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The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the Pacific Ocean shrinks and closes.

In an emergency, everyone is taught to call 911, an alert for the fire department, emergency medical services or police to help. But what if the caller doesn't need help because of a fire, accident or crime?

All adults under age 65 should be screened for anxiety, according to the influential US Preventive Services Task Force, which issued new draft guidelines last month. This is the first time the national group of experts has recommended anxiety screening for such a broad swath of the American public.

A SpaceX capsule carrying a multinational crew of astronauts linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday after a 29-hour trek.

The pandemic has been tough, but the return to in-person schooling has also been emotionally difficult for Mary Norris' 12-year-old daughter.

According to a source familiar with discussions between the NFL and the NFL Players Association over changes to the league's concussion policy, updates to the concussion protocol could come as early as Thursday.

About 2.55 million middle and high school students in the US currently use e-cigarettes, researchers say, based on responses to a survey conducted earlier this year.

US firearm homicide and suicide rates each increased by more than 8% from 2020 to 2021, according to data published Thursday in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Airline passengers arriving to the US from Uganda will be routed through five airports for enhanced Ebola screening

A NASA spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter's moon Europa, and one of its cameras spied fascinating features on the icy crust of the ocean world.

The wind has calmed, and the rain has stopped, but experts still caution that people could be killed or injured by the effects of Hurricane Ian. Keep these things in mind to reduce your risk as the cleanup continues.

Petting a real dog beat out cuddling a cute stuffed animal when it came to stimulating the part of the brain that controls our reasoning and problem-solving, a new study found.

It's been 100 days since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, undoing constitutional protections for abortion access. Many states immediately banned the procedure.

Several of the first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope look a little more psychedelic, thanks to NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Covid-19 vaccinations could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars this winter.

An overwhelming majority of people in the United States think the country is experiencing a mental health crisis, according to a new survey from CNN in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The CNN/KFF Mental Health Survey is a joint project of CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation designed to assess Americans' outlook on mental health and mental health care in the US today. Surveys were conducted by SSRS from July 28 through August 9, 2022, among a random national sample of 2,004 adults, including an oversample of parents which has been weighted to its proper share of the adult population.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday for work that led to "an ingenious tool for building molecules."

We all know that eating later in the day isn't good for our waistlines, but why? A new study weighed in on that question by comparing people who ate the same foods -- but at different times in the day.

The experimental Alzheimer's drug lecanemab made big news last week when the companies testing it released trial results that showed the drug met its goals, making it one of the first dementia drugs to return positive results.