Health

Gatorade maker recalls 122,000 cases of popular sports drink across 37 US states

PepsiCo initiated class II recall of 28oz bottles last month over ‘undeclared’ yellow dyes, FDA notice says

Nobel prize in medicine 2026: unlocking the mysteries of the brain

Kicking off the 2026 Nobel prizes in is the award for physiology or medicine. This year the prize went to three scientists for their work investigating the mysteries of the brain. Karl Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of the Humboldt University of Berlin and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg have been awarded the prize “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics”. Science correspondent Nicola Davis tells Madeleine Finlay how this technique is already transforming neuroscience and how it could one day help restore sight, remove pain and tackle diseases like addiction and Alzheimer's

Florida high schooler and one other killed in school bus rollover crash

Authorities say crash in Winter Haven involved three vehicles, including bus filled with dozens of high schoolers

EPA's Zeldin spotlights Bucks County’s farm-to-pantry network in Pennsylvania

NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania — For 16 years, Rolling Harvest Food Rescue has collected fruits and vegetables that Bucks County farms cannot sell and delivered them to food pantries, senior centers, and community kitchens. On Oct. 2, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin visited one of its longtime partner farms, Solebury Orchards, to see how that system works.

Russia plays down plague fears and denies lab accident, says scientist died of "pneumonia of unknown origin"

Updated on: October 5, 2026 / 7:42 PM EDT / CBS News

Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds

Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55

PepsiCo recalls 122,000 cases of Gatorade due to undeclared dyes

October 5, 2026 / 10:08 AM EDT / CBS News

Snakes, bobcats, mountain lions: the secret animal world beneath the Hollywood sign

An international symbol for the city, the sign is also hallmark of the region’s environmental richness

Russian researcher who studied plague died of mysterious illness: What to know

A 28-year-old lab technician in Russia’s far east working on research at the country’s Anti-Plague Institute died of “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” on Thursday, triggering a public health lockdown involving the quarantining of 200 other people.

Nobu chef killed by teen driver who crashed into his parked car in Malibu

Ryo Uchimiya was sleeping in his car waiting for his shift to begin when a 16-year-old crashed into him

She Wanted to Have Three Kids. Then Life Happened.

Many women start out with a notion of their ideal number of children—but a variety of obstacles can get in the way.

Russia plague: What we know about the suspected case reportedly linked to a lab worker’s death

According to local media reports, as many as 189 people have also been placed under medical observation in Irkutsk in Eastern Russia.