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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)

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

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that’s previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs. The drug from Merck was OK’d on Thursday for patients with artery-clogging cholesterol that persists even after taking statins, the standard medications for cutting heart attack risk. Merck will market […]

JULY 16, 2026

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FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new kind of flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturer Moderna said. The shot, named mFlusiva, is intended for adults age 50 or older. Other brands of flu shots already have begun arriving in pharmacies ahead […]

AUG. 6, 2026

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Visitors pose in front of the Olympic rings at the 2014 Winter Olympics Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin Feb. 7th. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Winter Games style guide distributed by AP

Visitors pose in front of the Olympic rings at the 2014 Winter Olympics Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin Feb. 7th. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The AP Standards Center today issued the following advisory to editors at our member news organizations. To help with spellings and usage in coverage of the […]

JAN. 27, 2014

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In this Tuesday April 19,2011 photo showing Associated Press pulitzer prize winning photographer Nick Ut poses for a photo in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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AP’s legendary ‘Napalm Girl’ photographer Nick Ut to retire

AP Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut poses for a photo in Los Angeles, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) LOS ANGELES (AP) — It would seem all but impossible to sum up one of the most distinguished careers in photojournalism in only four words, but that’s just what Nick Ut does when he says, “From hell to […]

MARCH 13, 2017

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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)

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

More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties […]

OCT. 22, 2025

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FILE - Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks testifies during a hearing, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File)

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Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation’s top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s team unrestricted access to a tightly held vaccine safety database, fearing that the information might be manipulated or even deleted. In an interview with The Associated Press, former Food […]

APRIL 7, 2025

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Un hombre pasa en motocicleta junto a las ruinas de casas destruidas cinco meses antes en un ataque de disidentes de las antiguas Fuerzas Amadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, o FARC, en Buenos Aires, Cauca, Colombia, el miércoles 20 de mayo de 2026.(AP Foto/Santiago Saldarriaga)

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Miedo de mirar al cielo: drones con explosivos tensan la recta final de las elecciones en Colombia

Gladys Marín sólo tiene que cruzar la calle para llegar a la escuela donde el próximo domingo funcionarán los puestos de votación del pequeño poblado colombiano en el que vive, pero aún no sabe si lo hará. El miedo por su seguridad podría pesar más que su derecho a elegir al nuevo presidente.

MAY 25, 2026

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FILE - Members of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles hold signs reading: "#Stop Asian Hate," in a caravan around Koreatown to denounce hate against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the Koreatown neighborhood in Los Angeles March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Fewer AAPI adults report hate incidents but racism concerns linger, new poll shows

Fewer Asian American and Pacific Islander adults are reporting overt anti-Asian attacks than during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds, but many still worry about racial discrimination. A new poll out Monday, as AAPI Heritage Month begins, from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about one-quarter of AAPI adults have […]

MAY 4, 2026

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President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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What Americans think about Trump’s judgment on military force as Iran talks resume: new AP-NORC poll

As the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, a new AP-NORC poll finds that many U.S. adults continue to view Iran’s nuclear program as a threat — but they also don’t have high trust in President Donald Trump’s judgment on the use of military force abroad. About half of […]

FEB. 26, 2026

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Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are reporting the first death from a new type of coronavirus that has stirred fears of an outbreak similar to that of the deadly SARS virus more than a decade ago

Health authorities in a central Chinese city on Saturday reported the country’s first death from a new type of coronavirus, as the government braced for the Lunar New Year travel boom amid concerns over a possible outbreak similar to that of the SARS virus in the early 2000s. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said seven […]

JAN. 11, 2020

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Barges carrying Buddha statues float during the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival in Inle Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

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Spectacular lake festival in Myanmar shines despite political upheaval and natural disasters

Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, a major Buddhist celebration and world-class tourist attraction, has seen some of its celebratory spirit diminished, with locals and visitors citing a confluence of challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic, political upheaval and natural disasters — including a recent devastating earthquake. Crowds nonetheless flocked this week to enjoy the festivity, with […]

SEPT. 23, 2025

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This photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024 shows a prairie dog at the American Prairie nature preserve in Montana. (Roshan Patel/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)

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A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie dogs are on the menu for just about every predator you can think of”— golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, foxes, badgers, even […]

JUNE 12, 2025

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

New kind of flu shot is on the way as the FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA-based vaccine

Winter Games style guide distributed by AP

AP’s legendary ‘Napalm Girl’ photographer Nick Ut to retire

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

Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.

Miedo de mirar al cielo: drones con explosivos tensan la recta final de las elecciones en Colombia

Fewer AAPI adults report hate incidents but racism concerns linger, new poll shows

What Americans think about Trump’s judgment on military force as Iran talks resume: new AP-NORC poll

Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are reporting the first death from a new type of coronavirus that has stirred fears of an outbreak similar to that of the deadly SARS virus more than a decade ago

Spectacular lake festival in Myanmar shines despite political upheaval and natural disasters

A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators

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