Health & Safety

There's a decline in life expectancy in Ohio and the U.S. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Amy Bush Stevens, vice president of the Healthy Policy Institute of Ohio about what is driving this trend.

It all started when a London primary school asked children to bring in a plastic tube containing approximately one tablespoon of homemade soup.

Dr. Marie-Roseline Bélizaire says the United Nations is failing to keep its medical workers safe.

Studies show women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men. A manikin sleeve with silicone breasts might be part of the solution.

With a deadline for Medicare enrollment looming, some lawmakers and advocates are concerned that Medicare hasn't done enough to reach out to consumers who might be affected by website problems.

Government officials say anti-vaccination advocates have complicated their efforts to turn the tide on an epidemic that has killed at least 63 people, most of them children.

In a region ravaged by job loss and addiction, a musical tradition provides a lifeline for people in recovery.

Sylvia Grosvold was 5 years old when her mother died by suicide. At StoryCorps, Sylvia, now 16, tells her dad how she has processed the loss. "I guess I'm stronger than I think I am," she says.

When the rapper T.I. said he has his teenage daughter undergo an annual virginity test, protests arose in the U.S. In fact, the virginity test is a global issue.

More than 6 million middle school and high school students used tobacco and nicotine products this year, according to a new federal report. Most are now using these addictive products by vaping.

Three of the 12 women enrolled in a study of progesterone to reverse a medication-based abortion required ambulance transport to a hospital for treatment of severe vaginal bleeding.

The World Health Organization has released the latest data on measles. The increase in cases is notable — and a sign of how much work needs to be done to address the outbreak.