Health

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A record hot summer has laid bare a stark new reality for many states on America’s West Coast: amid rising temperatures and worsening droughts, many will need to systematically rethink the way […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of Nepalese were observed queuing in serpentine lines facing the scorching sun and uncertainty over the chance to get the jab outside vaccination centers on the morning of July 30. As per […]

NEW DELHI — The Indian Medical Association is working with the Indian Resuscitation Council to teach Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills to the people of the country. The association is reaching out to more than one million people for creating […]

WASHINGTON — A new study titled “Breastfeeding in the First Days of Life Is Associated With Lower Blood Pressure at 3 Years of Age” found that babies who were breastfed, even for a few days, […]

WASHINGTON — Overeating, whether it is guided by hunger or pleasure, typically leads to obesity, which affects about 42 percent of the adults in the United States, as per the Centers for Disease Control and […]

ADELAIDE, Australia — South Australia’s week-long Covid-19 lockdown has officially ended with the state’s peak business group saying it’s time for traders to “rebuild once again”. The lockdown ended at one minute past midnight on July […]

SYDNEY — The global economic recovery risks splitting into two blocs: countries that have high levels of vaccinations and those that do not, the International Monetary Fund has warned. It said close to 40 percent of the […]

By JOHN WARD, The Commercial Dispatch COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) _ At just about 2 a.m. May 27, Cameron Hickey received a call regarding a teenage girl in distress. Hickey, a Lowndes County sheriff’s deputy, responded […]