Health

Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe

Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants

Experience: I dress up as rubbish

On my TikTok I find trash that’s blowing in the wind, and mimic its movements using what I have to hand

Minnesota woman hospitalized with sepsis sues Chipotle over salmonella outbreak tied to jalapeño peppers

Updated on: August 6, 2026 / 8:48 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Flesh-eating bacteria has killed 5 in Louisiana this year, officials say

August 6, 2026 / 6:00 PM EDT / CBS News

Possession review

Gugu Mbatha-Raw is a lawyer sent to Jamaica to get to the bottom of a mystery about an inheritance. What unfolds is an evocative story packed with horrors, past injustices – and a supernatural element that you will rate or hate

Why a Medicare Supplemental Insurance Plan Is Worth Opening This August

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Millions of U.S. children could lose free school meals this fall due to SNAP changes, experts say

Updated on: August 6, 2026 / 2:52 PM EDT / CBS News

TikTok creator Sydney Towle, who shared cancer journey, dies aged 26

The creator documented her battle with rare bile duct cancer, inspiring more than a million followers online

Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating, officials say

Cases have passed 4,000 and health watchdog plans to go door to door to find patients in major response escalation

Perez Hilton ‘able to communicate’ after hospitalization following live stream

Family says celebrity blogger remains under medical care after viewers raised alarm over disturbing TikTok broadcast

The New Parent Trap

At summer camp, the kids may be far from home, but technology is keeping many moms and dads tethered to them—and anxious.

By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive

Yvette Cooper’s maternity reforms must change a system that too often fails women when they’re at their most vulnerable