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Hajira Sahabi, who underwent facial reconstructive surgery to help her recover from noma disease, poses at the Noma Children Hospital in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ifeanyi Emmanuel)

Free operations give hope to children with a neglected but deadly disease in Africa

1:23 AM on Tuesday, September 22

Ibrahim Dalhatu was just 3 when he contracted noma, a severe disease that disfigures the face and often kills affected children

This photo released by Hiroyuki Okada shows a free-style Ikenobo ikebana arrangement in Tokyo on March 11, 2026. (Hiroyuki Okada via AP)

The centuries-old Japanese art of ikebana draws those seeking calm

9:05 PM on Monday, September 21

Ikebana, the Japanese art of arranging flowers, is a form of expression that dates back more than 500 years

Mississippi Supreme Court raises bar for patients to sue. Here's how it could affect medical consent

1:47 PM on Monday, September 21

The Mississippi Supreme Court has dismissed a case of alleged obstetric violence, setting a precedent that could complicate similar cases in the future

FILE - Pope Leo XIV celebrates a mass at the Basilica Sanctuary of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, central Italy, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Leo XIV in France will find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life

2:19 AM on Monday, September 21

Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life

FILE - Presley Gerber poses at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, March 14, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Presley Gerber, model and son of Cindy Crawford, dies at 27

12:11 AM on Monday, September 21

The son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, Presley Gerber has died at age 27

FILE - Patrick Clancy sits on the stand during the Lindsay Clancy murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool,File)

Patrick Clancy gives first TV interview on '60 Minutes' after Lindsay Clancy mistrial

2:03 PM on Sunday, September 20

Patrick Clancy gave his first televised interview on "60 Minutes" on CBS News

Green Bay's Lukas Van Ness clears concussion protocol. Packers rule out Javon Hargrave for Jets game

2:43 PM on Saturday, September 19

Green Bay edge rusher Lukas Van Ness has cleared concussion protocol in advance of the Packers' Sunday afternoon game with the New York Jets

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Ervebo vaccine at an Ebola vaccination center in Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo begins Ebola vaccinations for health workers in the epicenter of the outbreak

1:01 PM on Saturday, September 19

Congo has begun vaccinating healthcare staff against Ebola in Bunia, the epicenter of the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history

The Hims website is displayed on a smartphone in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jonathan Poet)

Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers' medical data. What should they do?

8:00 AM on Saturday, September 19

It's not hard to explain why business is booming for telehealth companies

Antonino Bella, a senior researcher at the Infectious Diseases Department of the Italian National Institute of Health, looks at a map of Italy showing provinces with confirmed circulation of West Nile virus in vectors, animals, and humans during the 2026 season, in Rome, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy sees mosquitos spread the West Nile virus farther and longer as Europe warms

12:05 AM on Saturday, September 19

Italian health authorities are seeing evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year

A specialist handles blood bags inside a laboratory at a hospital during a regional congress focused on strengthening laboratory capacity and preparedness following lessons from Ebola and COVID-19, in Lome, Togo, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Erick Kaglan)

West African scientists warn of weakening health systems and urge stronger outbreak detection

6:38 PM on Friday, September 18

West African laboratory scientists are urging governments to strengthen their capacity to detect disease outbreaks to prevent another major crisis

FILE - A woman shares Jehovah's Witnesses' literature with a passerby in downtown Pittsburgh on Nov. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Smith, File)

Jehovah’s Witnesses allow blood-derived products but keep ban on whole-blood transfusions

6:11 PM on Friday, September 18

The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their ban on the medical use of donated blood

FILE - This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)

Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks

5:45 PM on Friday, September 18

Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue in decades, and the toll now includes a death

President Donald Trump speaks as South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, from left, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and Abe Sutton, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, listen during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model

2:31 PM on Friday, September 18

President Donald Trump announced that all 50 states will join a program to provide Most Favored Nation pricing for some Medicaid drugs

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