WASHINGTON (AP) — The blast shook the ground and its red flash of fire covered the doorway as American special operations forces blew open a door during a recent training exercise. Moments later, in their next attempt, the boom was noticeably suppressed and the blaze a bit smaller, testament to just one of the new [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Teen smoking hit an all-time low in the United States this year, part of a big drop in the youth use of tobacco overall, according to a new federal government report. There was a 20 percent drop in the estimated number of middle and high school students who recently used at [...]
While hospitals and health-care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities, they were not unscathed. The massive system battered the region’s health centers, causing blackouts, wind damage, supply issues and flooding — leading to a dramatic rescue of patients and workers at the [...]
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places. The World Meteorological Organization also said glaciers that feed rivers in many [...]
Officials at Columbus State Community College announced a gift of $1.5 million from Dublin-based Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to assist the college’s efforts educating and developing the central Ohio health-care workforce. The gift will help fund the purchase and upkeep of health-care education training equipment and establish an endowment in support of student health-care education costs [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — As schools increasingly use cashless payment systems for school lunches, a growing number of districts have contracted with processing companies that charge as much as $3.25 per transaction, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The report found that though legally schools must offer a fee-free option [...]
Cancer patients can ward off waves of vomiting after treatment with a relatively cheap anti-nausea pill, but some are running into coverage limits. Ondansetron hit the market more than 30 years ago. It was the first in a series of drugs that gave doctors a better way to control nausea and vomiting, said Dr. Alexi [...]
Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported. If this sounds familiar, that’s because the records the globe shattered were set last year as human-caused climate change, with a temporary boost from an [...]
Ohio State University researchers said they have found that the manner by which kids allocate their attention is the root cause of their difficulty in maintaining focus on a task. Published recently in the journal Psychological Science, the study revealed that children distribute their attention broadly either out of simple curiosity or because their working [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children. The report, based on an analysis of previously published research, marks the first time a federal agency has determined — "with moderate confidence" — that [...]