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Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate grilling

A radiologist who's a former Fox News contributor will be facing lawmakers as President Donald Trumps third nominee for surgeon general

16 Sep 2026 4:48 pm
A childhood rite moves indoors as kindergartners learn to ride bikes in school gyms

Learning to ride a bike, a classic childhood milestone, is now happening in school gyms and playgrounds

16 Sep 2026 10:40 am
Massachusetts governor proposes improved postpartum healthcare after Clancy trial

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is proposing free home visits from nurses for every new parent in the state and expanded mental health screenings for new mothers

16 Sep 2026 1:19 am
Chile validated as first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies

Chile has become the first South American country to eliminate dog-transmitted rabies to humans, according to the World Health Organization

15 Sep 2026 3:19 am
Want to lower your risk of dementia? It doesn't involve a blood test

New blood tests are helping doctors diagnose whether Alzheimers or something else is causing a patients memory problems

12 Sep 2026 9:20 pm
Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states

The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states

11 Sep 2026 12:11 pm
Lindsay Clancys lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children

Lindsay Clancys attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children

11 Sep 2026 12:08 pm
Congos Ebola outbreak rapidly spreading beyond epicenter, health body warns

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body

11 Sep 2026 12:46 am
Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby

A California couples surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect

11 Sep 2026 12:45 am
Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing measles outbreak

A Pennsylvania coroner confirms that the two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths

10 Sep 2026 3:18 am
Kenya's nurses end six-week strike after signing deal with government

A 43-day nurses strike in Kenya that paralyzed public hospitals has ended after the government and the nurses union signed a return-to-work agreement

9 Sep 2026 8:37 pm
Report says Australian study finds 31 rugby league players with brain disease CTE

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says a study has found that 31 rugby league players have been diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

9 Sep 2026 11:52 am
Kenya's doctors threaten to join strike by nurses, citing increased workload in hospitals

Doctors in Kenya have threatened to join a strike by nurses that has entered a sixth week, citing an increased workload in hospitals as they cover for the impact of the industrial action

8 Sep 2026 9:34 pm
Husband of Tanzania's president dies while undergoing hospital treatment

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband has died while undergoing treatment in Zanzibar

7 Sep 2026 6:20 pm
Congos Ebola burial teams battle community anger, fatigue and fear of infection

The burial of a young chorister in Bunia highlights the ongoing Ebola crisis in Congo

7 Sep 2026 9:43 am
Carbon credit financing emerges as Africas biggest bet for expanding clean cooking

Carbon credit financing is helping to drive Africas clean cooking transition by making cleaner stoves affordable for millions of low-income households

7 Sep 2026 9:43 am
US phases out $45M annual support for Namibia HIV program

The United States plans to phase out financial support for Namibia's HIV response programs

5 Sep 2026 6:55 pm
As jurors deliberate the Lindsay Clancy case, here are key moments from the trial

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case are trying to decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023

4 Sep 2026 6:13 am
5 challenges Congo faces in containing its fast-moving Ebola outbreak

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading faster than efforts to track and contain it

4 Sep 2026 12:49 am
Congo's Ebola outbreak shows no signs of slowing as deaths top 3,000

The latest government data shows Congos Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people out of over 6,100 confirmed cases

2 Sep 2026 3:59 pm
Congo authorities report more than 6,000 confirmed Ebola cases and nearly 3,000 deaths

Congos authorities report that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has topped 6,000 cases with 2,911 deaths

1 Sep 2026 9:32 am
How international supermarkets can break up a dinner rut without costing a fortune

When kitchen burnout hits, figuring out what to make for dinner every day can feel like an impossible task

29 Aug 2026 12:36 pm
She was a pain specialist to top athletes. Her opioid prescribing alarmed the DEA

Joan Rubinger overcame a catastrophic biking accident that left her paralyzed to become an influential pain-relief specialist helping top-tier athletes get back on the field after acute and chronic injuries

28 Aug 2026 8:14 pm
Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones with a total of 60 areas now affected

Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo

28 Aug 2026 5:32 pm
Congo begins vaccinations to fight the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history

Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history

28 Aug 2026 12:17 pm
Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover

A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment

28 Aug 2026 10:41 am
Closing arguments are set to begin in Lindsay Clancy's trial in the killings of her 3 children

Closing arguments are set to begin in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children in 2023

27 Aug 2026 1:48 pm
Kenyan mother dies after bleeding for hours after childbirth

The white sand beaches of one of Kenya's most popular tourist areas line a region with one of the country's highest rates of deaths around childbirth

26 Aug 2026 12:07 pm
8-year-old Louisiana girl dies from rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater

An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater

25 Aug 2026 1:08 am
Economists don't expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices

The U.S. is reopening a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices

24 Aug 2026 11:24 pm
Mobility tests can offer insights, but they aren't a crystal ball

Strength and mobility tests are often touted as measurements of healthy aging and even predictors of longevity, but theyre no crystal ball

22 Aug 2026 8:03 pm
In Benin, malnutrition and misinformed views contribute to widespread stunting in children

In Benin, stunting affects a third of children under 5 due to malnutrition, despite abundant resources

21 Aug 2026 11:44 am
Moderna shares surge after it says its experimental mRNA cancer treatment passed a key test

Moderna shares more than doubled after announcing initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment

19 Aug 2026 11:10 pm
Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers' efforts to contain Ebola

Eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searches for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo to help feed his family

19 Aug 2026 11:19 am
Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records

A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic

19 Aug 2026 6:51 am
Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding

Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

18 Aug 2026 10:14 am