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The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

By Josh Funk and Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

FILE - Various wines are displayed in Sonoma, Calif., July 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

A government-commissioned study found drinking risks. U.S. guidelines didn’t feature its findings

By Laura Ungar and Ali Swenson - Associated Press

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks while, from left, National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Rogan, President Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and CEO of Americans for Ibogaine W. Bryan Hubbard listen in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department

By Ali Swenson, Matthew Perrone and Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

U.S. health officials nix publication of a study on COVID vaccine effectiveness

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

FILE - A woman uses a walker as she exits an assisted living building, July 4, 2025, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

A Medicaid ‘spend down’ may get an older person long-term care coverage but isn’t a DIY strategy

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Health care financial relief for American families illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

HHS is keeping faith-filled providers in critical care jobs

By Paula M. Stannard

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump, left, and Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, look on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings

By Ali Swenson and Jonel Aleccia - Associated Press

Tucson hospital launches center for virus antibody treatment

Associated Press

North Carolina to get nearly 3.2M BinaxNOW virus tests

Associated Press

Mississippi man on the front lines of disasters worldwide

By BRIAN BROOM and The Clarion Ledger - Associated Press

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (CDC via AP, File)

Richmond, Va., company wins contract to make key COVID-19 drug supplies in U.S.

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser pauses during a news conference at One Judiciary Square in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C. won’t accept plan for temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant children

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 10, 2018, photo, immigrant boys play soccer at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, a former Job Corps site that now houses them in Homestead, Fla. The Trump administration is scouting sites in central Florida, Virginia and Los Angeles for future facilities to hold unaccompanied minors who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Florida, Virginia among sites for child migrant facilities

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Audit: TennCare paid $2.7m over 7 years for dead patients

Associated Press

A prescription for drug price savings

By Peter J. Pitts

Fine for failing welfare standards getting focused _ kinda

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

**FILE** A caregiver picks out a marijuana bud for a patient at a marijuana dispensary in Denver on Sept. 18, 2012. (Associated Press)

Welfare for marijuana: Sen. Jeff Sessions tackles dispensary loophole

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Children are held at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. Thousands of children crossing alone into the U.S. can live in American cities, attend public schools and possibly work for years without consequences. (Associated Press)

Pentagon approaching cap for housing immigrant children at military bases

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Illustration on the failure of Obamacare enrollment by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

FITTON: When Obamacare had one enrollee

By Tom Fitton