The police chief in Springfield, Missouri, has apologized to the city's sexual assault victims and ordered changes in how the department handles sex crimes cases. The reaction follows a CNN investigation into rape kit destruction that highlighted the agency's practices, which experts called "disturbing."
The World Health Organization is creating a working group to study gene editing and the complex ethical, social and safety issues the procedure raises.
For every child, there's an optimal growth zone depending on their knowledge and abilities, one expert says. Push them too much or too little, and they won't learn.
Statin side effects can vary depending on your age, sex and type of statin, when the cholesterol-lowering drugs are used to prevent cardiovascular disease, a new study suggests. Atorvastatin and rosuvastatin provided benefits at a lower 10-year risk.
The number of cases of the polio-like illness acute flaccid myelitis "appears to have peaked" for 2018, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
I am not a runner. I nearly failed high school gym because I walked the required cross-country course run. I didn't run for exercise at all until age 27, when my now-wife (two-time marathoner, lifelong fan of "Chariots of Fire") and I started dating. I've done it sporadically since, usually running to coffee shops where the pie I enjoy undoes the work it took to get to it.
Progress has stalled in ridding the world of polio. An emergency committee of the World Health Organization unanimously agreed Friday to continue to designate the paralyzing disease a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." WHO originally designated polio in this way in 2014, deeming it a health threat serious enough to endanger communities worldwide.
Monday marks the annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The United Nations set up the global observance in 1992 to promote the welfare of people with disabilities and raise awareness of the difficulties they often face.
Concerns about female genital mutilation, or FGM, are rising in the UK after the number of children who've had the procedure or are at risk of it more than doubled in the past year.
Food is one of life's greatest pleasures, so with just about every diet I've ever prescribed, I've given "permission" for people to incorporate their favorite treats. It's something I make room for in my own daily life and believe others should, too.
Cameron Underwood, of California, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the face in June 2016. Eighteen months later, after 25 hours of surgery, he received a face transplant at NYU.
