LONDON — Babies born in similar circumstances will thrive regardless of race or geography, Oxford-led research has found, quashing the idea that race or class determines intelligence. In a scientific first, the team of researchers tracked the physical and intellectual development of babies around the world from the earliest days after conception to age two.… Read More »
“Cha-ching!” goes urgent care. For your rhinovirus, adenovirus, or seasonal allergies you get a strep screen, flu swab, CBC, and chest X-ray. You get a steroid shot, Rocephin, and Z-Pak. A week later, you present for medical care again, because your virus is no better, and you want a stronger antibiotic. In the meantime, your… Read More »
Californian firefighters work to control the Carr Fire in JulyMark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images By Michael Le Page Early in the new year, if not sooner, the world will set a most unwelcome record. Global oil consumption will pass 100 million barrels per day for the first time – and keep climbing. To have any chance of… Read More »
By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY It’s one thing for voters to support healthcare on its own. It’s another for an issue to outweigh all others. Did healthcare really beat every other concern a voter thinks about when picking a candidate during the midterms? Congressional and Statewide Races Democrats took 3 of the Iowa’s 4… Read More »
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema edged above Republican challenger Rep. Martha McSally in the latest polling on the Arizona Senate race. Sinema is up 47 percent to 44 percent in the latest results from the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll from Sunday, within the margin of error. A New York Times poll last Saturday had McSally… Read More »