Dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease is, by all accounts, pretty awful: A person with the disease hosts a parasitic worm that forms a painful blister under the skin that eventually bursts, allowing the worm to emerge and lay its eggs in water. Those afflicted don't just endure pain (although there's plenty of that); they also run the risk of secondary infection and permanent paralysis, and there are economic consequences to the disease, too.

A famed Russian conductor allowed climate protesters who disrupted a performance at a classical music festival in Switzerland to address the crowd, despite grumbling from some members of the audience.

Millions of students are returning for another school year marked by challenging teacher shortages, causing schools to double up classrooms, move courses online and employ what critics have labeled as underqualified teachers.

A lot of them had something to with candy corn.

Alba Baptista and Chris Evans got married, the best of Week 1 of the 2023 NFL Season, Michigan State suspended Mel Tucker and more in the Roundup.

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -Lab-grown meat can be labeled kosher and halal as long as its cells are derived in

Thirty-five years after the hit 1989 film was released, the score of Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ will be performed by a live symphony orchestra on a tour of the US and Europe.

Tinie Tempah feels more "creative" surrounded by nature and admitted the "greyness" of London can be uninspiring.

A convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison over a week ago has changed his appearance to

You know him as the man who sang "White Christmas" and co-starred in a slew of movies with Bob Hope. But here are some facts about Bing Crosby that might surprise you.

Steven Spielberg almost directed, Randy Newman played the Singing Bush, and Steve Martin developed permanent tinnitus.

Celebrating the legendary musician, who said he "changed music five or six times," was born on May 26, 1926.