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Public health officials say the prospect of overlooked virus deaths tied to the nation’s prisons, jails and immigration detention centers carries particular risks. It is challenging, the experts say, to prepare prisons for future epidemics…

CNBC's Jim Cramer is eager to focus on the stock market again, but the cryptocurrency craze is still attracting Wall Street's attention.He assumes that Bitcoin and other speculative coins will continue to be in the foreground and that the…

Long-term exposure to air pollution has many health consequences, including accelerating brain aging and increasing the risk of dementia. Now, new research suggests that short-term exposure to polluted air, even in amounts that are…

A patient wearing an oxygen mask is taken to a COVID-19 hospital for treatment while coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads in Ahmedabad, India on April 26, 2021.Amit Dave | ReutersIndia reported a record daily death toll on Wednesday when…

India has reported a record number of coronavirus cases for the fifth consecutive year, with a second wave marginalizing its healthcare system.Around 352,991 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours, with India's total…

In China, don't ask the heroes.At least seven people were threatened, detained or arrested in the past week for expressing doubts about the government's account of the deaths of Chinese soldiers in a clash with Indian troops last year.…

The body of a deceased patient is considered a health care worker treating individuals infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on December 30, 2020 at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, United States.Callaghan O'Hare…

As the second year of the pandemic begins, millions of tenants are grappling with lost income and the uncertainty of not knowing how long they will have a home. Their savings are exhausted, they have credit card debt to earn the rent, or…

Paramedics work in an ambulance parked outside the Royal London Hospital in east London on January 21, 2021.DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON - The official UK death toll from the coronavirus pandemic hit 100,000 on Tuesday.…

"It's not as obvious a bubble as it was 20 years ago," said Jay Ritter, a finance professor at the University of Florida who studies IPOs. "But we're close to the bubble area."The market appears to be overheated by another measure that…