Health News

6:27 PM on Friday, June 5

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

5:08 PM on Friday, June 5

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

4:21 PM on Friday, June 5

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state

10:49 AM on Friday, June 5

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

6:06 AM on Friday, June 5

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

2:29 AM on Friday, June 5

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

5:29 PM on Thursday, June 4

Milwaukee relievers DL Hall and Grant Anderson both left with injuries during the Brewers’ 12-9 loss to the San Francisco Giants

1:01 PM on Thursday, June 4

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

12:14 PM on Thursday, June 4

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge will be sidelined indefinitely with a stress fracture of one of his ribs, the team announced Thursday night

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Iowa’s waterways face significant pollution challenges due to agricultural runoff and sewage

8:01 AM on Thursday, June 4

Iowa’s waterways face significant pollution challenges due to agricultural runoff and sewage

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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

7:31 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas

5:25 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Life tasks like paying bills, canceling subscriptions and answering overdue emails are becoming a reason to socialize for friends and couples who get together for what’s known as “admin dates.”