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Former NFL star Chris Johnson reflects on ALS risk in public letter to his children

3:33 PM on Thursday, September 10

Chris Johnson has been to every major ALS clinic in the country and seen neurologists respond once they learn he played football

Defendant Lindsay Clancy looks at the jury after Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Clancy's murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children

3:21 PM on Thursday, September 10

Lindsay Clancy’s attorney is asking a Massachusetts judge to acquit her of charges that she killed her three young children

McKenna West, left, arrives with her legal team for a court hearing in Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby

2:51 PM on Thursday, September 10

A California couple’s surrogate, who refused their wishes to have an abortion, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect

Health workers prepare to transfer the body of Abineno Justine, a 38-year-old woman who died of the Ebola virus, to a coffin ahead of her burial in Bunia, Congo, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Africa's top health body warns Congo’s Ebola outbreak is rapidly spreading beyond epicenter

2:46 PM on Thursday, September 10

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading rapidly beyond its epicenter, according to Africa's top health body

President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican convention, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states

10:58 AM on Thursday, September 10

The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to about 1 million ACA enrollees across 30 states

FILE - A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half

9:16 AM on Thursday, September 10

Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign launched by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, pledged $100 million Thursday to make childbirth safer in the U.S. The five-year plan aims to cut the maternal mortality rate in half by 2031

Workers install a copper pipe to replace a lead service line that brings drinking water to homes Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alyssa Goodman)

The push to remove lead pipes is on. Thousands of water systems still don’t know where theirs are

9:13 AM on Thursday, September 10

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water

Are too many Americans taking antidepressants?

8:49 AM on Thursday, September 10

Crew members have a briefing near one of the Chinook helicopters which will be used to help battle forest fires on Kalimantan Island, on the deck of Japanese tank landing ship JS Kunisaki after its arrival at Kijing Port in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Japan deploys equipment to Indonesia's Borneo to help fight wildfires causing toxic haze

3:10 AM on Thursday, September 10

A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia that are causing a toxic haze impacting people’s health in other countries

FILE - This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via AP, File)

Coroner releases details of infants who died amid growing Pennsylvania measles outbreak

5:26 PM on Wednesday, September 9

A Pennsylvania coroner confirms that the two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths

Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell says he is receiving treatment for cancer

3:00 PM on Wednesday, September 9

Rutgers men's basketball coach Steve Pikiell says he has been diagnosed with cancer after visiting doctors a few months ago when “not feeling 100%.”

Who Does the Best Gynecomastia Surgery in Bellevue?

11:00 AM on Wednesday, September 9

Kenyan nurses and other health workers demonstrate over low pay in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya's nurses end six-week strike after signing deal with government

10:47 AM on Wednesday, September 9

A 43-day nurses’ strike in Kenya that paralyzed public hospitals has ended after the government and the nurses’ union signed a return-to-work agreement

Americares' website sits open on a computer monitor in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/James Pollard)

An unnamed donor responds to global aid cuts with a record gift for the nonprofit Americares

9:00 AM on Wednesday, September 9

A major American aid group has promised to send more medicines to high-need areas around the world with the support of a record large donation

FILE - Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, are displayed at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

An appeals court is considering a push to restrict most common abortion method

6:01 AM on Wednesday, September 9

A panel of federal judges is considering Louisiana's assertion that mifepristone, a key drug in the most common abortion method in the U.S., should not be dispensed anywhere but a medical facility

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