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Indian Health Service to phase out use of dental fillings containing mercury by 2027

10:33 AM on Sunday, February 15

The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans will no longer treat tooth decay with dental fillings containing mercury

Ronan Murphy snuggles with his mom, Andrea, while looking at the snow falling outside his home while brother, Connor sits nearby in Ayer, Mass., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Should people with autism and very high needs have a separate diagnosis? Takeaways from AP's report

4:37 AM on Sunday, February 15

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s been a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis

Ronan Murphy hugs his mother, Andrea, while looking at the snow falling outside their home in Ayer, Mass., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this family is raising twins with it

4:28 AM on Sunday, February 15

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Whether it's a mini-sabbatical or an adult gap year, more people are taking extended work breaks

2:48 PM on Saturday, February 14

The idea of taking more than a two-week vacation from work to recover from burnout or rethink life is slowly gaining supporters in the United States

United States' Lindsey Vonn concentrates ahead of an alpine ski, women's downhill official training, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Lindsey Vonn says her latest surgery after Olympic crash 'went well' and she can return to US

1:14 PM on Saturday, February 14

Lindsey Vonn says the latest surgery on her left leg that she broke in the Olympic downhill “went well” and now she “will be able to finally go back to the U.S.” The 41-year-old Vonn is being treated at a hospital in Treviso, Italy

How Often Should I Get a Dental Cleaning in Coral Springs, FL?

8:00 AM on Saturday, February 14

Palestinian women ride a donkey cart along the coastal road in Wadi Gaza during a dust storm in the central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

MSF suspends some work at Gaza's Nasser Hospital due to presence of armed men

5:28 AM on Saturday, February 14

Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended some operations at one of Gaza's largest functioning hospitals after patients and staff said they witnessed armed, masked men in parts of the compound

Attorney General Ken Paxton backs ivermectin champion’s fight against Texas Medical Board

1:45 PM on Friday, February 13

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a reprimand against a Houston doctor for prescribing ivermectin to a patient at a hospital where she did not have privileges

Turning Capes Into Care

10:50 AM on Friday, February 13

U.S. charge d'affaires Laura Dogu, left and Venezuelan diplomat Felix Plasencia stand by the arrival of medical supplies donated from the United States at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Arraez)

A US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation

9:29 AM on Friday, February 13

The United States has sent a shipment of medicine and medical supplies to Venezuela, reflecting what many say is a new spirit of cooperation between the two countries

A healthcare worker administers polio vaccine to a child in the Ndirande Township of Blantyre, Malawi, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali)

Malawi vaccinates a new generation of children against polio, which still hasn't been eradicated

8:05 AM on Friday, February 13

The southern African nation of Malawi has launched a new polio vaccination campaign this week in another reminder that the world still hasn’t managed to eradicate the disease despite a concerted effort for more than 35 years

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Judge temporarily blocks Trump officials from rescinding health grants to some Democratic-led states

6:34 PM on Thursday, February 12

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot pull back $600 million in public health grants allocated to four Democratic-led states, for now

FILE - The Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, operates April 14, 2025, in Cheshire, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a 'scam'

2:56 PM on Thursday, February 12

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”

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