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FILE - A health worker shows a bottle of the malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M before administering it to a child at the comprehensive Health Centre in Agudama-Epie, in Yenagoa, Nigeria, on Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

WHO says vaccinations save millions in Africa, but US aid cuts and Iran war threaten progress

11:19 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The World Health Organization says vaccination programs across Africa have saved more than 50 million lives over the past five decades, but progress is slowing in some countries

FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and other MAHA figures

9:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Federal health officials will meet this summer to consider easing restrictions on a controversial group of drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement

FILE - Ground up plastics that Alterra Energy receives from recycling facilities, move along a conveyor at the start of their process that transforms the material into a liquid that is then used in the manufacturing of plastic in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

9:01 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators

Guests collect their smartphones at the end of a weekly phone-free gathering at the home of organizer Dan Fox in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone. But first read this

7:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Two decades after Steve Jobs premiered the iPhone, a small but intensely passionate movement is rebelling against the omnipresent screen

OBI Pharma Announces Ten Poster Presentations at the AACR 2026 Annual Meeting for GlycOBI(R) Glycan-based Site-Specific Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs): Mono and Bi-Specific (inc. Dual payload) and Obrion(TM) ADC enabling technologies

4:40 AM on Wednesday, April 15

This grab from video shows traffic backed up after a multi-vehicle pile up on a section of a snowy highway in Clear Creek County, Colorado, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (KMGH/Denver7 via AP)

Pileup of about 70 vehicles on Interstate 70 in Colorado sends 8 to the hospital

1:39 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Officials say crashes involving about 70 vehicles have bottlenecked a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital

MindMaze Therapeutics Publishes 2025 Annual Report and Corporate Update

1:25 AM on Wednesday, April 15

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the ChatGPT home Screen, March 17, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Why many Americans are turning to AI for health advice, according to recent polls

12:14 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Many Americans are turning to artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT for health advice

A woman prepares to eat traditional tripe soup known as "patsas" in Greek and "iskembe" in Turkish, at Epirus restaurant in central Athens, on Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Homeric hangover 'cure' — Greek claim over ancient bovine belly broth stirs feud with rival Turks

12:04 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Many people in northern Greece believe a plate of soup made of bovine bellies and legs can help with stomach ulcers and various other ailments — if you’re brave enough to try it

Rays move right-hander Ryan Pepiot to 60-day IL for more recovery time from hip injury

7:03 PM on Tuesday, April 14

The Tampa Bay Rays have transferred right-hander Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list

FILE - James Heaps appears in the Los Angeles Superior Court, June 26, 2019. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

Former UCLA gynecologist pleads guilty to sex abuse after previous conviction was overturned

4:38 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges in connection with the sexual assault of several patients over his career, after an appeals court reversed his conviction earlier this year

Florida doctor faces manslaughter charge for allegedly removing wrong organ during surgery

1:40 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A grand jury indicted a Florida doctor on manslaughter charges for allegedly removing a patient’s liver, instead of his spleen, during a 2024 surgery

Tennessee Senate Passes Amended Trans Healthcare Tracking Bill

1:25 PM on Tuesday, April 14

A bill that requires doctors to report on transgender-related healthcare has passed the Tennessee Senate

Physician Leopoldo Luque arrives to court to attend the first day of his trial with the medical team that treated the late soccer star Diego Maradona, to face charges of alleged homicide by negligence in San Isidro, Argentina, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

New trial over Diego Maradona's death resumes in Argentina against 7 health care professionals

10:36 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The trial of seven health care professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona has resumed in Argentina

An assortment of plastic-free terracotta planting pots are displayed on Long Island, N. Y., on April 8, 2026. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

Plastic garden gear can add microplastics to the soil. Here are some alternatives

9:02 AM on Tuesday, April 14

As seed-starting and planting season kicks in, AP gardening columnist Jessica Damiano urges gardeners to try reducing plastic use in the garden

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