Casey Toohill recently announced his retirement after a six-year NFL career and the defensive end admits to playing with a certain amount of “existential dread” when it came to the pounding his …
West African laboratory scientists are urging governments to strengthen their capacity to detect disease outbreaks to prevent another major crisis. They say health systems across the region are …
The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their ban on the medical use of donated blood. Members can now receive products derived from blood, but transfusions of whole blood remain prohibited. The …
Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue in decades, and the toll now includes a death. The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death Friday, though didn’t provide further …
The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors wouldn’t listen to him. That's according to a …
Four Pennsylvanians with intellectual and developmental disabilities have filed a class action lawsuit against new caregiver and travel rules in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program. Critics warn these …
America is the land of possibility and the land of cockamamie schemes. Our enduring belief that anything is possible has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy, but it has also led us …
America is the land of possibility and the land of cockamamie schemes. Our enduring belief that anything is possible has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy, but it has also lead …
Fiji has declared an HIV national emergency as one in 60 people in the South Pacific island nation is now estimated to be living with the condition. The country says it is boosting testing and …
The World Health Organization reports encouraging signs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says progress is being made in Ituri …
At least 48 people have died after consuming a drink in southern Nigeria’s Ondo state. More than 100 other people have fallen ill after consuming the drink in Ondo’s Odigbo and Irele local …
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in the White House. Kennedy addressed Children's …
Pregnancy and new parenthood can raise complicated issues for women in the workplace. They often worry about how hiring managers or their existing employers will view them if they reveal they are …
The family of a San Antonio woman who died of preeclampsia is suing Texas officials, claiming the state's abortion ban led to her death. The lawsuit targets Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and …
South Korea plans to approve abortion pills for the first time to promote women's health and safety. In 2019, the Constitutional Court ordered the easing of a strict abortion ban. Abortion was …
At least 48 dead in Nigeria's Ondo state after consuming drink suspected to contain methanol, police official says.
A radiologist who's a former Fox News contributor will be facing lawmakers as President Donald Trump’s third nominee for surgeon general. Dr. Nicole Saphier's nomination follows stalled attempts to …
Michigan is seeing a rise in school-aged children skipping vaccines, reaching the highest exemption rate in a decade. Last year, 7.1% of students received waivers, up from 6.2% in 2024. This trend …
Ryan Lasko, a minor league prospect with the Athletics who was paralyzed in an outfield collision more than two months ago, has been released from an in-patient rehabilitation hospital. He will …
The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has surpassed a record 100,000 this year. The latest figures from Japan's government underscore the country’s rapid aging and population decrease. …