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President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

The health care debate is back in Washington. It never really went away

12:07 AM on Thursday, January 15

The ongoing debate over health care in the U.S. remains as contentious as ever

FILE - Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's push to extradite doctor accused of mailing abortion pills

8:18 PM on Wednesday, January 14

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he is blocking Louisiana's effort to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills out of state

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Recalled Super Greens diet supplement powder sickens 45 with salmonella

6:32 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Federal health officials say at least 45 people in nearly two dozen states have been sickened with salmonella food poisoning tied to the Super Greens brand of diet supplement powder

FILE - The organ donor entry on the back of a driver license is photographed in New York, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Public mistrust linked to drop in deceased donor organ donations and kidney transplants

6:22 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A new report says organ donations from the recently deceased dropped last year, resulting in fewer kidney transplants

In Editorial, The New England Journal of Medicine Calls Science Corporation's PRIMA Implant "The First Treatment to Restore Vision" In Patients Suffering From Advanced Geographic Atrophy Due to Age-related Macular Degeneration

5:20 PM on Wednesday, January 14

FILE = The Health and Human Services seal is seen before the news conference of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Democrat blasts HHS for creating confusion in cutting, then reinstating SAMHSA grants

4:54 PM on Wednesday, January 14

A top Democrat is slamming the Trump administration for cutting thousands of substance abuse and mental health grants and then abruptly reversing course

President Donald Trump listens as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches

4:06 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Whole milk is heading back to school lunch cafeterias

FILE - People rally on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in support of some 185 researchers and other employees of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Morgantown, W.Va., who received reduction-in-force notices as part of a larger push by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to dismiss 10,000 federal employees. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated

2:28 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers

Striking nurses demonstrate outside Mt. Sinai Morningside Hospital, in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

What to know as New York City nurses strike for a 3rd day

2:13 PM on Wednesday, January 14

New York City nurses are striking for a third day with both sides seemingly preparing for a protracted walkout

FILE - A Planned Parenthood sign is displayed outside a facility in Austin, Texas, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump administration restores federal funding for family planning after ACLU lawsuit

1:49 PM on Wednesday, January 14

Reproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services

FILE - Jonathan Dumke, a senior forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration, holds vials of fentanyl pills at a DEA research laboratory on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Northern Virginia. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals

1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 14

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades

Revitalizing Your Smile in as Few as Three Visits at Legacy Dental

12:51 PM on Wednesday, January 14

This photo provided by the Sky Valley Fire Department, shows Battalion Chief Brandon Vargas, right, joined by fire department personnel holding six puppies that are recovering after first responders treated them for a suspected drug overdose on Monday Jan. 12, 2025, at the Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital in Snohomish, Wash. (Sky Valley Fire Department via AP)

6 puppies treated for a suspected opioid overdose in Washington will find new homes soon

7:38 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Six puppies in rural Washington have recovered after being treated for a suspected drug overdose, and now some might go home with the firehouse staff who saved them

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