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A passenger gets her temperature taken as she leaves an Emirates airplane at New York's Kennedy Airport amid reports of ill passengers aboard a flight from Dubai on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (Larry Coben via AP)

CDC: Airline reports should prod everyone to get flu shot

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that reports of airline passengers arriving in the U.S. with influenza should prod people to get vaccinated and avoid travel if they become sick this coming flu season.

September 7, 2018
The HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington on Dec. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

Modest rate increases under Obamacare in 2019: Analysis

Obamacare premiums appear to be stabilizing after years of eye-popping rate increases, according to a new analysis that says customers should expect an average rise of just 3.3 percent in 2019 and some will see decreases.

September 7, 2018
This Friday, June 1, 2018, file photo, shows syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in an inpatient pharmacy. A new report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says 1,565 people died in the state from drug overdoses in 2017. That's an 11.5 percent increase from 2016. More than half of the overdose deaths in 2017 were caused by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

DEA: China banned 175 fentanyl ingredients

China has taken real steps to crack down on synthetic opioid exports to the U.S., administration officials told Congress on Thursday, though they said more could be done to secure the mail system and crack down on web traffickers who partner with Mexican cartels.

September 6, 2018
Robert Henneke, General Counsel, Director, Center for the American Future talks to the media the Affordable Care Act at Eldon B. Mahon U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act is scheduled for a 9:30 a.m. hearing before U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor. (Max Faulkner/Star-Telegram via AP)

Judge skeptical Obamacare can stand without mandate tax

A federal judge in Texas was skeptical Wednesday about whether Obamacare should stand without an actual penalty for shirking insurance under its "individual mandate," according to reports from the courtroom.

September 5, 2018
In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, health care workers wear virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)

WHO: DRC Ebola outbreak is at ‘key juncture’

Disease-trackers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are doing a better job tracking people at risk of Ebola infection, vaccinating those contacts and giving people therapeutic drugs if they catch the virus, though the outbreak remains at a "key juncture" and "must be interpreted with caution," the World Health Organization said Friday.

August 31, 2018
Cindy McCain, wife of, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, talks with Vice President Mike Pence, left, after he speaks at a ceremony for John McCain as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Mike Pence: John McCain fought for what he believed in

Vice President Mike Pence told mourners at a ceremony for Sen. John McCain that President Trump, who frequently sparred with the Arizonan, genuinely respects the late senator's service to the country.

August 31, 2018
In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017, file photo, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Tammy Baldwin seeks to kill Donald Trump’s Obamacare off-ramp

A Wisconsin senator announced a long-shot resolution Wednesday to kill President Trump's main off-ramp for customers unhappy with Obamacare, hoping to force Congress to vote to overturn his plan to allow people to buy cheaper, skimpier insurance.

August 29, 2018
An algae bloom is on the Caloosahatchee River at the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Alva, Florida. Water releases from Lake Okeechobee toward both Florida coasts will resume Friday amid political backlash and a toxic algae bloom. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Lawmakers spar over how to deal with algae blooms

This summer's health threat scaring lawmakers on Capitol Hill is algae, which has caused a literal stink along the Gulf of Mexico coast, chased fishers away from the Great Lakes, and left Alaskan tribes wondering if their shellfish is poisoned with toxins.

August 28, 2018
In this Nov. 28, 2017, photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Joe Manchin: GOP running scared from opponent’s Obamacare lawsuit

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia on Monday said Senate Republicans filed legislation to shield Obamacare's protections from a pending court challenge because they are terrified the lawsuit filed by his November opponent will result in "tragic consequences."

August 27, 2018