British Columbia to make daylight saving time permanent : NPR
- HEALTH
- March 8, 2026

In 2013, my dad died from prostate cancer. He was 56, and I was 25 at the time. Losing him made my family realize how short our time on this earth — and our time together — really is. With part of his life insurance payout, my mom decided to take my sister and me
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Most of the American passengers aboard the MV Hondius are now at the Davis Global Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus, which holds the National Quarantine Unit. Dylan Widger/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dylan Widger/Getty Images Wait. Wait some more. Keep waiting. More than a dozen American cruise passengers returned to
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An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Michel Euler/AP hide caption toggle caption Michel Euler/AP PARIS — A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an
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Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid. Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune hide caption toggle caption Anthony
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Sciatica afflicts millions of people each year—though not as many people as think they have it. A growing catchall term among the undiagnosed for all manner of back problems, sciatica is a specific lower-back nerve condition that requires specific action to address. “Early detection matters,” John Gallucci Jr. MS,
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Hello, stranger! That’s a good thing to say, as we reported in a story we published three years ago: Why a stranger’s hello can do more than just brighten your day. Correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee reported on studies showing that simply chatting with strangers has a lasting impact: It can make the participants happy. Even smiling
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