Why you should talk to more strangers
Recent research by The Harvard Business School found that people with a mix of weak and strong social ties report higher levels of happiness and wellbeing.
Health & Safety
Birds fall to Earth from Delhi's toxic skies. Two brothers are there to save them
Named the best documentary at Sundance and Cannes, All That Breathes explores the mission of two Muslim brothers: saving a raptor cut down by smog and deadly kite strings.
It's getting easier to find baby formula. But you might still run into bare shelves
U.S. plants are making more baby formula than ever. But uneven distribution and overbuying means parents can run into empty store shelves.
Concussion protocols are based on research of mostly men. What about women?
Some concussion experts hope that a major meeting in Amsterdam could lead to a consensus statement that could improve research on how concussions impact women.
News brief: voters consider inflation, dirty bomb claim, respiratory infection surge
How might Americans' experience with inflation translate into votes? Putin raises the stakes as he watches Russia practice for nuclear war. Hospitals near capacity with severe virus patients.
Respiratory syncytial virus surges each winter, but this year it's early
Some hospitals are filling up as respiratory infections hits hard and early. It happening just as flu season starts up and another possible COVID-19 wave approaches.
After a patient died, Lori Gottlieb found unexpected empathy from a stranger
Therapist Lori Gottlieb found out one of her patients died. She knew it was coming but was still struck by grief. As she was mourning her patient, she met a stranger who was also touched by the story.
In close races, Republicans attack Democrats over fentanyl and the overdose crisis
Many Republicans have recast the debate over drugs and fentanyl as a crime and border security problem. Often their attacks are based on conspiracy theories and discredited ideas about addiction.
Second woman says Ga. Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for abortion
An anonymous woman said Walker was a "hypocrite" for running an anti-abortion campaign after allegedly pressuring her to terminate a pregnancy.
Abortion is on the ballot in Montana. Voters will decide fate of the 'Born Alive' law
Voters in the state are being asked to approve a law declaring that an embryo or fetus is a legal person with a right to medical care if born prematurely or survives an attempted abortion.