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Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 years
Read full article: Hospital nurse in Uganda dies in country's first Ebola outbreak in 2 yearsA Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended in 2023.
A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still alive
Read full article: A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still aliveAn upstate New York food bank was offered more than 40,000 pounds of coho salmon ā a bountiful feast.
WATCH LIVE at 9: RFK Jr. on Capitol Hill for HHS confirmation hearings
Read full article: WATCH LIVE at 9: RFK Jr. on Capitol Hill for HHS confirmation hearingsRobert F. Kennedy Jr. returns Thursday for the second day of his confirmation hearing after President Donald Trump tapped him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling
Read full article: Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scramblingThe Trump administration has made or initiated major policy changes that impact nonprofits and their missions in its first week.
The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC says
Read full article: The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC saysA yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.
Coca-Cola issues safety recall of soft drinks in Europe over chemical chlorate concerns
Read full article: Coca-Cola issues safety recall of soft drinks in Europe over chemical chlorate concernsCoca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a Belgian production plant.
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
Read full article: CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawalU.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
Read full article: The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own findingThe CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.
Australian Open champion Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her off a tennis court and on
Read full article: Australian Open champion Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her off a tennis court and onAustralian Open champion Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her understand herself, and that helped her become a better tennis player.
The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months
Read full article: The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 monthsAn Alabama woman is thriving a record 61 days and counting after receiving a pig kidney, a new milestone in the quest for animal-to-human transplants.
As schools in LA reopen, parents worry about harmful ash from wildfires
Read full article: As schools in LA reopen, parents worry about harmful ash from wildfiresWeeks after the worst of the deadly fires tore through Los Angeles suburbs, families are grappling with the reality that toxic ash from burned cars and homes could be a health issue for awhile, especially for children.
What to know about Trump's first executive actions on climate and environment
Read full article: What to know about Trump's first executive actions on climate and environmentPresident Donald Trumpās first week in office included a flurry of executive orders with implications for Earthās climate and environment.
Long Islandās last duck farm weighs closure after outbreak leads to killing of entire flock
Read full article: Long Islandās last duck farm weighs closure after outbreak leads to killing of entire flockA New York region once synonymous in the culinary world for duck may lose its last commercial farm.
State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall
Read full article: State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fallVaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.
North Dakotaās overturned abortion ban wonāt be in effect during appeal, court rules
Read full article: North Dakotaās overturned abortion ban wonāt be in effect during appeal, court rulesNorth Dakotaās highest court has ruled that the stateās overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judgeās ruling that struck down the law in September.
Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking access to reproductive health centers
Read full article: Justice Department curtails prosecutions for blocking access to reproductive health centersPresident Donald Trumpās new Justice Department leadership is curtailing prosecutions against people accused of blocking access to abortion clinics and reproductive health centers.
Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him
Read full article: Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell himPresident Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump and Vance join March for Life anti-abortion activists in celebrating the movement's gains
Read full article: Trump and Vance join March for Life anti-abortion activists in celebrating the movement's gainsPresident Donald Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, are celebrating gains in the anti-abortion movement with activists in the annual March for Life.
Doc Talk: University Health doctor answers viewers' pediatric questions
Read full article: Doc Talk: University Health doctor answers viewers' pediatric questionsOn this weekās edition of Doc Talk, University Health pediatrician Dr. Dina Tom joined KSAT 12 anchors Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur to answer questions from viewers on the RSV vaccine, Red dye No. 3 and more.
Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggests
Read full article: Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggestsA new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type of abortion in the United States.
Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContin
Read full article: Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over the toll of OxyContinMembers of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller.
What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender people
Read full article: What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender peopleOne of President Donald Trump's executive orders offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people.
Condemned inmate worried South Carolina needed 2 lethal injections doses at last execution
Read full article: Condemned inmate worried South Carolina needed 2 lethal injections doses at last executionLawyers for a South Carolina inmate set to die by lethal injection next week want his execution halted so they can get more information about the drug that will kill him.
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts
Read full article: Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online postsThe Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month.
GOP-led states are emboldened to keep rolling back trans rights. Democrats struggle with a response
Read full article: GOP-led states are emboldened to keep rolling back trans rights. Democrats struggle with a responseRepublicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care.
Residents ordered to pay $850,000 bond to appeal Ohio derailment settlement vow not to give up
Read full article: Residents ordered to pay $850,000 bond to appeal Ohio derailment settlement vow not to give upThe residents who question whether Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement offers enough compensation for the East Palestine train crash don't plan to let a judge's order requiring an $850,000 bond derail their appeal.
Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next
Read full article: Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen nextPresident Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years.
Thomas Tighe reflects on 24 years leading the international health nonprofit Direct Relief
Read full article: Thomas Tighe reflects on 24 years leading the international health nonprofit Direct ReliefThomas Tighe led the humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief for 24 years as its president and CEO.
Former Planned Parenthood president, women's rights activist Cecile Richards has died at 67
Read full article: Former Planned Parenthood president, women's rights activist Cecile Richards has died at 67Cecile Richards, a national leader for womenās rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died.
A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fears
Read full article: A sample from a remote Tanzanian region tests positive for Marburg disease, confirming WHO fearsTanzaniaās president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease.
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump
Read full article: Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by TrumpThe heads of the Jan_ 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them ānot for breaking the law but for upholding it.ā.
Bird flu found in a Georgia commercial flock for the 1st time amid the nationwide outbreak
Read full article: Bird flu found in a Georgia commercial flock for the 1st time amid the nationwide outbreakBird flu has been detected in a Georgia commercial poultry flock for the first time since a countrywide outbreak in 2022.
Missouri lawmakers are going after voter-approved abortion rights. Voters will likely reelect them
Read full article: Missouri lawmakers are going after voter-approved abortion rights. Voters will likely reelect themMissouri voters last election approved a constitutional amendment that promised to undo the stateās near-total abortion ban.
What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
Read full article: What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes officeAbortion policy could see more changes across the U.S. as President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term and state legislative sessions get rolling.
US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions, including for opioids
Read full article: US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions, including for opioidsThe U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerous amounts of opioids.
On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
Read full article: On LA fire lines, inmates shoulder heavy packs and tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a dayOver 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Lawsuit alleges Vermont tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for parenthood
Read full article: Lawsuit alleges Vermont tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for parenthoodA new lawsuit alleges that Vermont's child welfare agency routinely targets and tracks pregnant women deemed unsuitable for parenthood.
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Read full article: Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 yearsTwo wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s.
Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare's price negotiations
Read full article: Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare's price negotiationsThe Biden administration says popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicareās list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers.
Doc Talk: CHRISTUS Childrenās pediatrician answers viewer questions on Red Dye No. 3, mountain cedar
Read full article: Doc Talk: CHRISTUS Childrenās pediatrician answers viewer questions on Red Dye No. 3, mountain cedarKSAT 12 anchors Myra Arthur and Stephania Jimenez were joined by CHRISTUS Childrenās pediatrician Dr. Perla Soni on this weekās edition of Doc Talk.
Proposed rules would require nutrition info, allergen warnings on alcohol labels
Read full article: Proposed rules would require nutrition info, allergen warnings on alcohol labelsLabels on wine, distilled spirits and malt beverages in the U.S. would be required to list alcohol content and nutritional information per serving, plus notification of potential allergens, under two new rules proposed Thursday by the Treasury Department.
Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
Read full article: Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwideA federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez welcomes his viral moment as a chance to educate about OCD
Read full article: Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez welcomes his viral moment as a chance to educate about OCDWashington Commanders kicker Zane Gonzalez has lived with obsessive-compulsive disorder his entire life.
Bird flu found in Austin ducks; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offers recommendations to stop virus from spreading
Read full article: Bird flu found in Austin ducks; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offers recommendations to stop virus from spreadingThe Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in domestic ducks from Austin.
FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers
Read full article: FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokersFederal health officials are backing the health benefits of nicotine pouches, ruling that Philip Morris Internationalās Zyn can help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes.
Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder
Read full article: Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorderScientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntingtonās disease, a devastating hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life.
Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll shows
Read full article: Many Americans doubt Trump will be able to lower prices in his first year, an AP-NORC poll showsMany U.S. adults are skeptical about President-elect Donald Trump's ability to bring down costs.
UT Health San Antonio releases book with cancer prevention ideas
Read full article: UT Health San Antonio releases book with cancer prevention ideasWith cancer rates rising among Latinos, leaders at UT Health San Antonio and national cancer experts have published an online book with recommendations to help people fight cancer.
What products contain Red 3 dye? Checking ingredient labels is the best way to find out
Read full article: What products contain Red 3 dye? Checking ingredient labels is the best way to find outThe Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink.
FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
Read full article: FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with TrumpThe Biden administration is floating a long-awaited proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine levels.
āIām gratefulā: Bexar County Commissioner discusses health, plans after cancer diagnosis
Read full article: āIām gratefulā: Bexar County Commissioner discusses health, plans after cancer diagnosisBexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores said her cancer diagnosis should serve as a reminder to get āchecked out.ā
Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
Read full article: Obesity won't be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global expertsNew recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.
Local couple donates blood every year since 1991, encourages others to step up and help community blood supply
Read full article: Local couple donates blood every year since 1991, encourages others to step up and help community blood supplyA local couple is doing their part to help our community by donating blood every chance they get.
Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme Court
Read full article: Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme CourtA panel of federal appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitorsā age.
USDA documented insects and slime at Boar's Head plants, records show
Read full article: USDA documented insects and slime at Boar's Head plants, records showU.S. food inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar's Head deli meat plants, not just the Jarratt, Virginia, factory that was shut down last year.
Biden health officials say they built up US pandemic defenses. Trump promises changes
Read full article: Biden health officials say they built up US pandemic defenses. Trump promises changesThe Biden administration is releasing a āroadmapā for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them.
153 winners of Nobel and World Food prizes seek new ways to grow food to meet surging global need
Read full article: 153 winners of Nobel and World Food prizes seek new ways to grow food to meet surging global needMore than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes have released an open letter calling for a dramatic increase in research and a commitment to new food distribution efforts.
Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?
Read full article: Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dumped ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them before they destroy more neighborhoods.
Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field
Read full article: Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming fieldElon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.
Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk
Read full article: Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your riskNew research suggests that Americans' risk for developing dementia over a lifetime may be higher than previously thought.
J&J buys Intra-Cellular in $14.6 billion deal, delving further into central nervous system disorders
Read full article: J&J buys Intra-Cellular in $14.6 billion deal, delving further into central nervous system disordersJohnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to move deeper into treating central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies.
Black, autistic youth face unique interaction challenges with police, study finds
Read full article: Black, autistic youth face unique interaction challenges with police, study findsA research psychologist is urging those in the mental health field to do more research on the interaction of autistic minority groups with law enforcement.
The rate of HMPV infections in northern China is declining, Chinese health official says
Read full article: The rate of HMPV infections in northern China is declining, Chinese health official saysThe rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.
States are preparing to help or thwart Trump's second-term plans
Read full article: States are preparing to help or thwart Trump's second-term plansAs President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many elected officials in Republican and Democratic states are preparing to either aid or oppose his policies.
How a week of weather extremes upended the lives of millions of Americans
Read full article: How a week of weather extremes upended the lives of millions of AmericansThe week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its usual path more often these days.
Supreme Court to weigh reinstating Obamacare care requirements struck down by lower court
Read full article: Supreme Court to weigh reinstating Obamacare care requirements struck down by lower courtThe Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider some reinstating preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court.
California man says two of his cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu
Read full article: California man says two of his cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird fluA California man says his two cats died and a third was hospitalized after he fed them raw milk recalled for bird flu risk.
US finds no 'Havana syndrome' link to foreign powers, but 2 spy agencies say it's possible
Read full article: US finds no 'Havana syndrome' link to foreign powers, but 2 spy agencies say it's possibleA U.S. intelligence report finds no evidence linking a foreign power to the mysterious āHavana syndromeā injuries experienced by U.S. personnel.
Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold
Read full article: Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming thresholdGlobal temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily passed a major symbolic climate threshold.
Doc Talk: University Health doctor answers KSAT viewers' health-related questions
Read full article: Doc Talk: University Health doctor answers KSAT viewers' health-related questionsThis weekās edition of Doc Talk, University Health Dr. Amy Cobb joined KSAT 12 anchors Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur to answer viewers' health-related questions.
New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that way
Read full article: New Mexico is a go-to state for women seeking abortions. A new court ruling helps it stay that wayThe New Mexico Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions by conservative cities and counties at the request of the state attorney general.