Health

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role - and they say the evolution of this singular ability was key to our survival. Source link

Ronald Donat's longtime dream of becoming a police officer was in jeopardy. Source link

Over the past three weeks, 58 cases of measles have been identified in Texas, with most occurring in Gaines County in the western part of the state on the New Mexico border. Source link

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program. Source link

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pope. Source link

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the Vatican said Tuesday, after new tests showed a further complication in the condition of the 88-year-old pontiff. Source link

Ronald Donat's longtime dream of becoming a police officer was in jeopardy. Source link

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, health authorities reported, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month. Source link

Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Officials said the 88-year-old pope is suffering from a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," but gave no further details on the severity of his illness or what would change in his treatment. Here's a look at the Pope's latest diagnosis and what his treatment could involve. Source link

Natasha Nelson, a 35-year-old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in small talk instead of deep conversations, or why people like to make their beds. Source link