Health News

8:00 AM on Saturday, May 23

Moments of joy are common whenever hospital facility dogs show up to spend time with patients

11:04 PM on Friday, May 22

Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola

6:47 PM on Friday, May 22

Authorities say fentanyl and methamphetamine were found at a home where first responders became sick after answering a call about suspected overdoses in a rural New Mexico county

6:18 PM on Friday, May 22

The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the hospital in Omaha

4:12 PM on Friday, May 22

A proposed $7.25 billion settlement over claims that Roundup weedkiller causes cancer now faces potential delays

12:01 PM on Friday, May 22

The Associated Press has learned that officials at the Food and Drug Administration were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the U.S. market

11:00 AM on Friday, May 22

An imprisoned Belarusian journalist's relatives say he has fallen seriously ill

8:44 AM on Friday, May 22

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Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak

8:30 AM on Friday, May 22

7:56 AM on Friday, May 22

An advocacy group is suing President Donald Trump's administration over its decision to reinstate a near-ban on abortions for veterans and their family members who depend on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare

7:01 AM on Friday, May 22

Matthew Perry's assistant is set to become the last defendant sentenced in the investigation of the drug death of the “Friends” star

12:03 AM on Friday, May 22

New York City's iconic pizzerias and bagel shops may soon be forced to update their long-standing baking practices after state lawmakers moved to ban a common additive

6:52 PM on Thursday, May 21

Athletics outfielder Denzel Clarke was returned from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Las Vegas because of what the team calls “significant left hamstring strain” suffered during Tuesday night’s game

2:43 PM on Thursday, May 21

The Department of Health and Human Services is boosting its use of artificial intelligence to monitor audits from federal grant recipients

12:09 PM on Thursday, May 21

Investigators in New Mexico are trying to identify a mysterious substance that may have contributed to the deaths of three people

10:06 AM on Thursday, May 21

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said an Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak

6:47 AM on Thursday, May 21

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain