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An Alzheimer's drug that removes the substance amyloid from the brain has received a conditional approval from the FDA. A large study found the drug decreased the loss of thinking and memory by 27%.

For the more than 350,000 Americans each year who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, the prognosis is not always an optimistic one. But quick action with CPR and a defibrillator can be key.

This atmospheric river was a so-called Pineapple Express originating near Hawaii and pulled toward the West Coast by a rotating area of rapidly falling air pressure known as a bomb cyclone.

Stream Seasons 1 - 5 now with KPBS Passport / Watch Season 3 Encore Mondays, Oct. 13 - Nov. 24, 2025 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2. Themes for Season 3 include new partnerships, ghosts from the past, and doing one’s duty — and of course doing right by the animals. “A lovely series grounded in a great respect for nature and all living things,” enthused the Boston Globe.

The change comes after inewsource reported that people without photo IDs were denied COVID-19 vaccines.

Changes by the FDA mean patients won't have to schedule in-person exams to get a prescription. That opens the door for more pharmacies to provide the medication. But not everyone will have access.

This was supposed to be Kevin McCarthy's moment, one he had contorted himself into political knots to get to.

Any day now, the United Nations will declare India's population the largest in the world. The country's next generation is poised to be healthier, more literate — and more female — than ever before.

A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.

Robert Gottlieb has been working in publishing since 1955. The documentary Turn Every Page, by daughter Lizzie Gottlieb, examines his decades-long editing relationship with author Robert Caro.