Elissa Welle

Janine Ramirez, Hearing Aid Specialist with the Hear Again America co., places a hearing aid on an ear on Oct. 20, 2021 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Food and Drug Administration announced that people with mild or moderate hearing loss could soon buy hearing aids without a medical exam or special fitting. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Over-the-counter hearing aids finally available to purchase

October 17, 2022 at 8:07 a.m.

Major retailers, including Best Buy, Walmart, Walgreens and CVS, will begin selling OTC hearing aids Monday; smaller pharmacies are likely to follow in the coming months.

A dead whale lays across the bow of the container ship Northern Vitality, docked at the Port of Oakland, Calif., in September 2010. (Photo: D. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group)

Could an underwater microphone in Pacific Ocean hold the key to protecting whales?

October 12, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.

Whale Safe technology tracks the location of whales and vessels' speed as they travel through Golden Gate shipping lanes.

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