FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up
Read full article: FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-upThe Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency.
A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks it
Read full article: A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks itA Kansas judge has protected access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors as the nation’s largest children’s hospital moved to restrict such care in Texa and buckled under pressure from the Trump administration.
What’s Going Around in Metro Detroit: Flare-ups, viruses, infections and colds
Read full article: What’s Going Around in Metro Detroit: Flare-ups, viruses, infections and coldsHere’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.
6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
Read full article: 6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantineSix passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks.
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
Read full article: Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays outThe Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
Vance promotes Trump administration's work to counter fraud while criticizing Democrats in Maine
Read full article: Vance promotes Trump administration's work to counter fraud while criticizing Democrats in MaineVice President JD Vance is highlighting the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids
Read full article: Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kidsA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital.
France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreak
Read full article: France allows asymptomatic passengers off new cruise ship struck by stomach bug outbreakPassengers unaffected by an illness outbreak on a British cruise ship have been allowed to disembark in the French port city of Bordeaux.
Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud
Read full article: Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraudThe Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs.
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
Read full article: US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changesAbout 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year.
France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak
Read full article: France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreakFrench authorities have ordered over 1,700 passengers and crew on a British cruise ship to stay on board due to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak.
Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again
Read full article: Company says it’s not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises againOceanwide Expeditions says it expects to know by the end of the week if the MV Hondius cruise ship will keep to its schedule after a hantavirus outbreak.
FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department
Read full article: FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health departmentDr. Marty Makary's resignation from his post atop the Food and Drug Administration is widening a leadership gap that already existed at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak
Read full article: Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreakWhen Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and more than 100 other passengers and crew were to travel across the South Atlantic.
French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
Read full article: French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung.
Trump's FDA chief is out after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion activists
Read full article: Trump's FDA chief is out after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion activistsMarty Makary is resigning as President Donald Trump's Food and Drug Administration chief.
Federal prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for children
Read full article: Federal prosecutors seek NYU hospital information on gender-affirming care for childrenA New York health care system has received a federal grand jury subpoena issued in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it.
The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care
Read full article: The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for careA hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care.
Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups
Read full article: Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-upsSome adults are turning to music camps as an antidote to a world of increased isolation as they decide on their summer plans.
Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring
Read full article: Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoringThe last remaining passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have disembarked and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine.
Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill
Read full article: Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pillThe Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.
Pediatrics group issues new guidance on recess for the first time in 13 years
Read full article: Pediatrics group issues new guidance on recess for the first time in 13 yearsFor the first time in more than a decade, a leading pediatricians group has put out new guidance about recess, saying it’s crucial for good health and good grades and should be part of the school day for students of all ages.
One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight home
Read full article: One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight homePassengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands.
WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed
Read full article: WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headedThe head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship.
Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
Read full article: Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise shipPublic health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans.
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
Read full article: Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary IslandsSpanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
Argentina's hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn't cause the hantavirus outbreak
Read full article: Argentina's hot spot for Antarctic cruises insists it didn't cause the hantavirus outbreakArgentina’s tourism-dependent province — Tierra del Fuego, home to the southernmost city of Ushuaia — is reacting angrily to the idea that the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard an Atlantic cruise ship may have emerged from its territory, pushing instead for investigations into the other Argentine provinces passengers visited before boarding the ill-fated cruise.
What’s Going Around in Metro Detroit: Allergies, injuries, stomach viruses, poison ivy
Read full article: What’s Going Around in Metro Detroit: Allergies, injuries, stomach viruses, poison ivyHere’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.
California to provide free diapers to newborns at more than 60 hospitals
Read full article: California to provide free diapers to newborns at more than 60 hospitalsCalifornia will become the first state in the nation to provide infants with hundreds of free diapers before they leave hospitals after birth.
US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waiting
Read full article: US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors, but leaves others waitingU.S. immigration officials have quietly lifted a hold on green card and visa applications for doctors from three dozen countries.
The Latest: Stricken cruise ship heads for the Canaries as authorities rush to identify contacts
Read full article: The Latest: Stricken cruise ship heads for the Canaries as authorities rush to identify contactsSpanish authorities are preparing to receive a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims
Read full article: How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victimsHealth officials in several countries are trying to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship.
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality
Read full article: Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatalityOceanwide Expeditions has revealed that 30 passengers disembarked from its cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak on April 24.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins discloses her longtime tremor after scrutiny in Maine's Senate race
Read full article: Republican Sen. Susan Collins discloses her longtime tremor after scrutiny in Maine's Senate raceRepublican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor.
Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official says
Read full article: Agency will move forward with plans to propose weakening some Biden-era PFAS limits, official saysThe Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.
FDA's new playbook: Lots of media announcements but not much rulemaking
Read full article: FDA's new playbook: Lots of media announcements but not much rulemakingHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials have repeatedly announced major changes before any new rules have been drafted.
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
Read full article: Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyOfficials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated
Read full article: Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuatedThe U.N. health agency says two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak.
IRS may owe you a refund for coronavirus-era fines. Here's how to apply
Read full article: IRS may owe you a refund for coronavirus-era fines. Here's how to applyMillions of taxpayers penalized by the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic for late payments or filings may qualify for refunds or penalty terminations.
Cosmetic interventions are booming. Many say ethical conversations are lagging
Read full article: Cosmetic interventions are booming. Many say ethical conversations are laggingTechnological advancements have made cosmetic procedures more accessible but have also lead many to grapple with the philosophical and ethical implications.
Inside the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak
Read full article: Inside the cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreakFootage obtained by The Associated Press of a cruise ship in a rare-virus outbreak shows deserted decks and medical teams in protective gear as the vessel and its nearly 150 passengers and crew waited another day for help off West Africa.
FDA announces its first OK of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults in major shift under Trump
Read full article: FDA announces its first OK of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults in major shift under TrumpU.S. health regulators have announced their first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers.
The Presidential Physical Fitness Award is back as Trump revives annual fitness test in US schools
Read full article: The Presidential Physical Fitness Award is back as Trump revives annual fitness test in US schoolsPresident Donald Trump is reviving the Presidential Physical Fitness Award as he reintroduces a competitive physical fitness test in America's schools.
Trump's drugmaker deals may save economy $529B over 10 years, White House says
Read full article: Trump's drugmaker deals may save economy $529B over 10 years, White House saysPresident Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade.
A cruise ship is waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak
Read full article: A cruise ship is waiting for help after 3 people died in a suspected hantavirus outbreakA cruise ship with nearly 150 people is waiting for help off Cape Verde's coast in the Atlantic Ocean after three passengers died and three others were left seriously ill in a suspected hantavirus outbreak.
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
Read full article: Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmaciesThe Supreme Court has restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.
Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts say
Read full article: Does frequent worship lead to better mental health? Often, but not always, experts sayThere is a long-running discussion about the role that religion can play in enhancing personal well-being and lowering the risk of mental health problems.
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people
Read full article: A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 peopleThe World Health Organization says that a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three people and sickened at least three others.
The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governor
Read full article: The long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic creeps into the race for Ohio governorDemocrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she'll face some steep challenges in the November general election.