Claire Maldarelli, assistant editor at Popular Science, discusses the 2017-2018 flu season that scientists have named as one of the worst in the last decade.
She notes that it is always good to get your flu shot, no matter how late in the season it is. The vaccination helps reduce the severity of the virus and makes it harder for it to spread. Maldarelli talks about how the body fights the flu and notes aches and pains stem from your immune system trying to fight off the virus.
The first over-the-counter drug to reverse opioid overdoses will be available in stores by next week.
The Environmental Protection Agency said it has revised a key rule relating to the nation's waters that would weaken efforts to protect acres of wetlands.
A new study has found that air pollution is a personal health threat and more dangerous than smoking and drinking.
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Narcan, the opioid overdose drug, will be available by next week.
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A rare blue supermoon could raise ocean tides and make flooding worse during Hurricane Idalia.
Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, including the latest on Hurricane Idalia.
Better catch the show if you can. There won't be another blue supermoon until 2037.
Doctors in Australia removed a three-inch living roundworm from a woman's brain.
