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Congo Ebola Outbreak Tops 11,000 Cases as Front-Line Gaps Widen
GENEVA - The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 11,000 confirmed cases six months after it ...
FDA Orders Vision-Loss Warning for Ozempic, Wegovy and Other GLP-1 Drugs
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is requiring new warning labels for all GLP-1 diabetes and weight-loss med...
CVS Health to Split Pharmacy Chain From Aetna and Caremark
WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island - CVS Health said Wednesday that it plans to separate its national pharmacy chain from Aetna, C...
Washington Resident Dies From H5N1 After Dairy Cattle Exposure
YAKIMA, Washington - A Yakima County resident has died from complications of H5N1 bird flu after exposure at a dairy wit...
Judge Blocks Extra Medicaid Frailty Test but Leaves Work Rules Intact
BOSTON - A federal judge struck down a Trump administration rule that would have required chronically ill Medicaid recip...
Attack on Ebola Responders Deepens Congo's Fight Against a Deadly Outbreak
BUTEMBO, Congo - A nurse was killed and another health worker severely injured while responding to an Ebola alert in eas...
Personalized mRNA Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Recurrence or Death Risk 42% in Phase 3 Trial
MADRID - A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck reduced the risk of melanoma returning or cau...
Trump Orders New NIH Women's Health Division as Research Gaps Persist
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the National Institutes of Health to esta...
New Dementia Cases Projected to Reach 24.7 Million a Year by 2050
The number of people newly developing dementia each year could more than double to 24.7 million by 2050, according to a ...
Pope Leo XIV Announces Surgery to Remove Lung Nodule
VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a small nodule from hi...
WHO Presses Russia for Answers After Death at Siberian Plague Laboratory
GENEVA - The World Health Organization is seeking more information from Russia after a laboratory worker at a Siberian a...
Navy Confirms Eight Suicide Attempts During USS Lincoln Strike Group Deployment
WASHINGTON - Eight U.S. service members assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide durin...
UK Commons Rejects Assisted-Dying Bill in 286-270 Vote
LONDON - British lawmakers rejected legislation that would have allowed terminally ill adults in England and Wales to se...
Pennsylvania Reports First U.S. Measles Deaths of 2026
PHILADELPHIA - Two unvaccinated residents of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, have died with measles, state health offici...
Australia Confirms First Mainland Mammal H5 Case in Fur Seal
BEACHPORT, Australia - Australian authorities confirmed Sunday that H5 bird flu had been detected in a long-nosed fur se...
UNAIDS Warns of HIV Resurgence as International Funding Falls 18%
UNAIDS has warned that the global fight against HIV could slide into a resurgence after international financing for prog...
France Estimates 5,764 Excess Deaths During Historic June Heatwave
France recorded an estimated 5,764 more deaths than expected during the June 17 to July 2 heatwave, Santé publique Franc...
Ebola Outbreak Spreads Across Regions
The Ebola outbreak has been reported to be spreading across various regions, prompting concerns about the virus's reach ...
Eating Vegetables Before Carbohydrates May Help Manage Blood Sugar, Experts Say
A growing body of nutritional guidance suggests that the order in which foods are eaten during meals could play a role i...