Health

TEOFILO OTONI, Brazil—Most sloths prefer spending their time in the tropical rain forests of Central and South America. But that’s not the case in Teofilo Otoni, a city of about 135,000 residents in southeast Brazil, […]

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—The family of a once-comatose bodybuilder is facing eviction in the face of a growing mound of hospital bills. Tristan Alberts suffered a traumatic brain injury and respiratory failure when he […]

AVIGNON, France—An activist on a more than 500-mile walk to raise awareness about plastic waste has already collected over 2,500 discarded coronavirus masks. Eddie Platt, 42, originally from Leeds, England, is making his way across […]

PORTO, Portugal—A French husband and wife quit their successful careers to embark on the journey of a lifetime — and not even the onset of a global pandemic has interfered with that plan. Jean-Benoit, 54, […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ One inmate has died at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and another who had been at that prison died in a Jackson hospital. Frank Mackabee, 61, was pronounced dead Tuesday at Merit […]

Major health and diplomatic experts in New Zealand are calling for a rethink of the nation’s healthcare system, and have slammed Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party for not doing the same before the general election on […]

By The Associated Press Does the flu vaccine affect my chances of getting COVID-19? The flu vaccine protects you from seasonal influenza, not the coronavirus _ but avoiding the flu is especially important this year. […]