Doctors fear this week’s unprecedented changes to federal vaccine recommendations will stoke vaccine hesitancy even more, pose challenges for pediatricians and parents and ultimately lead to more illness and death among children.

Wounded veterans cycled along the Overseas Highway, including the Seven Mile Bridge, as part of the annual Florida Keys Soldier Ride.

U.S. flu infections are showing signs of a slight decline, but health officials say it is not clear that this severe flu season has peaked.

New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar.

U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the United Nations climate framework marks a significant escalation of anti-climate policy.

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Getting into nature can be challenging during the workday.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that about 2 in 10 U.S. adults donated money to a crowdfunding campaign over the last year, with medical expenses proving most common.

State lawmakers and governors will have decisions to make in 2026 about the budgets for their biggest social safety net programs.

As people test negative for both influenza and coronavirus, doctors are pointing to other possible explanations.

The House is pushing ahead with legislation to renew subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has temporarily left a prison in Brasilia for medical examinations after hitting his head.

Judge Peter Sakai announced he will be taking a brief recovery period after a medical procedure over the holidays. on his doctor’s advice.

New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar.

President Donald Trump wants Republicans to get a deal on health care insurance assistance by being flexible on a long-standing budget policy that bars federal money from being spent on abortion services.

Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down two laws that include the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills.

A Michigan program that provides cash to help expectant mothers cope with bills, expenses and the high cost of taking care of children is coming to Detroit.

The U.S. has taken the unprecedented step of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups say would undermine protections against a half-dozen diseases.

U.S. flu infections are still surging, and health officials say it's a severe season that's likely to get worse.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will propose a drinking water limit for perchlorate, a chemical in certain explosives.

Flu levels have increased to high levels, according to the latest data from the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District and Texas Health and Human Services.

A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson have burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire.

According to a recent West Health-Gallup survey, 47% of U.S. residents said they’re worried they won’t be able to afford necessary health care this year.

Methodist Hospital Metropolitan welcomed San Antonio’s first two babies of 2026 — and they were born minutes apart.

The Trump administration faces a legal complaint from government employees over a new policy eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.

Enhanced tax credits that have helped Americans offset the cost of Affordable Care Act health insurance for the last four years expired overnight.

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration can continue to withhold Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue.

Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new limits starting Thursday on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits.

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded.

Celebrate National Blood Donor Month by scheduling your blood donation appointment with University Health and learn when and where to give.

A free medication therapy management program at University Health in San Antonio is helping patients safely organize their prescriptions, reduce unnecessary drugs and avoid costly, dangerous emergency room visits.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital.

Many retirement developments serve as a tranquil refuge for older people who can no longer traveling to faraway places or engaging in bold adventures.

Doctors say just 1 in 30,000 pregnancies occur in the abdomen instead of the uterus.

This Christmas will be extra special for the parents of a baby who has spent the last 305 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital.

A new Department of Health and Human Services report reveals Medicaid programs made over $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott that asked him to reconsider a decision that affects federal funding for children’s summer lunch programs.

Pediatric doctors in San Antonio say 2025 brought a familiar post-COVID pattern: more childhood viruses emerging outside their usual seasons and some infections hitting harder than they used to.

The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries.

Days after a product was taken off the shelves at H-E-B, another one of its items has been recalled.

From now until Jan. 31, all donors who give at a South Texas Blood and Tissue (STBTC) donor center will be entered into a drawing for a year of free groceries.

Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug users and referring them to treatment.

Dozens of energy developers, experts and politicians say there were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while stymying wind and solar.

Former residents said they moved out of the complex because of extensive issues they experienced, including rodents.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now charge Medicaid what they charge in other developed countries.

Animals that navigate extreme conditions and environments have evolved to sleep in extreme ways.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are more likely to prioritize health care than they were last year.

Speaker Mike Johnson has stayed on message that a Republican health care package will help all Americans and not just those on Affordable Care Act plans.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

U.S. officials are proposing new restrictions that are designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors.

India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data.

Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Republican push to make drilling cheaper on federal land is creating new fiscal pressure for states that depend on oil and gas revenue, most notably in New Mexico.

Four moderate House Republicans have broken ranks with Speaker Mike Johnson by supporting a Democratic petition to extend health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

The project, funded by the inaugural Trinity-SwRI Research Collaboration Program, is developing a formulation for intranasal delivery, similar to allergy medication.

In a story published Dec. 17, 2025, about Nebraska implementing work requirements for Medicaid, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of former President Barack Obama.

A national survey shows teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows.

New York is set to become the latest state to legalize medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill.

Four centrist Republicans have broken with their party's leadership over health care.

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas this year, school absences surged far beyond the number of children who likely became sick.

House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums for Affordable Care Act recipients.

The United States may soon lose an important health safety qualifier known as the measles elimination status.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to four top retail stores for failing to promptly pull contaminated infant formula tied to a dangerous outbreak from their shelves.

U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a drug that boosts libido in women who report stress due to a low sex drive.

It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages.

The warm scents of gingerbread and pine are holiday favorites, but experts warn they can affect indoor air quality.

Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week.

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most others.

Illinois residents with terminal illnesses may choose to end their lives on their own terms under a law Gov. JB Pritzker has signed.

King Charles III says that early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year.

Hopes for solving a major health insurance issue are fading in Washington.

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

Federal health officials have expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula to include any illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022.

A federal appeals court has ruled that a New Jersey law that permits terminally ill people to seek life-ending drugs applies only to residents of the state and not those from beyond its borders.

The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week.

The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines.

An infant botulism outbreak has sickened at least 39 babies across the U.S. and underscored the crucial role of a medication that treats the rare disease.

The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss that threaten over 1 million plant and animal species with extinction.

Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year.

Moments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear.

Certain pet food is being recalled in 14 states, including Texas, because it could contain plastic, according to a news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter.

California officials are warning foragers about a deadly outbreak linked to wild mushrooms.

Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users.

A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

A McAllen family is desperate for a cure, but hopeful their strong little girl’s journey through a rare disorder will write the medical books for the future.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned people to stop using certain types of glucose monitor sensors that were linked to seven deaths.

A Missouri appeals court panel has ordered new wording for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state.

The Trump administration has signed the first in what are expected to be dozens of “America First” global health agreements that prioritize combating infectious diseases in countries deemed to be aligned with the president’s broader foreign policy goals.

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted to delay a vote on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.

A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.

Minutes after police approached Luigi Mangione in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, he told an officer he didn’t want to talk.

A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety.

Researchers who examined climate change’s potential effect on the global economy say data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years.

San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against major food manufacturers like Coca-Cola and Nestle, claiming ultraprocessed foods are causing a public health crisis.

A new wave of peptides, often banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, is easily available online, raising concerns about potential Olympic doping scandals.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an Early Alert for specific glucose monitoring systems because Abbott Diabetes Care recommends they be removed from the market.

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