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Conor McGregor, right, jumps into the air for a kick as he fights Max Holloway in a welterweight fight at the UFC 329 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Conor McGregor suffered torn ACL in shortened return fight against Max Holloway

11:33 AM on Sunday, July 19

Conor McGregor confirmed he suffered a torn right ACL in his shortened UFC 329 fight against Max Holloway

FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)

Second death reported in Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

9:08 AM on Sunday, July 19

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York

Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, plays on a mat inside her house in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Nigerian children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surge

10:13 PM on Saturday, July 18

Health workers in northern Nigeria say more children are relapsing into malnutrition and cite knock-on effects from the war in the Middle East

Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk

2:51 PM on Saturday, July 18

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. The California-based company said products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were shipped to 27 states including Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois

Rubble set on fire as health workers involved in Congo's Ebola response go on strike as they protest over payment issues in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Constant Same Bagalwa)

Safety fears limit Ebola response in Congo, with more than 12 attacks recorded

9:10 AM on Saturday, July 18

Authorities report at least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers during Congo's Ebola outbreak

FILE - Schoolgirls walk home past a mural from the women's organization Plan International in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Takeaways from AP's report on the impact of US aid restrictions on reproductive rights in Africa

10:16 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

FILE - A woman walks past a billboard promoting the Safe Motherhood Bill on Wilkinson Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Women are dying in Africa as US ramps up its global battle against abortion

10:14 PM on Friday, July 17

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

FILE -Signage for the Provo Canyon School in Springville, Utah, is pictured June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

License revoked for boarding school in Utah where Paris Hilton says she was abused as a teen

5:11 PM on Friday, July 17

Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager

First death reported in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City

4:12 PM on Friday, July 17

A Legionnaires’ disease patient has died from the outbreak in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden speaks before President Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge blocks South Dakota abortion advertising ban against nonprofit

4:12 PM on Friday, July 17

A federal judge has ruled that South Dakota can't enforce its abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health nonprofit

Jeremy Morrison, who says he was sent home with the wrong parents after he was born, shows what he believes is a baby photo of him, left, and of the other baby he says was switched at birth while recounting the story at his home in Colorado City, Colo., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Men sue hospital after DNA tests showed they were switched at birth 38 years ago

3:38 PM on Friday, July 17

The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead

National Guardsmen patrol the Lincoln Memorial as the sun, obscured by wildfire smoke, rises above the Washington Monument and the Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the US and engulfs DC in haze

1:29 PM on Friday, July 17

Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are muddling through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Minnesota and Canada

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)

Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers

9:43 AM on Friday, July 17

Big U.S. restaurant chains don’t get linked to foodborne illness outbreaks often

Zendo Exit Leaves Burning Man Harm Reduction Gap...New Temple of Harm Reduction Launches Urgent Fundraiser

8:00 AM on Friday, July 17

The New York City skyline is seen through a cover of wildfire smoke, in Jersey City, N.J., Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here's how it attacks the body

6:02 AM on Friday, July 17

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body

Autistic children drown at alarming rates - swim lessons and water safety strategies can save their lives

5:17 AM on Friday, July 17

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

Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite

4:46 AM on Friday, July 17

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora

Ruma Aktar, a sewing machine operator, wears her prescription eyeglasses while working at a garment factory in Gazipur, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

A simple pair of glasses is helping productivity gains in some Bangladesh garment factories

10:06 PM on Thursday, July 16

In Bangladesh, a simple pair of reading glasses is transforming the lives of garment workers like Ruma Aktar

How to avoid tick bites in your yard or while hiking in the woods, and what to do if one starts feasting on you

5:21 AM on Thursday, July 16

From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention

5:45 AM on Wednesday, July 8

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