Health & Safety

This week news broke that one person passed away after drinking what an employee suspected was beer contaminated with draft line cleaner at a Winston-Salem bar. Here's what experts think may have gone wrong, and how similar incidents could be prevented. 

Lina Lyte Plioplyte sees menstruation as a "beautiful cycle" that happens to half of the world's population — one that "we're not supposed to talk about it." Her new film aims to break the stigma.

The study focuses on a universal basic income and spans 12 years and thousands of people in Kenya. How did the money change lives? What's better: monthly payouts or a lump sum.

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain can cause fainting, at least in mice.

A new study finds only about 1/3 of people who could benefit from statin medications — which can help prevent heart attacks and strokes among people at risk — are taking them.