President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation’s medical and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at …
A federal judge has ruled that two federal agencies cannot punish Catholic employers and health care providers if they refuse, for religious reasons, to provide gender-affirming care to transgender …
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy. …
Authorities in Ivory Coast have announced an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven people have died from the disease. So far, 45 cases have been recorded in the village of Vridi Akobrate in the …
The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader. The …
The U.N. food agency is appealing for $46 million for the next six months to help about 2 million Haitians in dire need of food, including 8,500 at the worst catastrophic level of hunger. The appeal …
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein says he wants a council he's created to recommend cannabis sales regulations to protect young people and provide a structure for an industry where products from …
When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin proposed rolling back more than two dozen rules aimed at protecting clean air and water, he called it the biggest day for deregulation in …
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy. …
Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to do it. It is a spiritual highlight for those fortunate …
The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, according to government data, as younger people are reluctant to marry and raise children due to …
Vietnam has scrapped its long-standing two-child policy as birth rates fall and its population ages. Lawmakers approved changes Tuesday that now let couples decide how many children to have. The …
Six weeks before UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel last December, Luigi Mangione mused about rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance …
Three law enforcement officials say the FBI has arrested a man on charges linked to last month’s car bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California. One of the officials identified the …
Canada’s wildfire season is off to an intense start. A NASA satellite has recorded thousands of hot spots across the country — four times the usual number for this time of year. It's the second …
Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data. That includes counties in states that …
Smoke from Canadian wildfires began to worsen air quality in the eastern U.S. on Wednesday as several Midwestern states continued to battle conditions seemed unhealthy by the federal government. The …
A federal investigation has found that a Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law. The …
U.S. agriculture officials are warning that packages of ground beef sold at Whole Foods markets may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. Officials have issued a public health alert for 1-pound, …
Federal authorities say Washington man provided chemicals to make explosives used in California fertility clinic bombing.