older sister cradling her little brother after they both died 1,400 years ago, possibly of an infectious disease
Two Anglo-Saxon children interred together 1,400 years ago were brother and sister, an analysis of the skeletons’ DNA reveals — a confirmed familial link that...
Health Canada approves first needle-free treatment for allergic reactions – National
Health Canada has approved the use of Neffy, the first needle-free treatment meant to treat certain allergic reactions, like insect stings or bites, foods and...
Bright-green fireball meteor spotted exploding above Lindisfarne Castle, famous Viking raid site in UK
A photographer snapped a bright-green fireball streaking across the starry sky above an iconic castle and famous Viking raid site in northeast England, after a...