Health

State Department requests additional information from Moscow on plague

The State Department sent a demarche to Moscow requesting additional information regarding a purported plague outbreak in the Siberian oblast of Irkutsk.

World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’

Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis

You don't need as much willpower as you think—the most successful people use this instead, says expert

"The secret isn't having more willpower. It's needing less of it," says Ben Meer. The key is setting your "chosen constraints." Here's how to do it.

Tom Hunt’s recipe for fridge-raid minestrone, UK-style

A creative way to use up the bits you already have around, all while getting in a healthy mixture of vegetables and whole grains

Why do billionaires have so many children if they’re not prepared to parent them?

Kim Kardashian’s revelation that she has five nannies for four children caused a ruckus. But the world of the ultra-wealthy throws up far more extreme approaches to childcare

A ‘Godzilla-level’ El Niño is causing extreme weather conditions around the world

This year’s huge El Niño is causing climate chaos around the world. Temperate records have already been broken, with extreme heat reported from western Europe to California. Meanwhile, Bangkok is suffering massive flooding and the weather phenomenon is projected to cause a further 450,000 deaths globally by February.

‘The nurse used the torch on her phone to do the op’: hospitals stripped of resources in Ukraine’s occupied territories

Clinics and hospitals in affected areas lack staff, power and medicines, with supplies redirected to the Russian military

Why you just got a $90 Social Security check

Updated on: October 6, 2026 / 8:39 PM EDT / CBS News

Roast chicken, congee and cookies: Ravinder Bhogal’s autumn squash recipes

Nutty in flavour and creamy in texture, autumn’s bounty of squash and pumpkin has many uses, both sweet and savoury

The generation raised on sugar rations

From blood pressure to ageing, research suggests the first 1,000 days of sugar exposure could leave a decades-long mark on health

Trump set to talk to Russia's Putin 'very soon' about plague-related death in Siberia

Trump says he will speak with Putin “very soon” over a plague incident in Russia as CDC monitor the situation.

Breast Cancer: The Rise in Younger Women

Rates of breast cancer are rising in young women. Why? Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky joins "Healthful" to explain the possible lifestyle factors and environmental exposures. She discusses what we can do to lower our risks. Plus, there's new research about why dense breasts may increase cancer risk. 50% of women have dense breasts, including Norah, and many have no idea. Dr. Teplinsky tells you what to ask for to find out if you're a part of that population.