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Chemical pollutants banned more than 40 years ago are still having a devastating effect on marine life and could lead to the disappearance of half the world's population of killer whales before the end of the century.

Sorry, macadamia nut lovers.

Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, said during her testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee that she traveled to Washington D.C. "in an airplane" despite her reported anxiety about flying and feeling uncomfortable in enclosed spaces.

Coverage of the Harvey Weinstein trail and verdict may have elicited strong emotions for some people.

The 2017 - 2018 flu season was one of the deadliest in decades according to the CDC. An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter.

Birth control pills, patches and rings that combine estrogen and progestin linked to reduced risk for ovarian cancer, says study.

"Jingle Bells" played on radios across Ohio. The local mall plastered "Merry Christmas" on its digital signs. And hundreds of people, in 90-degree weather, wore Santa hats as they caroled in front of one little boy's home. It's only September, but for a 2-year-old with terminal brain cancer, Christmas came early this year.

Carolyn Wynn was scaling the corporate ladder. But she felt like her life was crumbling.

Custodian Herman Gordon has been spreading kindness at Bristol University for more than 11 years. This summer, students of the UK university decided it was time to return the favor.

Decades-old allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh have introduced a new chapter in the #MeToo movement. Women are thinking and talking about to their own sexual assaults for the first time in years. And they're asking themselves if they could come forward.

The voice of a cartoon character. A favorite song. Messages from their parents.

Limiting kids' recreational screen time to less than two hours a day, along with sufficient sleep and physical activity, is associated with improved cognition, according to a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.

A Mediterranean diet -- rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts and fish -- could help lower a person's risk of depression, a new study says.

A tiny new device is offering hope of a better life for people with severe heart failure, reducing hospitalization rates and improving mortality risk within two years of treatment, a new study finds.

Digital wellness company Provata Health voluntarily recalled approximately 30,000 fitness trackers Tuesday following 13 reports that the device was overheating while charging or being used. In three of these reports, users suffered burns to their wrists, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A third person has been diagnosed with monkeypox in England, Public Health England have confirmed.

Teenage drinking has declined across Europe, with the most dramatic falls in Britain, the World Health Organization (WHO) has found.

Microwave ovens provide an easy way to quickly heat food when hunger strikes. But does the convenience of microwave cooking come at a cost by zapping nutrients out of foods?

Researchers have rendered a population of mosquitoes in a lab sterile using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 by homing in on a specific target in insect DNA -- the doublesex gene -- raising the possibility of eradicating disease-carrying species of the insect entirely, according to a new study published Monday in Nature Biotechnology.