Health

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

Legionnaire’s Explainer
FILE - This 1978 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Legionella pneumophila bacteria which are responsible for causing the pneumonic disease Legionnaires' disease. (Francis Chandler/CDC via AP, File)

Health

What to know about Legionnaires’ disease making people sick on New York’s Upper East Side

JULY 7, 2026

Be Well-Calorie Math
FILE - A customer shops at a Grocery Outlet store in Pleasanton, Calif., on Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Health

Why losing weight isn’t just about counting calories — and what to do about it

JULY 7, 2026

Be Well-Gamified Nutrition Apps
(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Health

Nutrition apps can help build healthy habits. For some users, their gaming features carry risks

JUNE 30, 2026

New Flu Vaccine
FILE - A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto

FDA

FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

JUNE 18, 2026

FTC Transgender Health Group
FILE - The official seal of the Federal Trade Commission is seen on an office building in Washington, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Health

Federal Trade Commission sues leading transgender health group

JUNE 17, 2026

Be Well Tick Allergy
This photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shows an adult female lone star tick crawling on a blade of grass in 2023. (Lauren Bishop/CDC via AP)

Health

What to know about alpha-gal syndrome, the life-threatening meat allergy caused by tick bites

JUNE 17, 2026

Infant Mortality
FILE - The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas, July, 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Health

The US infant mortality rate fell to an all-time low, though it still trails other similar nations

JUNE 16, 2026

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