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A picture is emerging of how tornado risks are changing across parts of the country, particularly in areas where social factors compound vulnerabilities to extreme weather.

Middle-age men with obstructive sleep apnea showed poorer mental function in areas such as judgment and impulse control, new research finds.

The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems.

The astronauts will be the first humans to fly in the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years.

Researchers using an autonomous deep-ocean vessel recorded the unknown snailfish species at a bone-crushing depth of 27,349 feet.

Blame geography for the U.S.'s getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather. Then add climate change, and "buckle up."

Months of atmospheric river storms have pummeled the area, which is home to crucial farmland. A historic snowpack in the mountains above the basin will make things worse.

Storm chasing has for decades been a valuable way to study tornadoes in an effort to understand what it takes to create these intense rotating columns of air.

Virgin Orbit stock closed at 34 cents a share Thursday, having fallen 82% since the beginning of the year.

“At the time, it was both safe and popular for Republicans to deny climate change,” one speaker said of previous generations of politicians. “But times are changing.”

Health officials are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about the need for powerful new drugs to treat increasingly resistant infections.