Health

Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’

But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere

Prakrit has already lost her father. As Nepal’s morgues fill, she hopes her DNA can be used to find her mother

A week on from the flash flooding disaster, authorities are urging relatives of the thousands of missing and dead to provide blood samples

Bank of America executive identified as victim of stabbing in Times Square

Erin Piacenti, a 32-year-old vice-president at the bank, was killed in Tuesday stabbing in New York City, officials say

The Backlash Against Polyester Has Gone Too Far

Clothing made from natural fibers isn’t always better.

The ‘Gaza genocide’ is a hoax

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After a sell-off, this medical device stock looks like a gift for patient investors

Overblown fears surrounding GLP-1 weight loss drugs were already pressuring the stock when an onboarding stumble triggered a sell-off.

Is flying a shark drone a boring job? Possibly

Taha Kafil-Hussain flies a drone above Coogee beach. Mostly he zooms in on seaweed or turtles – but occasionally he spots a shark and clears the water

Forget T-maxxing – the manosphere’s obsession with testosterone is just fear-maxxing

Testosterone replacement therapy comes with serious and potentially irreversible health risks including infertility and early heart disease

Grand Canyon flash flooding deaths spur questions over whether warnings could have come sooner

September 1, 2026 / 10:37 AM EDT / CBS News

Oklahoma man charged with murder after two die in marijuana facility blast

Authorities have charged Ryan Bassham after the deadly explosion at the marijuana extraction facility he owns

America's real 2026 measles death toll is far more than 'two'

Pennsylvania’s health department announced last month that two Lancaster County residents — both unvaccinated — died from measles. They were reportedly the first times the disease has killed anyone in the United States in 2026, a year that has already produced more measles cases than the country has seen since the virus was declared eliminated back in 2000. Almost 400 people have been infected in Pennsylvania. Seventy have been hospitalized.

Lionel Richie hospitalized after St. Louis show in latest health concern

Updated on: September 1, 2026 / 10:29 AM EDT / CBS News