The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol.

Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast.

Health officials serving under President Donald Trump want to make it easier for men to get a prescription for testosterone.

The agent for Sam Neill says the actor died from pneumonia.

The twice-yearly changing of the clocks could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops.

The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators when they pressed her on whether she would protect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from political meddling.

Ebola cases in Congo have reached 2,011, with 754 deaths, according to government data.

France's National Assembly has given final approval to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication.

Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing.

A group of 26 Meta employees has sued the company, claiming it used artificial intelligence systems that disproportionately targeted those on medical or family leave for layoffs.

Infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora are surging, with 2026 already the nation's worst year for reported cases.

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than current treatments — by lowering the brain's production of a protein called tau.

The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has warned that most Ebola cases in eastern Congo come from unknown transmission chains.

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is renewing focus on the country’s aging lawmakers.

Another round of sweltering heat is in store for much of the U.S. this week.

The aortic tear that likely caused the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is a medical emergency that can rapidly kill.

Dozens of workers at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo have gone on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses.

The Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak.

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma.

Health experts advise washing hands and produce amid a significant outbreak of a parasitic infection in Michigan, affecting more than 1,500 people.

After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue.

Akiko Sugaya wheels a cart through the alley-like streets of eastern Tokyo selling tofu, the protein-rich staple favored in much of Asia.

New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, according to the government.

New World screwworm cases in dogs in Texas and New Mexico are prompting warnings from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals.

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea.

A new analysis of early rate filings shows that Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing another year of double-digit premium increases.

Healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments.

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland had a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma when he killed himself after a high-speed chase with police in November 2025.

When it comes to losing weight, it turns out the simple math of counting calories doesn’t always add up.

New federal data reveals the first 50-state look at a steep drop in Affordable Care Act enrollment after enhanced subsidies expired in January.

Heavy rain and flooding are breaking a heat wave that gripped New York City and much of the Northeast last week.

An AI program in the state of Utah has sparked a vigorous debate about the role of the technology in health care.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fifth year, a group of Ukrainian amateur climbers is trying to build something new: a climbing culture inspired by the sense of community surrounding California’s Yosemite National Park.

Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.

Cyclospora, a parasite causing gastrointestinal illness, has reemerged in Texas and several other states, with Texas and Illinois reporting up to 30 cases each and New York leading with around 80 cases since May 1, 2026.

Irisleydis Tristá, a cancer patient in Cuba, has been unable to get a crucial CT scan for seven months because the machine at Havana’s leading hospital is broken.

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from marking up discounted drugs for Medicare patients.

New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage.

Former NFL star Chris Johnson is bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of ALS as he fights the fatal nervous system disease.

With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing survivors were untreated wounds and infectious diseases.

The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans.

Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves.

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.

California is making food labels less confusing by banning "sell by" dates.

The Trump administration has frozen federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat.

Aid groups are warning that Venezuela's healthcare system is at its breaking point nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes hit the South American country.

A single mosquito bite two years ago changed Fernando Silva’s life forever and health officials are now warning that this summer’s record mosquito surge across southeast Texas could put thousands of others at risk.

Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible for higher student loan limits after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower caps.

Arkansas is moving forward with a ban on allowing government food aid to be used for candy and soda.

The Food and Drug Administration is meeting next month to consider easing restrictions on several peptides, a group of unapproved drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The agency posted meeting materials online Monday.

Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its interpretation of new Medicaid work requirements.

New Mexico's governor says the state could seek billions in civil damages after DEA agents allowed fentanyl shipments into communities.

A judge has delayed Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A heat wave is gripping the Midwest and is shifting eastward, causing summer camps and outdoor activities to be canceled or delayed.

A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies.

New federal figures show that about 3 million fewer people had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year.

Legislators across the U.S. are trying to lower prescription costs by reining in big companies that handle drug coverage for health insurers.

According to the latest U.S. Census data, Texas leads the nation in the number of uninsured residents.

New Mexico's attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into claims that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets.

The Montgomery County Public Health Department says it has received confirmation from the Texas Department of State Health Services of the first case of West Nile Virus in a resident of the county for 2026.

A judge has temporarily ordered Tennessee not to give immigration authorities information about hundreds of sick and disabled immigrant children who are enrolled in a healthcare assistance program.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a criminal investigation into whether federal authorities broke state law by allowing fentanyl pills to reach the streets.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from executing subpoenas in a criminal probe that sought transgender care records for patients treated at New York hospitals.

Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year.

A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France.

A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda.

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against 455 people as part of a two-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers.

As mosquito season ramps up across Southeast Texas, residents are dealing with itchy bites and irritated skin—and health experts say the worst thing you can do may be the most instinctive one.

Authorities say confirmed cases of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths.

France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades.

Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks in almost every county.

Mourners in eastern Congo have gathered to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week.

The mother of a teenage girl who died after doctors in the Dominican Republic delayed treating her for cancer because she was pregnant is challenging the country’s strict abortion ban.

From Tropical Storm Arthur to a dangerous heat event — all within 24 hours — FIFA World Cup 2026 fans at the FIFA Fan Festival in Houston have seen it all, and they’re not going anywhere.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed 204 deaths, with 894 confirmed cases, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market.

FIFA’s new hydration breaks midway through each half were implemented to help players stay cool in the summer heat of Mexico, Canada and the United States, which some experts have warned could be the hottest World Cup in history.

Parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited months for the Education Department to address complaints of bullying or discrimination.

The Federal Trade Commission and four states are suing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Scientists have found evidence of the oldest known plague, dating back about 5,500 years ago — some 200 years earlier than previously thought.

Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A 16-month-old baby and his mother have recovered from Ebola in eastern Congo.

Whenever Ebola comes, some of those stricken choose the road to the nearest hospital.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus from the Nebraska quarantine facility where she is being held.

The nation’s infant mortality dropped to a new all-time low in 2025.

When you go camping, do you have hot dogs or quinoa salad.

Paris Hilton has returned to the Utah boarding school where she said she was abused as a teenager.

Cuba says its healthcare system is struggling due to a U.S. energy blockade.

Congolese authorities report a large daily increase in Ebola cases as the virus without a approved medicine or vaccine spreads rapidly.

The Congolese Ministry of Health reports that confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have increased to 782, with 181 deaths.

Nara Organics has recalled its organic baby formula sold at Target stores and online due to a multistate outbreak of infant botulism.

Nearly 6% of U.S. middle and high school students vape.

Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time after certain injuries.

The Trump administration has put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

A new memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a recent decision to authorize the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers.

Israel’s Supreme Court is considering whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, who was seized 17 months ago in Gaza.