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Health issues prevented the women, who were in their 80s, from climbing out, officials said. They became unresponsive after overheating and developing hyperthermia.

More Americans are choosing burials in which everything is biodegradable.

President Trump's planned pharmaceutical tariffs threaten to hit many of the most common and well-known drugs that Americans take.

Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.

It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here's what to look for and how to protect yourself.

For some cultures, the practice of cranial deformation may have offered individuals a path to privilege later in their lives.

The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care.

Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.

The court's order was fractured, with the justices splitting over whether individual cancellations and the policy behind them could be challenged in a federal trial court.

These coaches help professional athletes achieve their goals through mental preparation -- and they could help you, too.