Health
Researchers are testing deep brain stimulation as a treatment for people with a severe form of depression. Doctors compare it to a pacemaker for the brain. It involves implanting electrodes in the brain, which are attached to a device placed under the skin in the chest. (Feb. 21)(AP Video: Mary Conlon)
Researchers are testing deep brain stimulation as a treatment for people with a severe form of depression. Doctors compare it to a pacemaker for the brain. It involves implanting electrodes in the brain, which are attached to a device placed under the skin in the chest. (Feb. 21)(AP Video: Mary Conlon)
The drug, Paxlovid, an oral antiviral treatment made by Pfizer, is lauded by experts as a powerful tool to prevent severe outcomes of COVID-19, like hospitalizations and death. But a recent study shows that it’s been underused in those who most need it. (Feb. 7) (AP Video by Laura Bargfeld)
The drug, Paxlovid, an oral antiviral treatment made by Pfizer, is lauded by experts as a powerful tool to prevent severe outcomes of COVID-19, like hospitalizations and death. But a recent study shows that it’s been underused in those who most need it. (Feb. 7) (AP Video by Laura Bargfeld)
Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy -- when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why. (Jan. 4)(AP Video/Shelby Lum)
Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy -- when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why. (Jan. 4)(AP Video/Shelby Lum)
Cancer patients and doctors have ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested to make them more tolerable. (Feb. 6) (AP Video by Christine Nguyen/Teresa Crawford)
Cancer patients and doctors have ignited a movement to radically change how new cancer drugs are tested to make them more tolerable. (Feb. 6) (AP Video by Christine Nguyen/Teresa Crawford)
Kilauea bursts into life. Again. The Hawaiian volcano’s latest eruption began December 23, pausing and resuming over a dozen times since.
Kilauea bursts into life. Again. The Hawaiian volcano’s latest eruption began December 23, pausing and resuming over a dozen times since.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited families and loved ones of workers believed to be trapped under tons of rubble at a Bangkok building site on Wednesday, following last week’s earthquake. (AP video shot by Sakchai Lalit and Jerry Harmer)
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited families and loved ones of workers believed to be trapped under tons of rubble at a Bangkok building site on Wednesday, following last week’s earthquake. (AP video shot by Sakchai Lalit and Jerry Harmer)
A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics. (AP/ Martín Silva Rey and India Grant)
A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics. (AP/ Martín Silva Rey and India Grant)
Communities are flattened and families are facing shortages of food and water, according to UN officials, as deaths exceed 2,700 in several cities in Myanmar.
Communities are flattened and families are facing shortages of food and water, according to UN officials, as deaths exceed 2,700 in several cities in Myanmar.
Video from The Associated Press shows wrecked buildings and debris littering the streets of Naypyitaw days after the quake hit.
Video from The Associated Press shows wrecked buildings and debris littering the streets of Naypyitaw days after the quake hit.
A wily German shepherd-husky dog has evaded capture for nearly two months after being rescued from a California shelter and running away from her adoptive home in Alaska. (AP Video: Becky Bohrer)
A wily German shepherd-husky dog has evaded capture for nearly two months after being rescued from a California shelter and running away from her adoptive home in Alaska. (AP Video: Becky Bohrer)
