Puerto Rico is entangled in a heated public health debate over vaccines and masks
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A fiery debate over public health and personal rights gripped Puerto Rico this week, intensifying Wednesday when legislators...
California may have to pay $300M for COVID-19 homeless hotel program after FEMA caps...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California cities and counties still don't know how much they'll have to pay for Gov. Gavin Newsom's pandemic program to...
What is Alaskapox? Recent death brings attention to virus seen in small animals
NEW YORK (AP) — For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the...
Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An elderly man has died from Alaskapox, the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus, state health officials said.The...
Oregon officials report bubonic plague in local resident. They say there’s little risk to...
BEND, Oregon (AP) — Public health officials in Oregon have reported a case of bubonic plague in a local resident who they said likely...
Smoking in cars with kids is banned in 11 states, and West Virginia could...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Smoking in cars with children is banned in 11 states, and lawmakers are pushing to join them in West Virginia,...
Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time...
Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia’s...
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Monday that Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance,...
Virginia’s Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — John Clair, the police chief of a small Appalachian town in southwest Virginia, spends his days consumed by a growing...