Health

Pristine waters teeming with marine life: a deep dive into the Greek island of Alonissos

Divers come for one of the world’s most significant marine reserves, but there’s plenty to do on land too – from hiking trails and beaches to seafood tavernas

My mother’s best advice: go in to bat for the ones you love

She wasn’t a great one for dispensing wisdom. Instead, she fought for me whenever I most needed it

Dr. Oz pledges to tackle hospice fraud: "Do not steal from the American people"

March 13, 2026 / 8:00 PM EDT / CBS News

EPA moves to roll back Biden regulation on medical sterilizer linked to cancer

The Environmental Protection Agency has moved to scrap Biden-era regulations on ethylene oxide, a gas used in medical sterilization plants that has been linked to cancer.

A Recipe for Idiocracy

What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?

Get the 'slot machine apps off your phone,' NYU professor tells Gen Z—his best advice for staying off your phone

At a fireside chat about NYU's latest initiative, NYU IRL, "The Anxious Generation" author Jonathan Haidt advised Gen Z to delete social media off their phones.

These 3 red flags show that your child could use a confidence boost, says mental performance coach

Confidence is "one of the strongest predictors" of success and happiness, says mental performance coach Cindra Kamphoff.

“I could barely think because it was so bad”: how pain changes us

Darcey Steinke wanted to write a book that wasn’t just about trying to get over pain. Her memoir, This Is the Door, explores how chronic pain changes us

The Dieting Myth That Just Won’t Die

How a 50-year-year-old study about milkshakes duped psychology

Toyota recalls 550,000 Highlander SUVs because seat backs may fail to lock

Updated on: March 13, 2026 / 10:03 AM EDT / CBS News

In my 20s ‘treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen’ felt like power. In my 50s I see that dating strategy for what it is: fear

I am capable, a woman of substance. Yet I get a ‘maybe’ from a man I meet on a dating app and I regress three decades

Cocktail of the week: Bar Flor’s margarita

A margarita, but made with smoky mezcal and the nutty backnotes of manzanilla