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FILE – A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says

May 28, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is primarily...

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (Matt Rourke/AP)

President Donald Trump’s health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care

May 1, 2025 at 8:42 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s administration released a lengthy review of transgender health care on Thursday that advocates for a greater reliance on behavioral therapy rather than broad gender-affirming medical care for...

FILE – The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

April 1, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The...

People walk at dusk in St Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pope had coughing fit, inhaled vomit and now requires assisted ventilation, Vatican says

February 28, 2025 at 5:55 p.m.

Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying a setback in his two-week long...

FILE – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

HHS to lose thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts

February 14, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

Department of Health and Human Services officials expect most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of nearly...

FILE – Demonstrators against transgenders rights protest during a rally outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington, as arguments begin in a case regarding a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Health data, entire pages wiped from federal websites as Donald Trump officials target ‘gender ideology’

January 31, 2025 at 5:33 p.m.

Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald...

ARCHIVO – Un radiólogo revisa mamografías en busca de evidencia de cáncer de mama en Los Ángeles, el 6 de mayo de 2010. (AP Foto/Damian Dovarganes, archivo)

Algunas pacientes de cáncer de mama podrían evitar ciertas cirugías, sugieren estudios

December 12, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

Algunas pacientes con cáncer de mama en etapas tempranas pueden evitar de manera segura ciertas cirugías, según dos estudios que exploran las formas de reducir las cargas del tratamiento.

Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants

November 26, 2024 at 7:06 p.m.

People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV under a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S....

FILE – A marijuana plant is seen at a medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

US health authorities need to play a larger role in cannabis policy, a new report says

September 26, 2024 at 2:25 p.m.

With more Americans using ever-stronger marijuana, a federal advisory panel is calling for a public health approach that’s a big departure from “Just Say No.”

FILE – Actor Matthew Perry participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the mini-series “The Kennedys After Camelot” in New York on March 30, 2017. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

What is ketamine, the drug involved in Matthew Perry’s death?

August 16, 2024 at 12:24 p.m.

The investigation into the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry has led to a sweeping indictment that pulled in five people who prosecutors say contributed to his ketamine overdose in...

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