Monkeypox and your skin: How to prevent and treat post-infection scarring
Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Last week monkeypox was declared a public health emergency in the U.S. and now with more than 8,900 confirmed cases of monkeypox, thousands of Americans are struggling with a defining feature of the condit…
Couple speaks out on decision to get abortion after fetus diagnosed with rare genetic conditions
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The same month the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, a couple in Kansas, thousands of miles away from Washington, D.C., faced their own abortion decision.
Breanna O’Brien said she was 20 weeks…
Heavy rain batters South Korea, flooding Seoul neighborhoods and killing at least 10
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Heavy rain with thunder and lightning has battered South Korea’s central areas for two straight days, causing damage, injuries and deaths.
Ten people have died and s…
How schools are trying to address the national teacher shortage
Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Back-to-school season is in full swing — and running up against the ongoing national teacher shortage.
In 2019, the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank, estimated that by 2024, the U.S. would need more t…
US consumers may suffer from Pelosi’s Taiwan trip: Experts
Taiwanese Foreign Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan last week, the world braced for China’s response. Within hours of her departure, China began military exercises a…
Snapchat safety features for parents announced
stockcam/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Snapchat announced a new in-app family center on Tuesday, which is designed to start conversations between parents and minors about safer social media usage.
In the new family center, parents will have the ability to…
Stolen artifacts sold to US collectors will be repatriated to Cambodia, officials say
Aaron Katersky(NEW YORK) — Cambodian artifacts will return to their home country after being smuggled and sold to U.S. collectors and institutions.
The 10th Century Khmer sandstone statue “Skanda on a Peacock” was among the Cambodian antiquities loot…
Mattel brings back its nostalgic Barbie Totally Hair doll
Mattel(NEW YORK) — Mattel has brought back one of its most iconic dolls: Barbie Totally Hair.
Since initially debuting 30 years ago, the toymaker has released an updated version of the ’90s doll. The original launch was available in blond or brunette…
Michigan AG accuses rival of voting machine ‘conspiracy,’ seeks outside prosecutor
adamkaz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is seeking an outside prosecutor to consider charges against a group of prominent individuals for having allegedly engaged in a “conspiracy” to unlawfully gain access to voting m…
WH will communicate concerns to Beijing; Pentagon says China trying to ‘manufacture’ a Taiwan ‘conflict’
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House said Monday that it will communicate “directly” to Beijing its unease with China’s recent military exercises as tensions rise higher over Taiwan in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pe…