WASHINGTON — Colorectal cancer is a threat not just to older adults but increasingly to young men and women, too. It’s now the top cancer killer of Americans younger than 50. The deaths of “Dawson’s ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials say a federal grand jury in Milwaukee convicted two Chicago adults of running illegal multimillion-dollar pyramid schemes in several states. Woman accused of giving ...

Older adults who remain cognitively sharp as they age have a genetic advantage over their peers, new research shows. Scientists at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago found that ...

Obesity rates for U.S. children and teenagers have reached record highs, while rates for adults had a slight decline, according to reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both ...

For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

A new study found that heart attack deaths were up among younger adults, with women more likely than men to die after a first heart attack. According to new research published in a Go Red for Women ...

Adult Swim‘s animated comedy “Smiling Friends” is ending after its third season. Creators and stars Michael Cusack and Zach Hadel revealed the news in a video posted to Adult Swim’s X account. “I’m ...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel collaborated with Wisconsin Watch to develop this fact brief. Wisconsin Watch is a member of the Gigafact program, newsrooms across the US that deliver bite-sized fact ...

FLAGSTAFF, AZ — Interested in starting a business, learning about artificial intelligence or exploring a new hobby? There's a class for that. Millions of U.S. adults enroll in credit and non-credit ...

“I am so excited to spend time with the kids. It warms my heart to volunteer.” This is Trisha Stibbe’s response to volunteering at West Fago’s Freedom Elementary School. I volunteer in a local third ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is ending gender-affirming surgeries for adults, a decision advocates said will make access to care even more limited in Tennessee. In ...

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