NC Youth Sports Tops National Safety Study
More than 7.8 million high school students participate in sanctioned sports each year.
Health & Safety
Despite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On
It's unclear whether the Consumer Product Safety Commission will finally pass a rule requiring all new saws to have an active injury prevention monitoring system built into them.
Beach Town Tries To Reverse Runaway Growth Of 'Sober Homes'
Some local and state officials in South Florida are calling for more regulation of addiction recovery residences to help combat insurance scams.
Some Tuna Can Carry Up To 36 Times The Toxic Chemicals Of Others. Here's Why
When it comes to pollutant levels, researchers now say where your tuna was caught can make a huge difference. But tracking your yellowfin to the spot it was caught may be tricky.
47 Hospitals Slashed Their Use Of Two Key Heart Drugs After Huge Price Hikes
These two older drugs, nitroprusside and isoproterenol, are frequently used in emergency and intensive care situations and have no direct alternatives, say cardiologists.
5 Quotes From The Head Of USAID On His First Day On The Job
"Let's get at it. We got work to do," Mark Andrew Green told his employees. Here are highlights from his remarks.
Some States Say Declaring An Emergency Has Helped In The Opioid Fight
Arizona is among the states that have declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, to help with funding and access to data. It's a move the Trump administration has declined to make.
A "Working Vacation" — For Americans, Is There Any Other Kind?
Why don't Americans take time off?
A Physician Explores 'A Better Path' To The End Of Life
Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter, author of Extreme Measures, discusses the ethics of using medical assistance to hasten death. Zitter is the subject of the Netflix documentary Extremis.
Cash Aid Could Solve Poverty — But There's A Catch
A major study in Zambia showed the benefits of just giving poor people money with no strings attached. So why isn't the government entirely convinced?