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A crew does mop-up work in a burned area of Wyakin Park after a wildfire hit the northern part of Spokane, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Officials warn wildland firefighters about the risks of using a supplement for smoke exposure

12:01 AM on Sunday, August 23

Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals

New to The Street Broadcasts Today Across Bloomberg Television U.S., Latin America and MENA at 6:30 PM ET

10:40 AM on Saturday, August 22

FILE - A participant uses light weights during a class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA in Shoreline, Wash., April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Mobility tests can tell doctors a lot about how you're aging, but there are many other factors

8:41 AM on Saturday, August 22

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

Residents and frontline workers embark on Ebola outbreak awareness campaign in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak

3:56 AM on Saturday, August 22

Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister said

FILE - A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth on an agar plate at the Washington State Department of Health, Nov. 3, 2015, in Shoreline, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Alfalfa sprout linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, health officials say

3:12 PM on Friday, August 21

U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened people in 15 states

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

MAHA activists urge Trump against promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

1:11 PM on Friday, August 21

Nearly 200 activists in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump's promotion of coal to power artificial intelligence data centers

DEA Has Published the Evidence Against Marijuana Rescheduling

12:15 PM on Friday, August 21

Defendant Lindsay Clancy watches as her attorney Kevin Reddington prepares to interview a witness during proceedings in her murder trial, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Mark Chavous /The Enterprise via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy’s defense rests at trial over whether postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her kids

12:01 PM on Friday, August 21

The defense has rested its case in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting more testimony about her mental state before she strangled her three young children in 2023

FILE - Jenny Simpson waves to a fan after winning her heat in the women's 1,500-meter run at the U.S. Championships athletics meet, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Jenny Simpson reveals rare heart condition caused her collapse; she will not return to running

10:15 AM on Friday, August 21

World champion runner Jenny Simpson revealed it was a rare heart condition that threw her into cardiac arrest at a race in June and that she will not return to running

Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Here’s data showing Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass history’s largest

10:09 AM on Friday, August 21

The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed with no sign of slowing in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size

Why millions of people around the world will contract measles in 2026

8:34 AM on Friday, August 21

FILE - Students from Thomas Leadership Academy play on the school's playground in Eatonville, Fla., on Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

How to help your kids make friends at a new school

7:01 AM on Friday, August 21

Starting a new school can be daunting for students, but parents can help ease the transition

Sabi Bera Zakari, center, and his wife Aboudou Salamatou, right, carrying her child Oumarou Zakari outside their house in N'dali, northern Benin, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

In Benin, malnutrition and misinformed views contribute to widespread stunting in children

1:04 AM on Friday, August 21

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

Gama, a physician, describes the therapy for a Tibetan man, right, in a ward of the Xizang Autonomous Region Hospital of Tibetan Medicine in Lhasa, in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Tibetan medicine remains part of healthcare in the high-altitude region, in photos

9:08 PM on Thursday, August 20

Alfalfa sprouts linked to food poisoning illnesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin

5:20 PM on Thursday, August 20

Minnesota health officials are warning against eating certain alfalfa sprouts linked to a rare outbreak involving multiple bacteria

Aimee Breault of Acushnet, Mass., live-streams a demonstration in support of Lindsay Clancy outside Plymouth Superior Court, where Clancy is on trial in connection with the deaths of her three children, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds )

Women in pink rally in support of Lindsay Clancy at her trial for killing her 3 children

10:42 AM on Thursday, August 20

Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters have gathered to silently support the Massachusetts woman on trial in the killings of her three children

Somali women displaced by drought sit at Feynuus Nutrition Centre on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia faces another hunger crisis and the UN food agency head says it has far less funds to help

9:38 AM on Thursday, August 20

Six million people are facing acute food insecurity in Somalia while the World Food Program only has a tenth of the resources to help than it did during the country's last hunger crisis

Plastic Surgeon Dr. Sean Doherty Launches Boston Center for Gynecomastia Website

9:00 AM on Thursday, August 20

Members of the White Helmets carry the body of Mohammad Ghamira, a former White Helmets volunteer who died shortly after his release from jail, before his burial in the village of al-Haffa, Latakia province, Syria, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo)

Syrian police investigator will face prosecution after detainee with hemophilia dies

7:50 AM on Thursday, August 20

Syrian officials say that a police investigator who slapped a man during an interrogation despite having been warned that he had hemophilia will face prosecution

People dressed in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of 6-year-old Baudjo Baraka Jules, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine which has been effective in past outbreaks

7:21 AM on Thursday, August 20

The World Health Organization says Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine

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