At every step of her third pregnancy, Jennifer Tavares was told everything was normal. She had already welcomed two healthy daughters and was now pregnant with her third child — her first boy. At 31 weeks, she was still working normal hours as a nurse practitioner at a New Jersey …

NEW YORK — Daniel Penny has been acquitted in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely last spring on the New York City subway. A jury of five men and seven women weighed whether Penny was guilty of second-degree manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide in Neely’s death. The more serious manslaughter charge was thrown …

Getting training wheels taken off a bicycle is often regarded as a rite of passage for youngsters learning to ride a bike — but some kids are skipping the step altogether by using balance bikes. Balance bikes, some of which are designed for children as young as 10 months old, don’t …

Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead. It happened in 2021 and while details are murky, surgery was avoided and the man is still alive. But donor registries …

A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an …

Parisa Imanirad, a scientist and cancer researcher from San Francisco, is married and has a wide circle of friends. But once or twice a week, she goes to a restaurant by herself. Imanirad said dining alone gives her time to think or read. She tries not to touch her phone …

In his latest album “Blue Electric Light,” Lenny Kravitz touches on the challenge of being a recovering “people pleaser,” something he says he was unintentionally raised as. The Grammy-winning artist discussed the inspiration behind the opening line in his new song, “Human,” during a sitdown interview with “CBS Mornings” co-anchor …

A potent animal tranquilizer is likely behind an increase in drug overdoses in Chicago this month, health officials warned on Monday.  The overdoses happened between May 11 and May 14, and drug samples from those cases tested positive for elevated levels of medetomidine. This powerful veterinary tranquilizer is not approved …

Skin cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer, yet it remains one of the most common — and a recent survey finds not enough people are taking the right precautions, raising their risk. The survey from the American Academy of Dermatology revealed more than one-third of adults …

So you’ve reached the Big 4-0? It’s time to celebrate — and to make plans for some preventative care and screenings to help keep your health on track. CBS News HealthWatch has compiled a series of guides to help you know which preventative screenings should be on your list, starting with …