A troubling trend is hitting expecting mothers in Michigan and across the country.

As traumatic injuries and deaths continue to surge among the youngest e-bike riders, officials across the country are taking different paths to tackle a growing epidemic.

The trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy has turned to her search history about mental health concerns and medication side effects in the weeks before she strangled her three children in January 2023.

Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A federal investigation accuses California's prison system of failing to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse by guards.

Cold plunges, intermittent fasting and caffeine affect female bodies differently than male

Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death in Bas-Uele, according to Africa's CDC.

Marathon organizers are adjusting to warmer race conditions caused by climate change.

The biggest obstacles to President Donald Trump’s order on vaccines may be the logistical challenges it poses for parents, health providers and drugmakers in the United States.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks is facing criticism from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who call it unnecessary and cruel.

The World Health Organization is warning that the Ebola outbreak in Congo is on track to surpass the deadliest one in history.

Whether your child is hitting the field, court, or track this year, they’re going to push their bodies to the limit, so it’s a good idea to ask if they need a heart screening.

President Donald Trump's executive order to change the childhood vaccine schedule could endear him to some “Make America Healthy Again” voters who want more flexibility on immunization.

Selected families will get the opportunity to visit the park as a group Dec. 1-5, 2026, with all expenses paid.

Doctors worry that President Donald Trump’s new executive order on vaccines will stoke fear and confusion among parents at a time when measles is raging, immunization rates are falling and children are heading back to school.

The American Red Cross has declared a national blood supply crisis for the second time, as summer conditions contribute to a critical shortage of blood donations.

Medicaid said it won't pay for gender-affirming surgeries or hormones for transgender minors.

The American Red Cross and Gardner White are teaming up on drives to help donors support those who need lifesaving blood.

Missy Mazzoli's opera “The Galloping Cure” explores the opioids epidemic through a haunting allegory.

A coalition of farmers, consumer associations and environmental groups is urging Malaysia’s National Biosafety Board to reject a proposed field trial of genetically modified rice.

Congo's Ebola outbreak has claimed at least 2,000 lives, making it the fastest-growing on record.

Most people have trouble sleeping for the first time in a new place.

A defense lawyer for the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children is questioning her psychiatrist's expertise, prescribing decisions and overall treatment.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots.

U.S. health officials want food manufacturers to provide more information about new additives and ingredients.

Of the latest products recalled, two of them have been distributed to retail stores in Michigan with a “Best by” date up to and including Aug. 16, 2026.

The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May.

Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of Taylor Farms, is voluntarily recalling some products that include jalapenos because of worries about a possible salmonella contamination.

Democratic New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves.

Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria.

All passengers on a quarantined river boat near Kinshasa have tested negative for Ebola, authorities say.

In the past, because of its effects on your heart rate and blood pressure, cardiologists were hesitant to recommend it, but that view has changed.

Traveling with a baby can be daunting, especially on long-distance flights and international trips.

In a landmark ruling against Meta, a New Mexico judge likened the company’s social media platforms to factories.

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

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is zeroing in on her psychiatric care before she killed her three children.

A 2-year-old girl whose parents sued a Texas hospital to prevent it from testing if she was brain-dead after she drowned on Memorial Day has been removed from life support and died.

Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare cancer, has died at 26.

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms.

Coffee has long been treated with caution in cardiology offices, largely because caffeine can temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure.

Coffee has long been treated with caution in cardiology offices, largely because caffeine can temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure.

Open-heart surgery has long been the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis, a condition in which the heart’s aortic valve narrows and restricts blood flow. But cardiologists say a less-invasive procedure that was once reserved for the sickest patients is now available to a broader group — including some people considered low risk for traditional surgery.

A Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with aggressive cancer due to a labeling error and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy.

The U.S. has seen a rise in cases of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a nausea condition caused by heavy marijuana use.

The jury in the Massachusetts murder trial of Lindsay Clancy saw autopsy photos of the youngest of three children, who she has admitted strangling in January 2023.

Michigan residents can resume routine guidance on eating lettuce and salad greens, state health officials said Thursday, as cyclosporiasis cases begin to decline.

Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.

WK Kellogg said Thursday that it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year.

Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave.

Scientists are creating a new kind of vaccine that teaches the immune system to intercept a type of brewing colon cancer before it turns into a full-fledged tumor.

Military officials say the majority of American troops wounded in the Iran war have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank have pushed the territory’s health system to the brink of collapse.

Congolese health authorities have quarantined nearly 200 boat passengers near Kinshasa.

A Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain recalled jalapeño peppers after a multistate Salmonella outbreak sickened hundreds of people across the United States.

The federal government is taking steps to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life.

Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce.

Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Months before Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, the family's former nanny said she saw her deal with significant weight loss, insomnia, and postpregnancy mental health issues.

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergies.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week.

The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in Congo is still spreading faster than efforts to track it, according to the head of the World Health Organization.

A provincial government in Nepal has legalized farming and use of marijuana for medical purposes.

Chipotle Mexican Grill says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.

Backpacks often become too heavy for kids, as students carry laptops, textbooks and more.

Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, marking the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

According to the American Heart Association, nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure.

State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan.

Water plays a role in nearly every process in the human body. Our organs, cells and tissues all depend on it to work, which makes proper hydration an important part of staying healthy.

Two people in Michigan have died linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak, as more than 11,000 cases were reported across the state.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program.

The second week of testimony in the trial of Lindsay Clancy has resumed with a focus on her mental state when she killed her three children in 2023.

In parts of the U.S. where venomous snakes are more common, training programs aim to protect pets from getting bitten.

Jurors have walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children.

A lot of people think it’s just stress, but burnout is a very different story.

Michigan health officials are warning of a significant measles resurgence as vaccination rates drop below herd immunity thresholds.

A Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is rippling far beyond immigration courts.

Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face higher monthly costs in 2027.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cleared a hurdle in the Senate.

First responders have given jurors firsthand accounts of what they found after Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and tried to take her own life.

Ebola has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo, marking a 50% increase in about a week.

It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce.

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

A new U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated threat.

The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that the fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo.

Cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan continue to rise, with state health officials reporting more than 10,000 confirmed cases Wednesday.

Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress vote in a Senate committee next week after he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan continue to rise, with state health officials reporting more than 9,600 confirmed cases Tuesday.

Ugandan authorities have declared the country free of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer.

Many people throw away food based on confusing expiration labels like “Best By” or “Sell By.”.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 3,200 cases.

A key U.S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction shows continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people.

Cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan continue to rise, with state health officials reporting more than 9,000 confirmed cases Monday.

The Clinton Foundation has launched a new initiative to develop nonpartisan policy solutions with state and local governments.

A Massachusetts woman is on trial in a case where her lawyers argue that postpartum psychosis was the reason she killed her three children, aged 5 and younger.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world.