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When volunteer lifeguard Noland Keaulana heard that 17-year-old Kahiau Kawai was missing at sea, he leapt into action.

Health care experts are calling on lawmakers — and the next occupant of the White House — to help the millions of Americans grappling with medical debt.

Among new mothers in the U.S., 1 in 8 suffer from postpartum depression, according to the CDC.

For Deaf people, train travel can be a gamble. On an average day, nothing goes wrong: they catch their train to their destination and carry on with their business.

A new study from the University of Toronto's Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering suggests that large-scale adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) could lead to significant population-level health benefits.

Hurricane Milton killed at least 23 people when it tore across central Florida, flooding barrier islands and spawning deadly tornadoes.

A world of color and texture could soon become more accessible to people who are blind or have low vision, via new software that narrates what a camera records.

President Biden told Floridians his administration would offer support "for as long as it takes to rescue, recover and rebuild."

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a soft robotic "finger" with a sophisticated sense of touch that can perform routine doctor's office examinations, including taking a patient's pulse and checking for abnormal lumps. This work was published October 9 in Cell Reports Physical Science.

As pedestrian fatalities in the United States reach a 40-year high, a novel approach to measuring crosswalk lengths across entire cities could provide urban planners with crucial data to improve safety interventions.

A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline says.

MIT engineers have built a new desalination system that runs with the rhythms of the sun. The researchers report details of the new system in a paper appearing in Nature Water.

Two new apps are set to assist blind individuals in navigating indoor spaces by providing spoken directions through a smartphone. This offers a safe solution for wayfinding in areas where GPS is ineffective.

Advocates for these initiatives say they can save lives through safely storing firearms for people at risk of suicide.

New UBC research analyzing actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets concludes that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users.

With one major medical supplier's production hubs closed, hospitals say they are rationing IV fluid bags and employing other conservation measures.

Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other insects.

The close calls resulted from a spike in aircraft that included planes, helicopters and drones arriving in western North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

TikTok's latest wellness concoction is dubbed the "adrenal" or "cortisol cocktail," which users claim can reduce stress and even help with weight loss. We asked experts to weigh in.

As he grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, Mateo Dulce Rubio would hear a familiar news story every few days—someone had stepped on another landmine. The explosion had killed or injured them. Though the capital city was far from the country's war-torn areas, these accidents stayed in the back of his mind.