HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. They came for…
Read more A Long-Acting HIV Drug Arrives in Zimbabwe for Some at Highest RiskBy Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Feb. 12, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Your smartwatch might soon do more than just count your steps or check your heart rate: It…
Read more Smartwatches May Soon Predict a Depression RelapseBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Jan. 26, 2026 (HealthDay News) — U.S. poison centers are an amazing investment, according to a new study, saving the nation $3.1 billion…
Read more Poison Control Centers Save America Billions Of Dollars Every Year, Report FindsTUESDAY, Jan. 20, 2026 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials plan a new study investigating whether radiation from cellphones may affect human health. A spokesperson for the U.S.…
Read more HHS Announces New Study of Cellphone Radiation and HealthWastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the…
Read more CDC Studies Show Value of Nationwide Wastewater Disease Surveillance, as Potential Funding Cut LoomsWASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs and preventable deaths avoided from air pollution…
Read more EPA Says It Will Stop Calculating the Economic Savings to Health in Key Air Pollution RulesBOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increased inspections and better access to records following a fire last year…
Read more Fire That Killed 10 at an Assisted Living Facility Prompts Massachusetts to Enact Safety ReformsWASHINGTON (AP) — Overpowering Speaker Mike Johnson, a bipartisan coalition in the House voted Wednesday to push forward a measure that would revive an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that…
Read more House Takes Step Toward Extending Affordable Care Act Subsidies, Overpowering GOP LeadershipPresident Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants Republicans to reach a deal on health care insurance assistance by being willing to bend on a 50-year-old amendment that bars…
Read more Trump Tells Republicans to Be ‘Flexible’ on Abortion Restrictions to Get a Health Care DealBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 6, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Young adults are having a tough time accessing treatment for their inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a new…
Read more Young Adults With IBD Face Insurance, Cost Barriers To Care, Survey FindsBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Jan. 2, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Considering some plastic surgery as part of a New Year’s makeover? A newly developed AI model is…
Read more AI Could Help Make Liposuction Safer, Experts SayWASHINGTON (AP) — Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus — and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday…
Read more Flu Is Rising Rapidly, Driven by a New Variant. Here’s What to KnowBy Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Dec. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fretting over making ends meet ages your heart just as much as classic risk factors for heart…
Read more Money Worries Speed Up Heart Aging, Increase Risk Of DeathNEW YORK (AP) — It’s that time — December’s waning days, when we prepare to turn the calendar page. Many Americans take stock, review goals accomplished and unmet,…
Read more Out With the Old: With 2026 Nigh, Here’s Some Wide-Ranging Intel on Managing TransitionsBy Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Dec. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Olympia Provisions has recalled about 1,930 pounds of ready-to-eat holiday sausage. The recalled meat is wrapped and…
Read more Metal Shards Spark Nationwide Recall of Ready-to-Eat Holiday KielbasaU.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. The U.S.…
Read more US Regulators Approve Wegovy Pill for Weight LossSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker signed Friday. The…
Read more Illinois Becomes 12th State to Provide Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally IllNEW YORK (AP) — Pharmaceutical companies have agreed to slash the Medicare prices for 15 prescription drugs after months of negotiations, reductions that are expected to produce billions…
Read more Trump Administration Says Lower Prices for 15 Medicare Drugs Will Save Taxpayers BillionsWEDNESDAY, Nov. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For many young adults, social media is where life happens: Friendships, news, stress, all rolled into a single screen. But a…
Read more One Week Less on Social Media Linked to Better Mental HealthBy Ernie Mundell HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Nov. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women who stop taking a GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes medication just prior to a pregnancy appear to be…
Read more Quitting a GLP-1 Before Pregnancy Linked to Higher Weight Gain, Complications