A blood test to hunt signs of multiple cancers in healthy people is facing its first major U.S. regulatory hurdle.

A new survey points to economic frustration among a key group that has largely backed Donald Trump and other Republicans in recent elections.

Deb Robertson has become a leading advocate for end-of-life options in Illinois.

About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office.

A 36-year-old Costa Rican man whose family says he complained of not receiving proper care for his diabetes is the third detainee in less than six months to die at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana.

A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration directive that would have barred some immigrants from accessing Head Start preschools, plus other federal programs.

Vice President JD Vance and White House officials are announcing plans to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges.

Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life.

Patrick Clancy gave his first televised interview on "60 Minutes" on CBS News.

Congo has begun vaccinating healthcare staff against Ebola in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.

It's not hard to explain why business is booming for telehealth companies.

Italian health authorities are seeing evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

President Donald Trump announced that all 50 states will join a program to provide Most Favored Nation pricing for some Medicaid drugs.

The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn’t listen to him.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House.

Pregnancy and new parenthood can raise complicated issues for women in the workplace.

At least 48 people have died after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction in southern Nigeria’s Ondo state.

The World Health Organization reports encouraging signs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, has faced scrutiny over her stance on childhood vaccines.

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000 this year.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is proposing free home visits from nurses for every new parent in the state and expanded mental health screenings for new mothers.

An English judge has issued a scathing report blaming dysfunctional management for failing to protect babies at the hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven infants.

Bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease have been found in a Yankee Stadium cooling tower in New York City.

Thousands of people have gathered in Romania’s capital to set a Guinness World Record with a miles-long table made of recycled materials.

Houston fitness coach and U.S. Navy veteran Fenix Shepard knows what it means to completely transform your life. After losing 70 pounds and rebuilding her strength and confidence, she now helps others discover what they’re capable of. Then there’s Mark Ackley, a U.S. Marine veteran, former athlete and cancer survivor whose life was changed by Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a serious back injury that left him struggling with his mobility. When Mark met Fenix, he gave her one very specific goal: help him get strong enough to scuba dive again. Twelve weeks later, he was back on the water. Now, the two Houston veterans are sharing their stories of resilience, the importance of having a goal and why a setback doesn’t have to be the end of your story.

A 54-year-old Greek woman has given birth to a baby girl from an embryo frozen for 22 years.

U.S. health officials have declared the largest cyclospora food poisoning outbreak in the country's history over.

There is promising news in the fight against opioid overdoses in Texas, with data showing overdose deaths have declined in recent years.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has now spread to seven provinces in the country, local authorities said.

Experts say children need to struggle with everyday problems to develop independence.

U.K. lawmakers have voted down a bill allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives.

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body.

A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect.

The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states.

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign launched by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, pledged $100 million Thursday to make childbirth safer in the U.S. The five-year plan aims to cut the maternal mortality rate in half by 2031.

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia that are causing a toxic haze impacting people’s health in other countries.

A major American aid group has promised to send more medicines to high-need areas around the world with the support of a record large donation.

A panel of federal judges is considering Louisiana's assertion that mifepristone, a key drug in the most common abortion method in the U.S., should not be dispensed anywhere but a medical facility.

Bangladesh is struggling to tackle a measles outbreak that has killed almost 1,000 children this year despite a renewed vaccination campaign.

A jury foreperson says the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial said he had reasonable doubt but still wouldn’t acquit.

The ongoing outbreak of cyclospora tied to iceberg lettuce has raised new concerns about the safety of imported produce and underscores a worrisome trend: The U.S. is conducting fewer inspections to catch contaminated food.

U.S. ostrich farmers say they’re finding new customers who developed a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites.

The United States plans to phase out financial support for Namibia's HIV response programs.

Diagnosing endometriosis is often a challenge.

Chimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments are getting health checks at their new home in Liberia.

The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity.

A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible when she strangled her three young children.

A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy.

The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has gone home without a verdict after a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.

It is World Alzheimer’s Month, and we continue to bring awareness to this disease that has no cure, but many treatments can help slow the progression.

The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has gone home again without a verdict.

Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.

If a Massachusetts jury can't reach a verdict on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023, a mistrial will be declared and then prosecutors will have to decide whether to retry Clancy on murder charges.

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.

A new academic year has started across Congo despite concerns by parents and teachers that the Ebola outbreak still poses risks to children in the epicenter.

Dementia is often thought of as something that happens later in life, but doctors say symptoms of some forms of dementia can begin much earlier, including in a person’s 40s.

Congo’s authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial have ended a third day of deliberating without a verdict.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023.

The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities.

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device.

Jurors have been excused for the day after not yet reaching a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.

Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo.

A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment.

Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.

Teachers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are calling for a delayed reopening of schools due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, have started to deliberate whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023.

The Associated Press and The Guardian have obtained documents that contradict statements made by current Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during two congressional hearings in 2025.

Investigators are visiting the hospital nursery in Pakistan's capital where a fire killed 14 newborn babies.

Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S. states.

Many California residents have fallen victim to hospice fraud, a widespread issue that exploits weak state and federal oversight and has generated millions in fraudulent claims to Medicare.

The first day of jury deliberations has finished in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy.

A massive study shows what illnesses and injuries spike in emergency room visits during heat waves in Chicago.

U.S. health officials have approved a groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug that offers a new approach to treating the deadly form of cancer.

All testimony has concluded in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy.

A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect have testified in a Texas court.

In a story published Aug. 25, 2026, about a Michigan attorney general report on the Flint water crisis, The Associated Press erroneously reported that three state Supreme Court justices appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder joined a 2022 ruling that found one-person grand juries unconstitutional and threw out charges against him and other officials.

Pennsylvania health officials report that two unvaccinated residents have died after being infected with measles.

A forensic psychologist has testified that he found Lindsay Clancy did not have acute psychosis when she killed her three children but rather took their lives so they wouldn't “suffer” after she took her own life.

An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater.

More than 300 people have died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, according to government data.

The U.S. has reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices.

About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense.

Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals.

Strength and mobility tests are often touted as measurements of healthy aging and even predictors of longevity, but they’re no crystal ball.

Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister said.

Nearly 200 activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump's promotion of coal to power artificial intelligence data centers.

The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023.

Six million people are facing acute food insecurity in Somalia while the World Food Program only has a tenth of the resources to help than it did during the country's last hunger crisis.

The World Health Organization says Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine.

President Donald Trump has picked Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

Moderna shares more than doubled after announcing initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment.

The first New World screwworm outbreak in Texas in 60 years is hindering efforts to move rescued dogs and cats out of crowded animal shelters to states where they would be adopted.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country’s remotest regions.

A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

Former supermodel Kim Alexis is redefining what it means to grow older. From her legendary modeling career to her work as a wellness advocate and host of The Unexpired Podcast, Kim shares her approach to staying active, connected and purposeful in every stage of life. Kim joined Houston Life to talk about active longevity, embracing new chapters and the importance of physical, emotional, intellectual and social well-being. She also gives us a look at Trilogy Evergreen, the first Trilogy by Shea Homes community in Texas.

From DIY teeth whitening to homemade braces, social media is filled with dental hacks promising a cheaper path to a brighter, straighter smile.

Lindsay Clancy was “begging for help” as her mental health deteriorated in the months before she killed her three children, her former mother-in-law testified at her Massachusetts murder trial.