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FILE - A technician draws blood at a women's clinic in Jackson, Miss., on Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

The condition PCOS is now called PMOS. What to know about the name change and what it means for care

5:34 PM on Tuesday, May 12

A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care

FILE - A packet of "the pill" from 1979 is on display in an exhibit at the Museum of Sex in New York, May 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

By changing women's lives, the pill changed the nation

1:43 PM on Tuesday, May 12

The pill helped give birth to modern America

Dr. Steven Deeks at the UCSF Division of HIV Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine on May 5, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP photo/Haven Daley)

Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV

11:08 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Scientists are supercharging patients' own immune cells to try to fight HIV without today's drugs

An ambulance enters the Bichat Hospital where a woman who tested positive for hantavirus remains in intensive care, in Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on an artificial lung as total cases grow to 11

6:17 AM on Tuesday, May 12

A doctor says a French woman being treated for hantavirus after being infected on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung

This photo provided by Russ Grazier shows conductor Debbi Gibson leading a band rehearsal at the New England Adult Music Camp in Sidney, Maine, in August 2025. (Russ Grazier via AP)

Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

12:09 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Some adults are turning to music camps as an antidote to a world of increased isolation as they decide on their summer plans

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at an event about maternal healthcare, Monday, May 11, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says

11:04 PM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup later this month

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill

3:49 PM on Monday, May 11

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect

Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring

3:05 AM on Monday, May 11

The last remaining passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have disembarked and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine

The MV Hondius cruise ship is anchored at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak

11:33 PM on Sunday, May 3

Despite a cruise ship outbreak of a rare rodent-borne illness, global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because hantavirus germs do not easily spread between people

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