You scratched that bug bite and now it's a big itchier bump.

Legislators across the U.S. are trying to lower prescription costs by reining in big companies that handle drug coverage for health insurers.

New Mexico's attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into claims that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets.

The Trump administration is moving to restart the specialized LGBTQ+ option for youth who contact the 988 crisis intervention hotline, but the group that helped pioneer the idea is being shut out.

A judge has temporarily ordered Tennessee not to give immigration authorities information about hundreds of sick and disabled immigrant children who are enrolled in a healthcare assistance program.

Vermont is set to become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, a commonly used herbicide that experts say is linked to Parkinson’s disease.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a criminal investigation into whether federal authorities broke state law by allowing fentanyl pills to reach the streets.

Civil society organizations in South Africa says that adolescent girls and women are among the first to feel the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from executing subpoenas in a criminal probe that sought transgender care records for patients treated at New York hospitals.

Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year.

A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France.

A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has been published after being blocked from a government health journal.

A judge has ruled that the U.S. government cannot stop people enrolled in the biggest food aid program from using benefits to buy candy and soda.

The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against 455 people as part of a two-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers.

Kenyan Health Minister Aden Duale has ordered the suspension of the construction of an Ebola quarantine center for Americans after he was held in contempt by a court that had halted the project.

E-bikes have exploded in popularity among adults, teens, and even some tweens. But as more people are riding them, injuries have increased, too.

The last eight Americans who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit after exposure to an unusual hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that killed three people have left the Nebraska facility.

Authorities say confirmed cases of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo have reached 1,003, including 254 deaths.

A woman in South Africa found opportunity in a COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 when she used the suspension of her studies at an agricultural college to plant her own vineyard at her family home.

France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency to empower the military to remove road blockades.

Utah has spent the past year fighting measles outbreaks in almost every county.

African officials must step up financing to respond and develop vaccines for the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda.

Mourners in eastern Congo have gathered to bury a 6-month-old girl who died from Ebola earlier this week.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The mother of a teenage girl who died after doctors in the Dominican Republic delayed treating her for cancer because she was pregnant is challenging the country’s strict abortion ban.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has claimed 204 deaths, with 894 confirmed cases, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market.

FIFA’s new hydration breaks midway through each half were implemented to help players stay cool in the summer heat of Mexico, Canada and the United States, which some experts have warned could be the hottest World Cup in history.

Parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited months for the Education Department to address complaints of bullying or discrimination.

New data from the West Health-Gallup Affordability Index shows that only about half of U.S. adults could afford their healthcare and had access to quality care last year.

The Federal Trade Commission and four states are suing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

A former Egyptian doctor has been arrested after posting about obstetric violence and mistreatment at a university hospital in Alexandria.

Scientists have found evidence of the oldest known plague, dating back about 5,500 years ago — some 200 years earlier than previously thought.

British television personality Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he has prostate cancer on the final fifth-season episodes of his farm reality show.

Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

A 16-month-old baby and his mother have recovered from Ebola in eastern Congo.

Whenever Ebola comes, some of those stricken choose the road to the nearest hospital.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus from the Nebraska quarantine facility where she is being held.

The family of former NFL star Aldon Smith is donating his brain to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries following his sudden death at age 36.

The nation’s infant mortality dropped to a new all-time low in 2025.

When you go camping, do you have hot dogs or quinoa salad.

Paris Hilton has returned to the Utah boarding school where she said she was abused as a teenager.

Cuba says its healthcare system is struggling due to a U.S. energy blockade.

A federal-state initiative will spread $50 billion over the next five years on rural health transformation.

As kids get older, well check appointments can begin to feel less urgent, but they're just as important.

Congolese authorities report a large daily increase in Ebola cases as the virus without a approved medicine or vaccine spreads rapidly.

The Congolese Ministry of Health reports that confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have increased to 782, with 181 deaths.

Nara Organics has recalled its organic baby formula sold at Target stores and online due to a multistate outbreak of infant botulism.

Nearly 6% of U.S. middle and high school students vape.

Global consumers want more protein in every bite, but the dairy industry is struggling to give it to them.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Nearly half of adults in the United States have high blood pressure, and of those, only about one in four has their blood pressure under control, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time after certain injuries.

The Trump administration has put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak.

A new memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a recent decision to authorize the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers.

Israel’s Supreme Court is considering whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor, Hussam Abu Safiya, who was seized 17 months ago in Gaza.

Blood cancer survivor DeAnna Brandon worries about new Medicaid work requirements affecting her health coverage.

A New Mexico judge has dismissed a challenge over the legality of the state's fledgling universal childcare program.

A prominent OB-GYN group announced a set of vaccine recommendations on Wednesday that differs from what the U.S. government advises.

Health officials will be on high alert for germs as millions of soccer fans gather for World Cup matches.

Dozens of motorcycle taxi drivers have joined an Ebola awareness caravan in eastern Congo.

Blood tests can identify Alzheimer’s related changed in the brain earlier than before.

The court officials overseeing the NFL’s $1 billion-plus settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients toward doctors willing to give them a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis whether they exhibited symptoms or not.

A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state has killed 74 people and infected more than 7,000 others since it started in early May.

Federal health regulators have signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years.

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected.

The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with enough information about prices.

The students in Bengie Santos' exercise class at the Greater Seattle Y say there's something special about their 72-year-old instructor.

Researchers commissioned by President Joe Biden's Democratic administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms have released their findings independently.

At least 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo.

Survivors including health and aid workers recall their experiences and lessons during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa awareness week is celebrated the as the first full week of June.

Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry.

Make sure to take precautions when traveling during extreme summer heat.

Authorities have raced to slow the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo with strict measures, including by limiting public gatherings and enforcing social distancing.

Harvard University psychiatrist and author Robert Coles has died.

Health workers inside the epicenter of Congo's outbreak say they are working with little pay or rest.

Wearing earplugs at concerts can help prevent hearing damage.

Ugandan authorities have tightened border controls with Congo to prevent Ebola's spread.

Argentina is expanding its investigation into a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

Suddenly jumping into more activity -- especially after being less active during colder months -- can sometimes lead to a painful overuse condition known as golfer’s elbow.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report the deaths of detainees who have been released from custody, in a change that could obscure the human cost of the Trump administration's mass detention policies.

New research shows that Metro Detroit’s Rx Kids program is making a big impact: families are seeing fewer preterm births, healthier babies, and improved well-being.

A staff member says a resident killed in a fire at an unregistered nursing home in western Sri Lanka had been chained and another was untied and saved.

In Congo, the battle against the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola has been complicated by skepticism, attacks on health workers and misinformation.

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

Melinda French Gates is expanding her efforts to improve women's health worldwide, pledging $215 million for contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives for middle-age women.

There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

Local 4’s Dr. Frank McGeorge has some handy first aid tips for 20 of the most common summer injuries.

Congo is still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion denied authorization for the match because of health concerns related to the Ebola crisis.

A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case was held in secret after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.

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The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region.

Businessman Zach Lahn's win in Iowa’s Republican gubernatorial primary over President Donald Trump's pick is a rare electoral setback for Trump.

Britain's King George III is getting a makeover as America approaches its 250th birthday.

Indonesia's former head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges related to a multibillion-dollar free-meals program.