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Africa's top health body confirms new Ebola outbreak in remote Congo province

Africa's top health body confirms new Ebola outbreak in remote Congo province

Africa's top public health body has confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province

May 15, 2026 at 4:10 am EDT

6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine

6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine

May 15, 2026 at 2:59 am EDT

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

May 14, 2026 at 9:17 pm EDT

Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids

Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids

May 14, 2026 at 1:17 pm EDT

France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak

France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak

May 14, 2026 at 10:50 am EDT

Norovirus: What is it, how to prevent getting sick?

Norovirus: What is it, how to prevent getting sick?

May 14, 2026 at 10:27 am EDT

The world's reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID

The world's reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID

May 14, 2026 at 10:09 am EDT

Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud

Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud

May 13, 2026 at 4:54 pm EDT

US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

May 13, 2026 at 1:13 pm EDT

France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak

France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak

May 13, 2026 at 12:40 pm EDT

Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again

FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department

Hantavirus outbreak: Patient on an artificial lung, 11 reported cases from cruise ship outbreak

PCOS now called PMOS: What the change means for patients

Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak

French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

Trump's FDA chief is out after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion activists

Federal prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for children

The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care

Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV

Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says

Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill

Pediatrics group issues new guidance on recess for the first time in 13 years

A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor's career pivot

One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight home

Free medical care to Jacksonville families as Ascension St. Vincent’s hosts Medical Mission at Home

WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed

Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

Hantavirus outbreak: 41 people monitored in US

4 killed in medical plane crash

Recall alert: 94K lithium coin batteries sold on Amazon recalled

Preakness preview: What you need to know for second Triple Crown race

Recall alert: 125K children’s tower stools recalled