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Nearly 20% of Americans 45 and older have knee osteoarthritis. Worldwide, the number is predicted to increase nearly 75% by 2050, because of aging, population growth and obesity. Knee osteoarthritis...

A few months ago, my family was in the crowded Brussels Airport. Though I’d put an AirTag in my then 7-year-old daughter’s knapsack, made a bracelet with our contact information and even taught...

LONDON — It is tempting to view the sudden resignation of two top BBC executives Sunday evening, in the wake of scathing criticism by the Trump administration, as an extraterritorial example of the...

 At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded Tuesday in an attack on Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, according to officials. It was the first major attack to hit the city in more than a...

Snacking can get a bad rap. But when it’s done well, it can be a helpful bridge between meals to manage blood glucose, support digestion and make sure you have the energy and focus you need to get...

Last week, a series of headlines warned about the potential risks of taking the sleep supplement melatonin, saying new research had linked it to a 90% increase in heart failure. The research is from...

As an investment banker and consultant, Grant Lee spent years toiling on PowerPoint presentations. They are “the language of business,” he said, but require too much time “moving pixels”...

Officials in India’s capital are investigating a deadly car explosion in a historic part of the city that killed at least eight people and injured many others. The car exploded into a fireball near...

After crafting a gauzy web, a spider might reckon that the construction isn’t complete. Some spiders, known as orb weavers, often add decorations, typically spun from silk but sometimes using bits...

The Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday that parents and caregivers should stop using some batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after health agencies found an increase in the...

Thousands of flights were canceled this weekend after federal restrictions on flying were put in place at the nation’s busiest airports. And the cuts are expected to grow in the coming days,...

Obesity drug developer Metsera said Friday that it had agreed to a deal to be acquired by Pfizer, which had been locked in a bidding war for the company with Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of...

UPS and FedEx, two of the world’s largest cargo airlines, said late Friday that they had grounded their MD-11 planes, days after one of the planes was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky. Both...

The morning after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, Jennifer Hue, a retired tax auditor living close to hard-hit Treasure Beach, woke up to devastation. Her mango, breadfruit and papaya trees...

For years, the two patients had come to the Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors and researchers follow people with cognitive impairment as they age, as well as a group...

Tesla shareholders on Thursday approved a plan that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, two days after New Yorkers elected a tax-the-rich candidate as their next mayor. These...

NEW RIVER, Jamaica — Isaiah Beck, a carpenter, was trying to reach his house in the New River community in St. Elizabeth parish, on Jamaica’s storm-battered southwestern coast. His home was on the...

If you’re looking for a new pot or frying pan these days, prepare to get bombarded by terms like “nontoxic,” “PFAS-free” and “PTFE-free.” But these labels don’t necessarily mean what...

At once deeply personal and publicly scrutinized, hair sits at the boundary between biology and identity. Few attributes are as tied up in culture, beauty and expression as the strands that frame our...

Amazon is bracing for major job cuts among its corporate employees starting Tuesday, as it spends aggressively on artificial intelligence development, according to two people familiar with the cuts. ...