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To improve air quality in classrooms, schools should use air purifiers during the school day and open windows after hours. That's according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

As extreme fire weather becomes more common across ever larger areas of Australia, we need new options for living with the risk of bushfire. Underground or earth-sheltered housing is one possibility. While still unusual, these homes are being built in bushfire-prone areas.

Uncover the fascinating world of mealworms! Dive deep into their life cycle, uses, and why they're more important than you think.

Parents and caregivers should immediately stop using Jool Baby's Nova Baby swings to help infants sleep, recall notice states.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth introduced legislation in 2022 that would create federal protections for IVF access nationwide.

U.S. drugmakers claim they are manufacturing all they can, but patients and doctor's offices have to keep pharmacy-shopping to find it.

Is the cost of a life insurance policy worth it if you don't have children? Here's what you need to know.

For people who are fitness-minded, but don't want all of the functionality of a smartwatch, a fitness tracker is a perfect tool.

Experts at Royal Holloway, University of London, Newcastle University, University of London, and ETH Zurich have identified significant security, privacy, and safety issues surrounding FemTech, which can pose a potential threat to users.

Headspace and Meta are onto something with gamifying meditation.

Most of the best pet insurance companies operate in Massachusetts. Here are our picks for the best in several categories.

Scientists have developed a new robot that can 'mimic' the two-handed movements of care workers as they dress an individual.

The massage chair at the fitness center kneaded Mary’s stressed body. The rollers crept up to her shoulders and down to her lower back. She was on the cusp of an ethereal state. Then two women woke her. “This is the Hydro Massage I told you about. You will love, love, love it.” The room with the Hydro Massage and the massage chair were separated by a thin wall and there was an open ceiling, so the voices of the […]

University of Waterloo engineers have invented a powerful antenna small enough to fit in a ring and capable of transmitting critical medical data to health care workers and individual patients.

Federal regulators say the recalled Trader Joe's chicken soup dumplings may be contaminated with foreign materials — "specifically hard plastic from a permanent marker pen."

Sam Cunningham was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 12. Seven years later, he's the Auburn men's basketball team manager.

The rapid advancement of natural language processing (NLP) models and large language models (LLMs) has enabled the development of new use-specific conversational agents designed to answer specific types of queries. These range from AI agents that offer academic support to platforms offering general financial, legal or medical advice.

The hackers also claim to have stolen patient records.

Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive U.S. health care technology company that has threatened the security of patients' information and is delaying some prescriptions and paychecks for medical workers.

The legislation aimed to preempt state efforts to restrict the fertility treatment technology.