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

The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region.

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.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has taken a turn in the White House briefing room.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Canadian government says travelers from Ebola-affected regions will be required to self-isolate for 21 days, while immigration authorities are temporarily suspending decisions on applications from Congo, South Sudan and Uganda.

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

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.

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

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.

Frustrated family members and others have been pushing for law changes in New York and other states that would allow the release of mental health records of long-dead ancestors.

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

Pope Leo XIV has visited families near Naples affected by illegal toxic dumping linked to the mafia.

Moments of joy are common whenever hospital facility dogs show up to spend time with patients.

Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola.

Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak.

The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the hospital in Omaha.

A proposed $7.25 billion settlement over claims that Roundup weedkiller causes cancer now faces potential delays.

The Associated Press has learned that officials at the Food and Drug Administration were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the U.S. market.

New York City's iconic pizzerias and bagel shops may soon be forced to update their long-standing baking practices after state lawmakers moved to ban a common additive.