Health

Seoul braces for heatwave sweeping South Korea as death toll reaches 16

Trucks are dousing capital’s roads with water and nurses are checking on vulnerable people as heat heads westwards

Idaho In-N-Out gunman dead after killing 3, wounding 7, Twin Falls police say

Updated on: August 3, 2026 / 9:36 PM EDT / CBS News

Japan’s prime minister tours earthquake-hit sites as recovery efforts hampered by soaring temperatures

Prime minister Sanae Takaichi visited Kumamoto prefecture almost a week after a magnitude 7.1 quake hit, killing 38 people

Michigan health officials report 2 deaths among cyclosporiasis cases; patients had underlying conditions

Updated on: August 3, 2026 / 4:41 PM EDT / CBS Detroit

ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures

‘Disturbing’ footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detention

Man who returned fire at In-N-Out gunman had done firearm training after 2021 mass shooting

Police credited Jordan Salinas with limiting number of victims in attack on restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho

Fauci told Congress higher COVID-19 fatality rate than he calculated in diary

Dr. Anthony Fauci privately calculated that COVID-19 had a significantly lower fatality rate than what he told Congress a month later at the outset of the pandemic.

Wildfires rage across Washington as drought and heat fuel painful summer: ‘It’s not normal’

Hundreds of structures damaged as firefighters battle to contain 15 major wildfires amid extreme heat and drought

Two deaths in Michigan linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak

Michigan health officials confirmed on Monday the first two deaths linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak affecting nine states, marking the first fatalities associated with the foodborne parasite as federal and state investigators continue working to identify the full scope of the outbreak.

Kill the Ticks

America needs a bigger plan to control its tick problem.

What ‘America First’ Means for Global Health

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the throes of the deadliest Ebola outbreak in its history. Could it have been prevented?

Trump administration sued for blocking insurance coverage of gender-affirming healthcare

Coverage for gender-affirming care is no longer covered by federal plans, and workers must pay out of pocket