How will the obesity epidemic end? With kids.
Part 6 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Each of the children in Betty McNear's home day care has a...
New drugs and surgery can deliver major weight loss. But they come at a cost.
Part 5 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. For two decades, Charleah Torres-Vega, 43, refused to donate...
Americans don't choose to be fat. Many live within a 'system they don't control.'
Part 4 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Nathaniel Louis Brown always loved his food, especially...
What we eat matters. Researchers are still searching for the 'best' diet.
Part 3 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Campaigns to cut fat and then sugar from America's diet...
Extra weight increases health risk in the long run. Fat shaming hurts now.
art 2 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Tigress Osborn is fat, and she's OK with that. What she's not...
Obesity was long considered a personal failing. Science shows it's not.
Part 1 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Barbara Hiebel carries 137 pounds on her 5-foot-11 frame....
Can you improve memory? Brain stimulation could make a 'moderate to large' difference, study shows.
(Photo: Robert Reinhart) For four consecutive days, 150 senior citizens pulled on a swim-like cap and allowed parts of their brain to be...
Donald Trump's COVID-19 treatment is similar to the average American hospitalized with coronavirus.
President Donald Trump has had the best possible care for his COVID-19, his doctors have repeatedly assured America. "He's on a routine...
The sprint to create a COVID-19 vaccine started in January. The finish line awaits.
For five days, the FedEx plane sat on the tarmac in Shanghai. American scientists at Novavax, a biotech company in suburban Maryland,...
911 calls for heart attack tripled in New York City during COVID-19 outbreak
New Yorkers had three times more heart attacks during the COVID-19 surge this spring, than in a typical year and they were far more...
