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American 250 Washington Extreme Weather Heat
A woman holds a fan in front of a bottle-fed baby at the Great American State Fair, during an extreme heat wave, Friday, July 3, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Health

How to keep babies safe when temperatures soar

JULY 20, 2026

Climate Wildfires Smoke Washington
The sun is obscured by wildfire smoke as a person runs in front of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, July 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Health

How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires

JULY 19, 2026

Be Well One Tech Tip Texting Thumb
FILE - A person uses a smart phone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. (AP Photo, File)

Health

One Tech Tip: How to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrolling

JULY 16, 2026

Pentagon-Hegseth-Testosterone
FILE - A vial of testosterone cypionate in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Health

Trump officials want to make testosterone drugs easier to prescribe. Is that a good idea?

JULY 16, 2026

Cholesterol Drug
FILE - The logo for Merck appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

FDA

FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients

JULY 16, 2026

Alzheimers-Blood Test
FILE - A human brain affected by Alzheimer's disease is displayed at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., on Oct. 7, 2003. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

Health

Study shows a blood test can help identify healthy people at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease

JULY 15, 2026

Senate McConnell
FILE - Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, walks through the Capitol, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Government

After Lindsey Graham’s death, questions linger about aging politicians and health transparency

JULY 14, 2026

Cyclospora Outbreak
This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)

Health

As cyclospora illnesses surge to a record, Michigan officials eye lettuce as a possible cause

JULY 14, 2026

Russia Ukraine War Veteran Potter
Ivan Shostak, right, a blind Ukrainian war veteran touches an injured arm of his comrade during a pottery workshop at a rehabilitation center in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Health

What injured athletes can teach us about recovery and resilience

JULY 14, 2026

Alzheimers New Experimental Drugs
These brain scan images provided by Biogen show how high levels of Alzheimer's-related tau protein, in red, dropped in a recipient of the company's experimental drug diranersen. (Biogen via AP)

Health

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows promise targeting a different brain protein, new study shows

JULY 14, 2026

Be Well-Fermented Foods
Kimchi, sauerkraut and yogurt are displayed on a kitchen table in New York on July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Food

People have been fermenting food for millennia. Here’s why more people are focused on gut health now

JULY 11, 2026

EPA MAHA
FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives on stage at the inaugural Make America Healthy Again summit, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Elections

EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists

JULY 10, 2026

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