US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island
Read full article: US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote islandThe 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.
FDA's e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones
Read full article: FDA's e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco onesA 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.
Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detention
Read full article: Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detentionIsrael’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.
Law firms cheated in filing claims with NFL's $1 billion concussion settlement fund, report says
Read full article: Law firms cheated in filing claims with NFL's $1 billion concussion settlement fund, report saysThe court officials overseeing the NFL’s $1 billion-plus settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients toward doctors willing to give them a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis whether they exhibited symptoms or not.
Trump administration warns over 500 hospitals to provide more price information or face fines
Read full article: Trump administration warns over 500 hospitals to provide more price information or face finesThe Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with enough information about prices.
Social Security’s retirement trust fund faces a funding shortfall a year earlier than expected
Read full article: Social Security’s retirement trust fund faces a funding shortfall a year earlier than expectedSocial Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected.
Colombia passes law to track cattle and keep deforestation-linked beef out of supply chains
Read full article: Colombia passes law to track cattle and keep deforestation-linked beef out of supply chainsColombia has enacted a law aimed at preventing cattle linked to deforestation from entering beef supply chains by connecting livestock traceability, land ownership and forest monitoring systems.
Playing hip-hop or Doris Day, older exercise instructors can speak their peers' language
Read full article: Playing hip-hop or Doris Day, older exercise instructors can speak their peers' languageThe students in Bengie Santos' exercise class at the Greater Seattle Y say there's something special about their 72-year-old instructor.
Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state battles cholera outbreak that has killed 74
Read full article: Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state battles cholera outbreak that has killed 74A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state has killed 74 people and infected more than 7,000 others since it started in early May.
Congo's Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response
Read full article: Congo's Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows responseAt least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo.
Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures
Read full article: Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measuresThe Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread.
Sri Lanka nursing home worker says a ‘chained’ patient was among 13 fire victims
Read full article: Sri Lanka nursing home worker says a ‘chained’ patient was among 13 fire victimsA staff member says a resident killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained and another was untied and saved.
ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from custody
Read full article: ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from custodyImmigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report the deaths of detainees who have been released from custody, in a change that could obscure the human cost of the Trump administration's mass detention policies.
As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformation
Read full article: As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformationIn Congo, the battle against the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola has been complicated by skepticism, attacks on health workers and misinformation.
What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US
Read full article: What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the USThe New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century.
Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US
Read full article: Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in USThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.
Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study finds
Read full article: Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study findsA new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.
Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwide
Read full article: Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwideMelinda French Gates is expanding her efforts to improve women's health worldwide, pledging $215 million for contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives for middle-age women.
Health issues shut down these 7 Central Florida eateries last week
Read full article: Health issues shut down these 7 Central Florida eateries last weekDuring the final week of May, another seven eateries across Central Florida were forced to close after a visit from a health inspector, according to state records.
Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue
Read full article: Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continueThere were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.
Indonesia arrests former nutrition agency head and officials in corruption investigation
Read full article: Indonesia arrests former nutrition agency head and officials in corruption investigationIndonesia's former head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges related to a multibillion-dollar free-meals program.
MAHA candidate beats Trump's choice in Republican primary for Iowa governor
Read full article: MAHA candidate beats Trump's choice in Republican primary for Iowa governorBusinessman Zach Lahn's win in Iowa’s Republican gubernatorial primary over President Donald Trump's pick is a rare electoral setback for Trump.
'We’re still behind' in Congo's Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief says
Read full article: 'We’re still behind' in Congo's Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO chief saysThe World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region.
2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities
Read full article: 2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authoritiesTwo scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators.
'Out of my lane.' Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room
Read full article: 'Out of my lane.' Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing roomDr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has taken a turn in the White House briefing room.
Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens
Read full article: Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizensHundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base.
WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo
Read full article: WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern CongoThe World Health Organization reports that five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus in eastern Congo.
Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says
Read full article: Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family saysClaude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.
WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response
Read full article: WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace responseThe head of the World Health Organization has visited Bunia in eastern Congo, where a rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly.
Most new moms get the baby blues. But it could be something more serious: postpartum depression
Read full article: Most new moms get the baby blues. But it could be something more serious: postpartum depressionPostpartum depression is a potentially dangerous condition that can fill a typically joyous time with despair.
Trump’s physician says the president is in 'excellent health' and is 'fully fit' to serve
Read full article: Trump’s physician says the president is in 'excellent health' and is 'fully fit' to serveDonald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations
Read full article: Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendationsPresident Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child.
Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for Americans
Read full article: Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for AmericansA court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo.
Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa
Read full article: Aid supplies reach heart of Congo's Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to KinshasaAid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.
About 8% of the country lacked health insurance in 2025, new data shows. That could rise next year
Read full article: About 8% of the country lacked health insurance in 2025, new data shows. That could rise next yearThe proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Experimental hepatitis B drug may offer 'functional cure' for some patients
Read full article: Experimental hepatitis B drug may offer 'functional cure' for some patientsNew research suggests a first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B may let some patients stop treatment without showing signs of the dangerous liver virus.