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FILE - Cooling tower three with one and two in the background operate at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule

6:00 AM on Sunday, July 26

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world

FILE - A plane lands at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Jetting off for a summer vacation? How to eat and drink to minimize jet lag

5:02 AM on Saturday, July 25

Jet lag threatens to turn even a dream vacation into a slog

Rubble set on fire as health and frontline workers protest at the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, Congo, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths

2:21 AM on Saturday, July 25

Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo have gone on strike over payment issues, disrupting patient care

FILE - A carton of eggs is pictured in Farmers Branch, Texas, on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs has sickened 98 people since November

2:06 PM on Friday, July 24

Federal health officials report that nearly 100 people in 17 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs

Appeals court overturns order closing Texas midwife clinics accused of illegal abortions

10:01 AM on Friday, July 24

A Texas appeals court has dismissed an injunction that forced a Houston-area midwife to close her clinics

A Taco Bell fast food restaurant is shown Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Taylor, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite linked to 4 more states

9:12 AM on Friday, July 24

Federal health officials have linked four more states to an outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite

FILE - Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice, File)

There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025

8:17 AM on Friday, July 24

The U.S. has surpassed 2025’s record for measles cases, with five months left in 2026

Colorado prepares for screwworms, as the pest that was eradicated in 1966 returns to the US

5:43 AM on Friday, July 24

The Benadryl Challenge isn’t going away – here’s how public health officials are trying to stop this deadly viral trend

5:43 AM on Friday, July 24

Millions of family caregivers manage complex diets for older relatives – often with little nutritional guidance

5:42 AM on Friday, July 24

Who is the Best Plastic Surgeon in Kirkland?

3:00 AM on Friday, July 24

Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Opens Accredited Investor Round For Once-Daily Pill Designed To Address Duchenne Regardless Of Genetic Mutation

8:12 PM on Thursday, July 23

Simmons Hanly Conroy Named Partner Jayne Conroy Honored with 2026 "David Egilman Make the World a Better Place Award"

3:35 PM on Thursday, July 23

Pyper Leblanc kisses a tin rooster goodbye after a visit to the Hilton Winn Farm in Ogunquit, Maine, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Giant metal roosters spread autism acceptance in Maine after town zoning spat

2:20 PM on Thursday, July 23

Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations

Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate committee postpones vote on whether to advance CDC director nominee

11:56 AM on Thursday, July 23

The Senate health committee has delayed a vote planned for Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Louisiana’s abortion drug access law heightens hemorrhage risk for pregnant patients

11:42 AM on Thursday, July 23

Louisiana hospitals have faced challenges after a 2024 law reclassified misoprostol as a controlled substance

FILE - This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

US health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite

9:42 AM on Thursday, July 23

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora

Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

By the Numbers: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record

8:52 AM on Thursday, July 23

The Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed over 1,000 people, reaching this grim milestone nearly three times faster than the 2014-2016 epidemic

A Palestinian girl searchs for reusable items at a landfill in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Famine has ended in Gaza. But the gains are fragile and it could get worse

5:03 AM on Thursday, July 23

The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine swept parts of the Palestinian territory last year

FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, May 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers

9:02 PM on Wednesday, July 22

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides

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