The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will temporarily bring all its furloughed employees back to work starting Monday to manage health insurance open enrollment.

The government shutdown has reopened debate on the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients by boosting their immune systems to help fight tumors.

The American Civil Liberties Union is alleging that pregnant detainees being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Louisiana and Georgia are being mistreated and receiving inadequate care.

A recent study of schoolchildren finds that the youngest students harbor the most germs.

Wasted food is a financial and environmental bummer.

A new poll finds most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Donald Trump is welcoming Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House.

A spokesperson for Joe Biden says the former Democratic president has completed several weeks of radiation therapy to treat an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Roanoke city health department says the city’s health is falling behind state averages in several key areas. A presentation presenting data at the recent city council meeting opened discussion on these challenges.

An annual conference about infectious diseases is seeing a dramatic attendance decline, in part because Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts can’t participate.

Virginia is the last Southern state that has not passed new abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a national constitutional right to the procedure.

A study that upended medical practice by recommending feeding babies peanut products early to prevent allergies has had a big effect in the real world.

A planned five-day strike by thousands of registered nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California, Hawaii and Oregon has ended.

More women are defying traditional beauty standards and finding empowerment by going without hair on their heads.

Hospitals and doctors' offices are inviting singers and musicians to help patients manage their pain, as music's ability to reduce pain is gaining attention.

The Food and Drug Administration is announcing the first round of drugs that will receive drastically expedited reviews at the agency.

Investigators suspect that two Californians diagnosed with mpox may be the first U.S. cases resulting from the local spread of a different version of the virus.

Drugmaker EMD Serono has agreed to lower the cost of a common fertility medication through a deal with the Trump administration.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices.

South Africa has welcomed a U.S. bridging plan worth $115 million to continue funding HIV treatment and prevention programs until the end of March.

The U.S. is experiencing a significant hiring slowdown.

Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance will face higher costs next year if Congress doesn't extend enhanced premium tax credits that have made the plans more affordable.

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped.

Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has further restricted access to abortion, limiting it to situations when the mother’s life is in danger.

Uruguay’s senate has passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives.

A mosquito-borne virus more common in South America has been detected in the United States.

Democratic governors from 14 states and Guam have launched a new public health alliance.

Doctors Without Borders says that ongoing violence in Haiti has forced it to permanently close its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince.

The United Nations' food aid agency has warned that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries.

Israel freed dozens of doctors, nurses and other medical workers as part of this week's release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees under the Gaza ceasefire deal.

Backward walking, also known as retro walking or reverse walking, may add variety and value to an exercise routine when done safely.

An estimated 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers have gone on strike to demand better wages and staffing.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have launched powerful glide bombs and drones against Kharkiv and hit a hospital.

Federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend.

Athletes confront failure as often as success during competition.

The American Heart Association partnered with LewisGale Montgomery to hold the 2025 New River Valley Heart Walk Saturday morning.

Former President Joe Biden's treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer has entered a new phase.

The Trump administration has provided a $300 million infusion to a food aid program for low-income mothers and children, easing concerns about funding during the government shutdown.

AstraZeneca has agreed to lower prescription drug costs for Medicaid under a deal with the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump is in "exceptional health," according to his physician, who evaluated him Friday.

Prince Harry and Meghan are urging parents to stand against wealthy social media companies that they said prey upon children with algorithms designed to exploit personal data.

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A North Dakota judge has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids.

Losing a pet often is the first time children encounter death.

One in eight women is diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. For Angela Firebaugh, becoming part of that statistic was unexpected, especially after 15 years of clear mammograms.

Access to medical care is already a major issue in rural Virginia, particularly in the southwest region. The ninth congressional district of Virginia has more than 60 community health centers, more than any other district in the state.

The World Health Organization says an Ebola outbreak in southern Congo is starting to be contained.

A study says more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law phasing out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals.

A New York county’s law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities has been halted for now.

A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000.

The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas spells trouble for rural parts of the U.S. that rely on immigrants to fill vacancies in skilled professions.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says over 200 health facilities in eastern Congo face medicine shortages due to fighting in the region and a lack of humanitarian funding.

Robert Roberson hopes he will again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

Planned Parenthood officials say in court filings that Missouri's Republican attorney general is trying to get the medical records of patients who’ve had abortions.

In a story published Oct. 7, 2025, about teen pregnancy prevention grants, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the federal agency overseeing the policy.

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first.

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

Federal health officials have issued a public health alert for certain Hello Fresh subscription meals containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria.

A New York judge has upheld a Long Island county’s law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational facilities.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and has stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone.

The Salem Veterans Affairs Health Care System is offering free flu vaccines to all veterans enrolled in the VA’s healthcare throughout flu season.

Several groups and nonprofit organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the canceling of a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans.

Claims about the benefits of cold-water immersion date back centuries.

Lewis Moody, a former England rugby captain and 2003 World Cup winner, has been diagnosed with ALS.

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Authorities in Brazil have issued warnings about methanol poisoning linked to distilled beverages.

A nonprofit group in Miami is helping reduce the strain on emergency rooms by providing homeless people with health care where they live.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a package of bills aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts.

A new poll conducted just prior to the current government shutdown showed most Americans wanted Congress to extend tax credits that could expire at the end of the year.

Have you heard replacing meat with plant-based foods is better for the planet and can be better for your health too, but you don’t know where to start.

Healthcare workers with both hospitals played a full softball game at Salem Memorial Field to raise money for the American Heart Association.

New Mexico legislators moved quickly to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trump’s cuts in federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs.

Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.

Nebraska officials have missed a deadline to grant licenses to marijuana growers under a new medical marijuana law approved by voters.

Federal health officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill, prompting outrage from abortion opponents.

The idea of meditating can be intimidating to beginners.

Pepsi has a new challenge: Keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.

Andrew Cuomo is apologizing to New York City’s Jewish community for his response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he was governor.

Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn’t extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead to force a government shutdown.

It's flu vaccine time again.

After a career as a presidential aide, publisher of two newspapers and CNN president, Tom Johnson has plenty of stories to swap.

A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it is shutting down its primary care operations because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers.

Walmart says it plans to remove synthetic dyes and 30 other food additives from its store brands sold in the United States by January 2027.

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A British High Court judge has ruled that a company linked to an underwear tycoon must repay the government more than 121 million pounds ($163 million) for breaching a contract to supply 25 million surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic.

Democrats agree it's time to fight.

The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown.

New Mexico legislators are pushing to shore up safety-net spending in response to President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts, in a state with one of the highest enrollment rates for Medicaid and federal food assistance.

Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a New Jersey synagogue.

Drugmaker Pfizer has agreed to lower drug costs under a deal struck with President Donald Trump's administration.

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

The Women Veterans Whole Health Retreat kicks off this afternoon at the Salem VA Medical Center Auditorium, offering yoga, tai chi and more.

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases in the last five years that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s federal food benefits.

At DePaul University, a Catholic school in Chicago, students have created a covert contraceptive delivery network called “the womb service.”.

Louisiana has issued a warrant to arrest a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills.

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has fired the prime minister and the rest of his government in response to days of deadly protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water supplies.

A medication made from marijuana successfully reduced back pain in a new study.

Air travel results in a lot of planet-warming emissions, but it's also sometimes necessary.