Sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch -- you know them as the five traditional senses. But what if that's not all there is? We kick off the new season of Chasing Life with award-winning science journalist Ed Yong, author of a new book, "An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us."
It's no secret that exercise is important, whatever your age. But kids, especially teens, are far less active than you would think. Here are ways to introduce more physical activity into children's lives.
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the release of "numerous batches" of Moderna's updated Covid-19 booster amid reports of supply problems in some areas.
President Joe Biden lit a firestorm of controversy this week when he said in an interview that "the pandemic is over": Is it really over? How do we know? Who gets to decide?
When Rajagopal Raghunathan told family and friends he would be running his first marathon, he didn't anticipate the twinge he felt in his foot while training a couple months later.
A crucial fueling test for the Artemis I mega moon rocket has met all objectives, despite experiencing some challenges Wednesday, a NASA official said. The test results will determine when the mission launches on a journey around the moon and back.
A perfect storm of "systemic vulnerabilities" at the US Food and Drug Administration unfolded as the agency investigated contaminated baby formula and slowed its response to the worsening formula shortage, an internal review shows.
In a new study, researchers say that the experiences of residents of Flint, Michigan, show that environmental disasters like the water crisis can have long-term consequences for mental health.
The 4-7-8 breathing method can calm your mind and body by relaxing your nervous system and decreasing heart rate and blood pressure, which gets your body in the optimal state for sleep.
The US Preventive Services Task Force says for the first time that adults under the age of 65 should be screened for anxiety, according to a draft recommendation posted on Tuesday.
Drug overdose deaths in the United States increased sharply throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, reaching record levels in 2021. But the burden on different racial and ethnic groups has changed, according to a study by federal researchers published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open.
Being predisposed to being a night owl may put you at a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease than being a morning person, a new study found.
A recent study of more than 6 million people 65 and older found that seniors who had Covid-19 had a substantially higher risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease within a year.
Even as the US prepares for a potential winter surge of Covid-19, President Biden roamed the cavernous halls of the Detroit Auto Show for an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" and, gesturing to the mostly maskless attendees, told the nation, "the pandemic is over."
