Traffic deaths for all age groups continue to plunge at a record-shattering pace across America. But, among teen drivers the decrease, of 64 percent since 1975, is especially important given that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens.
Rotary International made a promise to help kick polio out of Africa, and this month the group wrapped up a massive immunization mobilization that brought their dream to the brink of reality.
There have been anecdotal hints for months that employers are facing new pressure to raise workers' wages as the job market has heated up. And Friday's report is the first piece of real evidence in the official government data that it's happening.
A report released by the US Department of Health and Human Services this week shows an estimated 50,000 fewer patients died in hospitals, and approximately $12 billion in health care costs were saved, as a result of a reduction in hospital error over the last three years.
Fewer Americans are having strokes and those who do have a lower risk of dying from them finds a new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins. The study found a 24 percent overall decline in first-time strokes in each of the last two decades, especially among people 65 and older.
Cheating, lying and stealing among American students are all less prevalent nowadays, according to a new report. The 2012 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth suggests that young people's morals have improved in recent years.
Americans are drinking 20 percent less soda than they did in 1998, according to trade tracker Beverage Digest. Diet drinks are losing market share even faster.
Makers of high-end spirits are buying overripe, misshapen, and undersized fruit directly from farmers across America, doing their part to reduce food waste.
A new study finds that in England, children's exposure to second-hand smoke has plummeted by nearly 80% since 1998.
Some nail technicians in California are breathing easier, thanks to a project dedicated to protecting workers in popular "mani-pedi" salons.
The FDA announced it would begin requiring food makers to gradually phase out artificial trans fats — the artery-clogging oils found in many baked goods.
Chipotle is extending its worker benefits to part-time employees by giving them sick pay, paid vacation time, and even helping pay their college tuition.
The number of drivers between the ages of 16–19 involved in fatal automobile crashes in the United States has plummeted by 55% over the ten year period, 2004-2013.
China's emissions of carbon dioxide fell last year for the first time in 13 years - a drop of 2 percent during a year when their GDP was still growing by 7.4%. This decoupling of economic growth from emissions is significant and should buoy clean energy efforts around the world.
Whale watchers have spotted a rare white whale while counting a record number of humpbacks swimming through New Zealand. (WATCH)
A recent survey shows the percentage of American adults without health insurance hit a low of 11.4%, according to the latest quarterly Gallup poll.
August 11 marked one year since the last polio case was detected anywhere on the entire continent of Africa.
The U.S. economy grew at a far faster pace last quarter than economists first had estimated, "bolstering confidence that it will remain sturdy".
Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi has reduced its child mortality in the last decade to save 280,000 kids.
The chances of getting cancer are declining... and the chances of dying of cancer are declining even faster, reported researchers at a news conference on March 12. And a new study showed that long-term Vitamin E supplements substantially reduced the chances of getting prostate cancer
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