Author: Senior Living

The United States is facing a crisis of overdose deaths. In 2021, more than 106,000 Americans lost their lives to drug-involved overdoses — including more than 1,100 teens that year…

In 2017, 'Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system, and its appearance sparked questions scientists are still trying to answer....

Startup Relativity Space sent what it's calling the "world's first 3D-printed rocket" toward space on Wednesday, vaulting it into the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Though, it suffered an engine…

The US government announced a plan Wednesday to overhaul the country's organ transplant system....

In the face of senators' criticism, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel did not agree to lower the commercial cost of the company's Covid-19 vaccine in a hearing Wednesday on the vaccine's…

When a pharmaceutical plant in Shanghai that made contrast material for radiological scans shut down last year, half the United States' supply of the radioactive substance immediately became unavailable. Health…

Isabel, a 20-year-old undergraduate student, is no stranger to hard work. She graduated high school a year early and spent most of 2021 keeping up with three jobs. But when…

A new and large species of spider has been found living in Queensland, Australia, and researchers say it's in need of protection....

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected churning clouds of dust on a distant planet that orbits two stars. ...

Black and Hispanic adults in the US are less likely than White adults to get statins, medications that prevent or treat common forms of heart disease, according to a new…

A rare strain of bacteria found in recalled eye drops has been linked to dozens of infections, as well as cases of vision loss and surgical removal of eyes. This…

US officials are weighing whether to offer people who are at high risk of severe Covid-19 the chance to get another bivalent booster, according to a source familiar with the…

After some trial and error, researchers at Columbia University's Creative Machines Lab figured out how to 3D print a creamy, gooey cheesecake. Postdoctoral researcher Jonathan Blutinger explains the process and…

All hormone contraceptives, including progestagen-only "minipills," carry a small "excess risk" of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, but the overall risk…

Telescopes around the world were watching when a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid in September 2022. ...

Researchers have been pushing the limits of 3D printing for decades, using the manufacturing technique to churn out consumer goods such as furniture and shoes, human organs and even a…

Doctors across the United States who treat people with advanced prostate cancer can't find supplies of a medicine that may help them live longer....

Researchers are identifying new ways to assess older adults' social circumstances and identify risks that can compromise their health. "It's a more complete picture of older adults' circumstances than any…