Health

The unsettling rise of cat seducers: ‘My little companion was missing

Has your cat been gaining weight and staying out at night, only to arrive home reeking of marijuana? These are just some of the signs that a neighbour is trying to entice them away ...

Rescue of Nepal hydropower workers ‘triumph for humans and humanity’, tunnelling expert says

Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, says finding two workers alive in Trishuli 3A ‘gives us hope’

Act 3 review

Telluride film festivalChristine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s absorbing documentary is a parallel take on their relationship and a nascent drama on artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Ex-safety manager given 19 months’ prison over five-year-old’s hyperbaric chamber fire death

Jeffrey Mosteller pleaded no contest to charges relating to burning death of Thomas Cooper in Michigan

Six-week-old child in Pennsylvania dies from measles, coroner says

Officials decline to confirm whether death was one of two announced last week as Lancaster county outbreak grows

Lindsay Clancy trial highlights gaps in postpartum psychosis research, experts say

Murder trial underscores how misunderstood postpartum illness is to experts and the general public, advocates say

Alcohol-related cancer deaths in US have more than doubled over three decades

Study finds just one drink per day could raise risk of disease with impacts extending far beyond liver cancer

Why So Many Men Are Unraveling

The disinhibited men looking for purpose in all the wrong places

Employer and worker health plan costs expected to jump in 2027

Updated on: September 4, 2026 / 11:25 AM EDT / CBS News

Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’

The pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefits

A living room unlike any other—how to gather and connect like Gloria Steinem, says expert

Steinem's living room "cracked open opportunities to lend support, let ideas flow, and build trust face-to-face," says journalist and author Allison Gilbert, founder of More Connected.

The Dark Side of Mindfulness

A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her.