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FDA Commissioner Martin Makary speaks during an event about drug prices with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Health

The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

NOV. 10, 2025

Autoimmune Diseases Lupus Photo Essay
Ruth Wilson, who balances her lupus illness with volunteering to help other patients, puts on makeup as she gets ready for the Walk with Us to Cure Lupus fundraising event, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Health

Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark side

NOV. 6, 2025

Anti-Science Movement
Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg hold a photo of their late son, Liam, in their home in Lowell, Ind., on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Breaking News

Anti-science bills sweep across the U.S.

OCT. 31, 2025

Lesotho USAID Cuts
Hlaoli Monyamane, 32, who is HIV positive, poses for a portrait inside his home in Thaba-Tsoeu Ha Mafa, Lesotho, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Health

Rich storytelling and compelling imagery show the impacts of US aid funding cuts in Lesotho

OCT. 24, 2025

Anti-Science Movement
FILE - Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens to deputy chief of staff Stefanie Spear speaks to him during a hearing the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Health

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

OCT. 22, 2025

Peanut Allergy
FILE - An arrangement of peanuts is seen Feb. 20, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Health

Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies

OCT. 21, 2025

Government Shutdown Health Care Costs
FILE - Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Health

What Americans think about rising health care costs, according to a new AP-NORC poll

OCT. 21, 2025

Lesotho USAID Cuts Photo Gallery
Mateboho Talitha Fusi, who is HIV-positive, poses for a portrait in Ha Koloboi, Lesotho, Saturday, July 12, 2025. Fusi is part of a peer-support group in her village, a concept that came about with U.S.-funded programs to help communities and residents live with HIV and support each other during lifelong treatments. Fusi still has access to her medication, but since the aid cuts, she'd been receiving fewer pills in each refill, causing worry for the future. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Health

Fear and worry in Lesotho: Photos show those affected as US aid cuts hit care for HIV patients

OCT. 16, 2025

Be Well-Cold Water Immersion
FILE - Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file)

Health

Cold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risks

OCT. 6, 2025

Trump
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Politics

Comprehensive AP reporting combats misinformation surrounding Trump’s autism claims

OCT. 3, 2025

Pfizer Metsera Acquisition
FILE - The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company's headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Health

Pfizer amps up push into obesity treatments with $4.9B deal for Metsera

SEPT. 22, 2025

APTOPIX Aging Africa Photo Essay
Deziranta Namisango, second from left, who has dementia, sits on a motorcycle taxi as Christine Nababi, 80, is helped onto the seat by NGO field officer, Elizabeth Nagawa, as they leave their biweekly fellowship gathering for seniors at a church in Mukono, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

General

In Uganda, AP explores the experience of aging on a continent where it’s unusual to be old

SEPT. 12, 2025

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