Health
China still shipping fentanyl precursors to Mexican cartels
Chinese exports of the precursor chemicals used to make deadly fentanyl are continuing despite Beijing's agreement last year to halt the flow and despite President Trump's pressing Chinese President Xi Jinping at their recent summit to do more, Trump administration officials say.
As Ebola spreads in Congo, grieving families face a growing mental health toll
When a schoolteacher in eastern Congo learned that five of her family members had been diagnosed with Ebola, she was deeply shaken, fearing not just the deadliness but the stigma of a disease seen by some in her community as evil.
Explosion at Ohio chemical plant forces evacuations, shelter-in-place orders in Toledo
City leaders in Toledo, Ohio, said an explosion at a chemical facility forced evacuation and shelter-in-place orders as officials try to limit exposure to the airborne substance.
Some ‘Young Sheldon’ cast members tried ‘religious excuse’ to get out of COVID vaccine
Chuck Lorre, the creator of "The Big Bang Theory" and its prequel series "Young Sheldon," says that during the COVID era, some of the cast of "Young Sheldon" tried to excuse themselves from getting the vaccine due to personal and religious reasons.
Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja as woman who arrived from Uganda tests positive
Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, on Tuesday after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for the virus, the Health Ministry said.
How the U.S. organ transplant system works and what to ask to improve your chances
It's not always patience and luck that get patients off the organ transplant waiting list and into the operating room.
Tests find late NASCAR driver Fred Lorenzen had CTE
The family of late NASCAR driver Fred Lorenzen said Tuesday that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the first NASCAR driver to be diagnosed with the disease.
Christina Applegate discusses her MS misdiagnosis on ‘MeSsy’ podcast
Actress Christina Applegate says she has found out that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis after a seven-month, health-related break from her podcast.
Arizona woman’s 3-year wait for an intestine shows the U.S. organ transplant system’s complexity
A car crash destroyed Katherine Screws' small intestine, leaving her unable to eat, dependent on IV nutrition and often too sick to get out of bed. But the Phoenix woman clung to her hospital's prediction that she could get an intestine transplant in about six months.
Democratic candidates revive Medicare for All pitch in battleground states
Obamacare is costing consumers a fortune, so Democrats running in some of the most competitive congressional races have reignited calls to expand it to a government-run system that's long been the goal of America's socialists and the far left.
Appeals court blocks start of takeover of healthcare operations in Arizona prisons
A federal appeals court has put on hold a court-ordered takeover of healthcare operations in Arizona's prisons that was scheduled to start Monday.
Millions of dollars are unaccounted for in Ebola response, officials say. This is what we know.
Africa's top public health agency and Congolese officials have raised concerns over $700 million in Ebola aid which is unaccounted for, and called on aid groups to provide more information about their finances.
Pope Leo XIV urges humanitarian cooperation between Ukraine and Russia during call with Zelenskyy
Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, urging cooperation with Russia to allow humanitarian aid into the embattled city of Oleshky and the safe evacuation of civilians, the Vatican said.
Trump signs order creating NIH division and White House task force on women’s health
President Trump signed an executive order Monday creating a National Institutes of Health division focused on women's health and turning research into cures.
Trump will sign an order aimed at boosting women’s health research, a plan backed by the first lady
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order aimed at bolstering federal research on women's health, a move pushed by first lady Melania Trump, the White House confirmed on Monday.
Singapore expands crackdown on Indonesian companies linked to haze
Singapore will issue preventive notices to three more Indonesian companies to tackle and prevent forest fires in Kalimantan province that may have sent smoke across the border, the National Environment Agency said Monday.
Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet
Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient.
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to an eighth province in the country's north, authorities said on Sunday.
Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter’s Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV thanked thousands of faithful in St. Peter's Square on Sunday for their prayers while he was hospitalized for an operation to remove a malignant tumor, and said he plans to gradually return to his usual duties.
Equatorial Guinea is expanding an ambitious malaria elimination plan
With its torrential rains, tropical forests and omnipresent humidity, Equatorial Guinea provides the perfect conditions for mosquitoes to breed. For centuries, mosquito-borne diseases, in particular malaria, have dictated the fate of residents of this central African nation, impacting how they lived, worked and died.