Easy Houseplants for Forgetful Caregivers Jessica Damiano is an expert at taking care of plants. She writes stories about how to keep plants in good condition for The Associated Press. But even she has killed houseplants. Damiano said she has killed...
Why Rural Hospitals in the US Are Closing Maternity Centers Alisha Alderson is a 45-year-old woman from rural eastern Oregon. In August, she was pregnant and just a few weeks from having her baby. But that month, the only hospital maternity center ne...
Strange-looking Tomato Can Still Be Tasty This is the time of year when many gardeners are harvesting tomatoes. Associated Press gardening expert Jessica Damiano recently reported about the many pictures of strangely shaped tomatoes sent to her from...
Who Should Get the Updated COVID Shot? American health officials say most people should get the updated COVID-19 vaccine this year. Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer a...
American government experts who studied a popular medicine used for colds say the drug is likely not effective and should not be taken by mouth. Sixteen experts for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration examined the drug phenylephrine. The drug is in...
Israeli Scientists Announce Creation of Embryo Model in Lab Israeli scientists say they have created a model of a human embryo from stem cells in a laboratory. The embryo model created without using sperm, eggs or a uterus is designed to support rese...
How Gardeners Can Reduce Risk of Fire Invasive grasses might have played a part in the deadly wildfires that burned Lahaina, Hawaii recently. The grasses have taken over land that was once occupied by crops like sugar and pineapple. Michele Steinberg...
Study: Whole Genome Testing Finds Diseases Better in Children Brynn Schulte nearly died two times when she was a baby. At one point she needed emergency surgery for bleeding in her brain. No one knew what was wrong. Then, a test that looked at her fu...
International health officials are closely following a new version of COVID-19 as it spreads to more countries. The version, or variant, is called BA.2.86. Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) say it has already been identified in sever...
Doctors Remove Live Worm from Australian Womans Brain A brain doctor in Australia received a huge surprise during an operation on a patient's brain last year: Gosh, what is that, it's moving. Take it out of my hands. That is what Australian neurosurg...
Experimental Treatment Promises to Heal Some Eye Injuries 美國實驗性手術有望治療眼睛損傷 In 2017, a workplace accident resulted in Phil Durst losing sight in his left eye. 2017年，一場工作事故導致菲爾德斯特左眼失明。...
Doctors in New York City have transplanted a pig's organ into a brain-dead man and watched as it performed normally for over a month. 紐約市的醫生將一只豬的器官移植到一個腦死亡的人體內，觀察了一個多月后，發現它正常...
科學家努力拯救佛羅里達州受威脅的珊瑚礁 Several organizations are racing to save the reef that runs along the Florida Keys. 一些組織正在競相拯救佛羅里達群島沿岸的珊瑚礁。 A summer heat wave has already led to...
在食品中添加芝麻引起爭議 The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently said that by law food makers are permitted to add sesame to their products. 美國食品藥品監督管理局最近表示，法律允許食品制造商在...
Experimental Treatment Promises to Heal Some Eye Injuries In 2017, a workplace accident resulted in Phil Durst losing sight in his left eye. He experienced severe pain from the incident which left him unable to tolerate light. He also experienced sev...
