Guidelines for when women should start getting mammograms have been changing. A new study makes the case for explaining to women the risks and benefits of screening for breast cancer.
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Food prices are no longer rising as much — but here’s why it might not feel that way
Food prices have largely leveled off, but many people are still frustrated when they go to their local grocery store.
A 3D reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome might help revive the extinct species
With a skin sample from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, scientists are gaining new insights into what made the animals tick. The findings could also help controversial de-extinction efforts.
The race is on to build EV battery-recycling plants in the U.S.
Federal spending is turbocharging a scramble to build more EV battery-recycling plants in the U.S. and make them more efficient and eco-friendly too.
Paid or unpaid, child care is vital to the economy. This program recognizes that
In Arizona, a program called Kith and Kin teaches mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends and neighbors who watch other people’s children the skills they need to provide high quality care.
Supreme Court just made it harder for federal agencies to regulate in sweeping ruling
The decision overturned Chevron v. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a 1984 decision that was not particularly controversial when it was announced 40 years ago.
The surgeon general declared gun violence a public health crisis. What does that do?
The nation’s top doctor issued an advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis and prescribing policy changes to treat it as such. It’s both unprecedented and unenforceable.
As they enter their 60s, Gen Xers projected to see higher cancer rates than Boomers
If current cancer trends continue, authors of a new study project “cancer incidence in the US could remain unacceptably high for decades to come.”
Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life
Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the material for its low cost and disposability.
They were there on D-Day, on the beaches and in the skies. This is what they saw
The invasion was the largest amphibious assault in history, and a crucial turning point in World War II.