Health

More kids are in ERs for tooth pain. Trump cuts and RFK Jr.'s anti-fluoride fight aren't helping.

Updated on: March 9, 2026 / 5:03 AM EDT / KFF Health News

Is it true that… if you pluck a grey hair, two will grow in its place?

If plucking made more hairs grow, it would be the solution to thinning, but sadly it can have the opposite effect

Hair Apparent: Inside the Transplant Capital of the World

It is estimated that every year more than one million bald people fly to Istanbul. They go for two reasons – hair transplant quality and competitive costs.

‘The smell wasn’t healthy’: the artist who wore 24 nappies to highlight sewage pollution

zack mennell made a costume out of nappies and waded into filthy waterways saying: ‘I’m going to be the parasite.’ The performance artist’s project became more literal than originally intended

Military personnel with Havana Syndrome injuries: The Purple Heart debate

More than a decade after U.S. officials first publicly reported mysterious neurological injuries while serving overseas, some military personnel are seeking recognition for what happened to them.

Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s Style, Decoded: A Stylist Shares the Secrets of the 90s Minimalist Wardrobe

Build with 80% staples, splurge on timeless pieces, and more tips on fashioning a minimalist wardrobe à la Bessette

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback

I went into motherhood an oblivious idiot - and I don’t regret it

All the information about pregnancy and parenting can be understandably off-putting. It’s best to look at it clear-sightedly and, if you do decide to give it a go, accept that the path ahead is unpredictable

My teenager is exploring her spirituality. I support her leap of faith, even as a non-religious parent

My daughter is dipping her toes into sacred waters, seeing what it feels like to surrender and finding a sense of meaning to life that is bigger than herself

The persistence of hunger in America

March 8, 2026 / 10:00 AM EDT / CBS News

ChatGPT driving rise in reports of ‘satanic’ organised ritual abuse, UK experts say

Exclusive: ‘Witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse’ offending typified by sexual abuse, violence and neglect

The Mind-Body Question

Are we all material—tissues and veins—or is there some nonmaterial substance, some essence, that transcends the corporeal form?