(CNN)Plastic wrap. Plastic bags. These are some of the workarounds teens use to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, pediatrician Dr. Laura Grubb, a specialist in ad…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. will take steps to make sure the Chinese government cannot access Americans' private information through social media accounts and telecommunication services.Pompeo said earlier this week the U.S. was looking at banning Chinese social media apps like TikTok, but then said Wednesday that the U.S. is not…
The ruling, a victory for the Native American and environmentalist groups who oppose the pipeline, said that it must be emptied of oil by Aug. 5.Construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. That year, the project inspired intense protests that lasted for months.Credit...Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune, via Associated PressJuly 6, 2020Updated 2:43 p.m. ETThe…
A member of the AltaMed Health Services staff prepares to take a sample at a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A member of the AltaMed Health Services staff prepares to take…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…