The Biden administration said on Friday that it was delaying a decision on whether to ban menthol cigarettes, effectively quashing a proposal that has divided
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Federal Officials Find No Live Bird Flu Virus in Initial Milk Tests
Federal regulators on Friday said that they had not yet discovered live bird flu virus in the first batch of retail milk samples they tested,
Ancient Female Ballplayer from Huasteca Region on Exhibit
The six-foot woman, carved in pale stone, wears a peaked headdress, circular earrings and the wide hip belt and kneepads of an ancient Mesoamerican athlete.
At Least Three Women Were Infected With H.I.V. After ‘Vampire Facials’
At least three women were infected with H.I.V. during cosmetic “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed spa in Albuquerque, federal officials said Thursday. It is
Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos
This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are striving to offer their visitors more to see, do and feel. The
Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head
For decades, the idea of standing properly upright carried considerable political and social baggage. Slouching was considered a sign of decay. In the early 20th
A North Carolina Museum Hopes Fossils Solve a Dinosaur Mystery
This article is part of our Museums special section about how institutions are striving to offer their visitors more to see, do and feel. If
One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu
Federal regulators have discovered fragments of bird flu virus in roughly 20 percent of retail milk samples tested in a nationally representative study, the Food
How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook
“The UK’s new online safety laws will be an important part of making it harder for fraudsters to operate,” it added. “Under the new laws,
A Megaraptor Emerges From Footprint Fossils, Study Suggests
Thanks to their reign of terror in “Jurassic Park,” Velociraptors are infamous prehistoric predators. The sickle-clawed killing machines familiar to moviegoers, though, are far removed