The field of palliative care is still relatively new. In the early 1990s, research demonstrated substantial shortcomings in the quality of care for patients with serious illnesses.

In 2014, as Russia launched a proxy war in Eastern Ukraine and annexed Crimea, and in the years that followed, Russian hackers hammered Ukraine. The cyberattacks went so far as to knock out the power grid in parts of the country in 2015.

Energy activity in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's region "increased moderately" during 2022's first quarter, according to the latest energy survey from the bank.

An analysis of the genetic material in the ocean has identified thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses and doubled the number of phyla, or biological groups, of viruses thought to exist.

Financial relief is coming to North Dakota farmers who were affected by last year's feed transportation costs.

The number of commercial and backyard flocks with confirmed avian flu increased by 36 percent in the past week.

Burning fossil fuels at current rates is expected to produce mass extinctions and other catastrophic outcomes, but a brighter future is possible if large-scale action is taken within the next three years.

At least two dozen states are seeing the bird flu virus quickly spread through commercial flocks on poultry-producing farms.

Hazel Irene Krueger

February 17, 1924 – April 8, 2022

Funeral services are pending.

Arrangements are under the direction of Brown Funeral Home.

The word “planet” came from the ancient Greek words that mean “wandering star.”