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At least four people are dead as a powerful storm continues to lash the Northeast, knocking out power for nearly 650,000 people from Connecticut to Maine and unleashing dangerous flooding that has engulfed cars, prompted water rescues and disrupted travel across the region.

Android smartwatches didn’t capitalize on last year’s momentum.

The HeartMate 3 is considered the safest mechanical heart pump of its kind, but a federal database contains more than 4,500 reports in which it may have caused or contributed to a patient's death.

Kim K's brain truly is something to behold.

Long-term care is expensive. So, it can make sense to consider buying long-term care insurance to ease the burden.

Andre Braugher's died Monday at age 61, his publicist announced Tuesday.

Lowering or pre-exposing a pregnant person to the hormone GDF15 could help lessen morning sickness symptoms once pregnant, according to new research.

The Los Angeles Medical Examiner's Office has revealed that Friends star Matthew Perry had "high levels of ketamine" in his blood

Fenn, a 6-month-old giraffe, died after being "unexpectedly startled," the North Carolina Zoo announced.

A Roswell man credits his Apple Watch with saving his life, helping him call for assistance when he had a nasty fall while walking his dog in April.

More than 1 in 4 women who have had sex say they've used emergency contraception. The survey also found fewer teens are sexually active.

During lockdown, screen time among adolescents more than doubled, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics.

A woman alleges that Dr. Merle Berger secretly impregnated her with his own sperm more than 40 years ago.

In an interview with People, Oprah Winfrey revealed that she recently turned to a weight-loss medication after years of struggling with her weight.

A veterinarian examines a giraffe at the Nantong Forest Safari Park in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu Province, on November 8, 2023. On the day of Start of Winter, one of the 24 Solar Terms of the traditional Chinese calendar, nearly 20,000 animals in the safari park received winter medical checkups. Photo: VCG A veterinarian examines a giraffe at the Nantong Forest Safari Park in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu Province, on November 8, 2023. On the day of Start of Winter, one of the 24 Solar Terms of the traditional Chinese calendar, nearly 20,000 animals in the safari park received winter medical checkups.

Chinese health authorities on Monday called for close attention to be paid to the prevalence of diseases such as mycoplasma pneumoniae, COVID-19, influenza, dengue fever and norovirus infection, as well as the strengthening of monitoring and early warning systems to track virus intensity and mutations, as the peak season for respiratory diseases has begun in China with the approach of winter.

Villagers take advantage of sunny weather to dry peeled persimmons on November 19, 2023 in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County of Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The county has more than 1,500 years of history in planting and processing persimmons with a planting area of more than 13,000 hectares. Photo: VCG

"They caught it really early," Micucci said in a TikTok video. "It's really weird, because I've never smoked a cigarette in my life so, you know, it was a surprise."

While the lithium-ion batteries in disposable electronic cigarettes are discarded after a single use, they can continue to perform at high capacity for hundreds of cycles, according to a study published December 12 in the journal Joule.

Next week’s Holiday Update brings Apple Podcasts, too.