Warm baths or a cozy sauna can do more than just relax tired muscles. They also help blood move faster, sweat out small toxins, and calm the nervous system that often feels over‑worked during cold days. When stress slows down our body’s defenses, a quick dip in hot water can bring it back to balance
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has secured a $40 million federal contribution aimed at reducing the state’s alarming infant and maternal death rates. The money arrives through a new appropriations act approved by Congress last month and signed into law on February 3rd. UAMS w
The Ninth Circuit in California has paused a judge’s order that had stopped the Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status for about 89, 000 people from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. The court said the government can probably show that it had valid reasons to end the status, so t
Schools in San Francisco were closed on Monday when teachers walked off the job for the first time since 1979. The strike was sparked by demands for better health care and higher pay. About 50, 000 students were affected because parents had to find new child‑care and meals. Union leaders an
A team of doctors in Utah is performing a tiny, camera‑guided operation inside the womb to fix spina bifida. The technique is less invasive than older methods and can keep mothers from needing a big cut or an early delivery. The first Utah family to try the new procedure is the Ibarra Garcias. Thei
Morgan Stanley has turned its eyes to two companies that once mined Bitcoin and are now turning their rigs into data‑center powerhouses. The firm has given Cipher Mining and TeraWulf “overweight” ratings, suggesting their shares could rise by more than 150% if the shift pays off. Cipher’s analyst
BitMine Immersion Technologies, a company that manages crypto assets for its own use and for others, added a large amount of Ethereum last week. They bought 40, 613 ETH during a market slump, pushing their total holdings over 4. 3 million tokens. At today’s prices that adds about $8. 8 billion to th
Bad Bunny turned the Super Bowl halftime show into a secret‑full spectacle, keeping even his own guests in the dark until the last beat. The 2026 event at Levi’s Stadium, where the Puerto Rican star performed a full set in Spanish for the first time ever, was shrouded in mystery. The host of the
A new survey across the Democratic Republic of Congo looks closely at how common malaria is among children between six and 59 months old. The study shows that this disease remains the top cause of sickness and death in the country, especially for toddlers and preschoolers. The researchers gathere
The U. S. Army’s chief of staff announced a sharp change in policy: active military personnel will no longer be sent to Harvard for Pentagon‑funded courses starting next academic year. He said the department is ending all professional military programs, fellowships and certificates that have been of
