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FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department

11:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Dr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

A barrier is set in front of the British cruise ship Ambition, as French authorities have ordered 1,700 passengers and crew to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)

France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak

10:30 AM on Wednesday, May 13

French authorities have ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak

FILE - The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes

10:01 AM on Wednesday, May 13

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year

The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is seen at anchor at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again

6:17 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Oceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak

This combination of images show, from left, Dr. Mark Chavez outside of United States Courthouse in Los Angeles, on Oct. 2, 2024, Erik Fleming outside federal court in Los Angeles on May 13, 2026, and Dr. Salvador Plasencia outside federal court in Los Angeles on July 23, 2025. (AP Photo)

Who are the 5 people convicted in connection with Matthew Perry’s death

6:03 AM on Wednesday, May 13

The prosecution of five defendants stemming from the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry is coming to a close

Who Is the Best Plastic Surgeon in U.S.?

6:00 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Greer Injury Lawyers Secures $38,816,500 Verdict for Client and Family

5:00 AM on Wednesday, May 13

Nebraska Medicine's Davis Global Center is seen on Sunday, May 10,2026 in Omaha, Neb. where American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship will quarantine. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak

6:43 PM on Tuesday, May 12

When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic

FILE - Health care workers walk in and out of the entrance at NYU-Langone Hospital on Dec. 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen, File)

Federal prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for children

6:01 PM on Tuesday, May 12

A New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it

FILE - A technician draws blood at a women's clinic in Jackson, Miss., on Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care

5:34 PM on Tuesday, May 12

A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care

CalHOPE Courage Award winners Kitahata, Darghali overcame mental health challenges

4:20 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Nothing could have prepared forward Andrea Kitahata for the emotional challenges she would face during her sophomore season at Stanford

An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11

6:17 AM on Tuesday, May 12

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung

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