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Oregon giving out $37 million to preserve rural maternity care. Hospitals still worry about closures

4:50 PM on Monday, June 22

Oregon's rural hospitals are set to receive $37.5 million in state and federal funds to support labor and delivery care

A Houston drowning tests whether Texas law gives the right to deny brain death testing

4:25 PM on Monday, June 22

The parents of a 2-year-old girl in Texas are suing to stop brain death testing at Texas Children’s Hospital

The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

3:06 PM on Monday, June 22

The last eight Americans who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit after exposure to an unusual hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that killed three people have left the Nebraska facility

FILE — Thousands of people examine the individual panels of the AIDS quilt as it is displayed on the Mall in Washington on Oct. 11, 1992. (AP Photo/Stephen R. Brown, File)

The AIDS Memorial Quilt made a fearful epidemic powerfully human

1:56 PM on Monday, June 22

The Library of Congress describes the AIDS Memorial Quilt as the largest communal art project in the world

ZetrOZ Systems Introduces sam 3.0 Multi-hour Continuous Ultrasound Wearable Technology, The Next Evolution in Recovery

1:20 PM on Monday, June 22

What the Medicaid Cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Mean for Your Loved One in a Nursing Home

11:35 AM on Monday, June 22

A protester holds a placard reading "Tumekataa Ebola" (We refuse Ebola) during a demonstration against a proposed Ebola quarantine center to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, Kenya, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya's health minister found in contempt of court over US-backed Ebola facility

11:26 AM on Monday, June 22

Kenya’s High Court has found the health minister in contempt of court for failing to halt the construction of an Ebola quarantine facility intended for Americans, despite existing court orders

enVVeno Medical to Present in the Webull Corporate Connect Webinar Series

9:00 AM on Monday, June 22

Bones communicate with the rest of the body to support overall health – here’s the science behind your skeleton

8:35 AM on Monday, June 22

Childhood experiences of LGBTQ+ stigma can harm romantic relationships decades later – psychologists explain how to reconnect with yourself and your partner

8:35 AM on Monday, June 22

Who is the Best Plastic Surgeon for Skin Removal After Weight Loss?

6:00 AM on Monday, June 22

Relatives of Vanisa Anifa, a 6-month-old orphaned girl who died of Ebola, attend her burial, in Bunia, Congo, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo outbreak top 1,000 with 254 deaths, authorities say

3:09 AM on Monday, June 22

Authorities say confirmed cases of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths

This photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shows pills containing fentanyl which were seized by the DEA in New Mexico, on April 28, 2025. (DEA via AP)

What a reporter found when uncovering why federal agents allowed a deadly drug to hit the streets

12:12 AM on Monday, June 22

Associated Press journalist Jim Mustian explains how he reported and wrote a story that examined why the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025

DEA Special Agent David Howell, who filed a whistleblower complaint, poses for a portrait outside the U.S. district courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

12:08 AM on Monday, June 22

According to current and former DEA agents and records reviewed by The Associated Press, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025

Perimenopause goes viral, and doctors field the fallout

9:30 PM on Sunday, June 21

Natasha Jacka evaluates a glass of wine during the period it matures in oak in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Neil Shaw)

How a COVID lockdown helped make an award-winning winemaker in South Africa

1:04 AM on Sunday, June 21

A woman in South Africa found opportunity in a COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when she used the suspension of her studies at an agricultural college to plant her own vineyard at her family home

France restricts public alcohol consumption and outdoor sports as heat wave bakes parts of Europe

Sunday, June 21

France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events

Police patrol a highway after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades, in El Alto, Bolivia, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s president declares a state of emergency as road blockades choke supplies

10:46 AM on Saturday, June 20

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades

At least 12 shot after SUV pulls up and opens fire on a crowd, Chicago police say

10:16 AM on Saturday, June 20

Police in Chicago say at least 12 people in a crowd on a street suffered gunshot wounds after an SUV pulled up and two people inside started shooting

FILE - Lauren Ellenburg, a nurse, prepares a combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine for a patient at Tiger Pediatrics in Easley, S.C., March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Utah marks a year of battling measles, with no clear end in sight

8:21 AM on Saturday, June 20

Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks in almost every county

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