Health

Woman ‘overwhelmed’ by loneliness killed herself and disabled daughter, coroner says

Full-time carer Martina Karos and Eleni Edwards, eight, were found dead at home in Salford

Novo Nordisk shares rise 8% after Wegovy obesity pill has 'solid' launch

The early data is a boost to the Danish drugmaker's hopes of winning back more market share from Eli Lilly in the obesity drug space.

This parenting style difference can lead to 'resentment and frustration'—do this instead, says expert on toddlers

When two parents are not on the same page, it can lead to "resentment and frustration," says parenting expert and author Devon Kuntzman. Here's how to raise successful kids when you and your partner have different parenting styles.

New fossils uncovered at Dinosaur National Monument, leading to first excavation there in a century

Updated on: January 16, 2026 / 10:20 AM EST / CBS News

Can the tiniest of changes to sleep, diet and exercise help me live longer?

A study found small changes to key behaviours can have significant benefits, and I’m all for barely perceptible adjustments

Recall of Frigidaire minifridges sold at major retailers grows to nearly 1 million

Updated on: January 16, 2026 / 10:03 AM EST / CBS News

Making U.S. biotech more competitive with China's could help rare disease patients, experts say

China is becoming a leader in biotech innovation. That offers hope to rare disease patients and presents a problem to American companies trying to save them.

‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of

Todolí foundation produces varieties from Buddha’s hands to sudachi and hopes to help citrus survive climate change

‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy

At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a Toyota Troopy, balancing hard-won freedom with constant care

I see time as a grid in my mind. I remember the birthdays of friends I haven’t seen for 65 years

Judy Stokes, a retired GP, shares her experience as a spatial-sequence synaesthete

Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches

Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?

The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilisations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land