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.

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

Three new cases of New World Screwworm were detected within 24 hours, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Sunday, bringing the total detections domestically up to 15.

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.

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

At least 159 recruits have tested positive for influenza, and two have been hospitalized, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to ABC News.

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.

Metro Health has reported 94 heat-related illnesses from May through this Saturday, a reminder that dangerous temperatures can quickly become a medical emergency.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

SAWS officials said the Turtle Creek 3 well will remain offline to investigate the possible source of the bacteria, disinfect the well, and retest it. However, the utility said no additional action needs to be taken by customers.

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.

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.

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

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 half dozen cases of New World screwworm have been confirmed in the United States since last week after being largely gone from the country for decades. Here's what you need to look for to keep your animals safe.

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.

KSAT Community’s June 30 phone bank will help register donors and answer questions for South Texas Blood & Tissue.

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.

Heart disease, kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes are often discussed as separate health conditions. But medical experts increasingly recognize that these diseases are deeply connected -- and when they occur together, they can create a cycle that.

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.

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

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.

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.

The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start, but testing is improving.

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

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

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators.

From social media advice to “eating for two,” pregnancy comes with no shortage of opinions, warnings and old wives’ tales.

Volunteers for the U.N. food agency are providing crucial support In the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo by cooking.

Kenya’s president has defended the establishment by the U.S. of its own Ebola quarantine facility.

Five American cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus are leaving a Nebraska quarantine facility.

Congo has confirmed at least 282 Ebola cases in its growing outbreak.

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base.

New research shows a novel pill is helping people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer.

The World Health Organization reports that five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus in eastern Congo.

Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.

Postpartum depression is a potentially dangerous condition that can fill a typically joyous time with despair.

The head of the World Health Organization has visited Bunia in eastern Congo, where a rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly.

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture.

Donald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Pride Center launches emergency fundraiser targeting $100K as center searches for a permanent home

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child.

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year.

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak.

A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo.

A man convicted of bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.

Music recorded in 432 hertz is taking off on social media platforms and music streaming services.

New research suggests a first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B may let some patients stop treatment without showing signs of the dangerous liver virus.

The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Uganda has ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected Ebola cases are surging.

There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo.

A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is undergoing further cleaning before it returns to its home port.

Medical professionals say that moving to music is a great way for older adults to stay healthier as they age.

A spring heat wave is scorching parts of Western Europe, breaking temperature records and triggering government warnings.

President Donald Trump has wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House describes as preventive medical and dental exams.

Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats.

Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven.

A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives.

Angry residents in eastern Congo have attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center treating Ebola patients.