Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are deficient
Vitamin D is involved in so many bodily functions because there are vitamin D receptors in different organs. These receptors act like docking stations for vitamin D to bind to and trigger different ...
Opinion
Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, the position has been held on an interim basis by Susan Monarez, whom Trump has now nominated to take the job permanently after his first ...
Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
(THE CONVERSATION) A community-led partnership in Colorado designed to negotiate health care prices lowered health care premiums in 2020 and 2021, we find in our new paper in the Journal of Risk and ...
Bodega cats make New Yorkers' hearts purr, even if they violate state regulations
The convenience store cats that live at many of the city’s bodegas and delis look innocent enough, spending their days ...
Justice Department declined to prosecute Texas AG Paxton in final weeks of Biden's term: AP sources
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to prosecute ...
Trump's changes to the federal government aren't yet a clear political winner or loser: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's dramatic changes to the federal government haven't emerged as an obvious political ...
East Haven man charged in baby's drowning death was on phone in other room, warrant says
The East Haven man told police he had only left the baby and another child in the tub unattended for five minutes, according ...
UConn has been to the Final Four in Tampa three other times. Here's how it's gone
This is the fourth time Tampa has played host to the Final Four in the women's basketball tournament. UConn has made it each ...
Here are 12 CIAC high school girls tennis players to watch during the 2025 spring season
Here are 12 girls tennis players to watch during the 2024 CIAC season: Lucy Day, Fairfield Ludlowe, Sr.: Teamed with Maggie ...
Measuring the cost of extending Trump's tax cuts becomes a flashpoint in Congress
Senate Republicans are looking to change how extending many of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts would be scored when it comes to future ...
Tennis star Coco Gauff is starting her own management firm
Coco Gauff is leaving her longtime agency and launching her own management firm so she can “take greater ownership” of her ...
Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo tease new 'Wicked: For Good' footage during CinemaCon victory lap
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Ariana Grande,Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu took the stage in Las Vegas last April to tease ...