Health

APTOPIX Congo Mpox Outbreak Epicenter
Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo

A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

SEPT. 19, 2024

Be Well-Menopause Dental
FILE - A dentist holds a model of teeth and a toothbrush in Seattle on Aug. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Health

Menopause can bring on dental problems, but you can protect your mouth

SEPT. 16, 2024

Immigration-Hospitals
FILE - A sign is displayed outside a hospital in Miami, on July 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Government

Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it next

SEPT. 16, 2024

South Africa Health Train
A patient eyes are tested for lenses to be made for a new pair of glasses outside the Phelophepa eye clinic carriage, in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Africa

How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa

SEPT. 12, 2024

US-MED–Drug Inspections
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

COVID-19

Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds

SEPT. 6, 2024

Teen Vaping
FILE - Elf Bar and Esco Bar flavored disposable vaping devices are displayed in Washington on Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

drugs

Teen vaping hits 10-year low in the US

SEPT. 5, 2024

Paris Paralympics Athlete Nutrition
Pierre Bigot, a local sous chef, dries spinach in the kitchen of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee's High Performance Center's kitchen on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. The USOPC brought in staff from Colorado and also hired local chefs to work in the kitchen. (AP Photo/Nathalee Simoneau)

Disabilities

Paralympians face nuanced nutrition challenges. Dietitians seek solutions

SEPT. 4, 2024

Maternal Mortality-Government Programs
Areana Coles receives an ultrasound during a prenatal visit at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

COVID-19

America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs

SEPT. 4, 2024

Brazil Medical Cannabis
Maria Aparecida Carvalho speaks during an interview while standing next to the marijuana plants she cultivates for medicinal purposes, in the backyard of her home in Sao Paulo, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil

Brazilian moms are leading the charge to secure CBD for sick kids

AUG. 27, 2024

Be Well-Ultraprocessed Foods
FILE - A customer makes a purchase at a convenience store in Boston in this July 12, 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)

Health

Ultraprocessed foods are everywhere. How bad are they?

AUG. 26, 2024

Bird Flu Lab
Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Health

A bird flu outbreak is spreading among cows in the US. Scientists are hunting for answers

AUG. 23, 2024

Baby Evacuated From Gaza
In this Aug. 14, 2024 photo, ten-month-old Palestinian infant Mostafa Qadoura, who has already lost his eye and his immediate family to the horrors of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, poses at the New Administrative Capital Hospital, just outside Cairo, Egypt. Mostafa was among the 28 babies, most of whom were born premature, who were evacuated from the then-besieged Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and transported to Egypt late last year. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Displaced people

A baby evacuated from Gaza lost an eye and most of his family in the war

AUG. 23, 2024

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