ROME — Pope Francis will need to sleep overnight with a mask for "mechanical ventilation," the Vatican said on Tuesday evening. Unlike the previous day, the 88-year-old has not experienced any further episodes of shortness of breath, but non-invasive ventilation with a mask over his nose and mouth is necessary. There was no mention of artificial ventilation in the Tuesday evening bulletin. The ...

DALLAS — The measles outbreak that began in West Texas has now grown to 159 confirmed cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced on Tuesday afternoon. The case count, up from 146 cases on Friday, is still spread across nine counties in West Texas and the Panhandle, with no new counties impacted as of Tuesday. Since late January, 22 people have been hospitalized and one ...

In the wake of a California wildfire, a badly injured fox wandered through a neighborhood below the scorched foothills of Orange County. Residents noticed the distressed gray fox roaming the Robinson Ranch neighborhood and called a local animal shelter, the San Diego Humane Society said in a Monday Facebook post. From there, the nonprofit said, the badly burned fox spent five months recovering ...