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FILE - A dose of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, is displayed on March 1, 2024, in Front Royal, Va. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Medicare is now covering some GLP-1 weight loss drugs for $50. Here’s what to know

7:09 AM on Wednesday, July 1

The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans

Who Does Gender Affirming Surgery Without a Weight Limit?

6:00 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Doctors and nurses take care of a patient at the emergency department of the Paris-Saclay Hospital, outside Paris, Tuesday June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )

Hospitals in Europe are gearing up for the next heat wave armed with lessons from this one

2:30 AM on Wednesday, July 1

Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves

Lindsey Althaus and her son, Whitman Althaus, 12, who has autism and a neurological disorder called apraxia, pose for a portrait at their home Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Luckey, Ohio. (AP Photo/Nic Antaya)

Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

12:12 AM on Wednesday, July 1

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities

FILE - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seen in Washington on April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Trump administration suspends funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unit

1:42 PM on Tuesday, June 30

The Trump administration has frozen federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

FILE - A person uses a fan as they wait in line to purchase Broadway tickets in Times Square, during a heat advisory in New York, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)

How to stay cool in a heat wave even without air conditioning

11:50 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat

People reach out to receive supplies from volunteers, days after an earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Aid groups warn Venezuela’s healthcare system is near its limit after earthquakes

10:39 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Aid groups are warning that Venezuela's healthcare system is at its breaking point nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes hit the South American country

A barber shave a patients hair during a grooming session at the largest mental health referral hospital, Mathari in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Restoring dignity one haircut at a time in Kenya's largest mental health hospital

7:42 AM on Tuesday, June 30

At Kenya’s largest mental health referral hospital, male patients experience a unique therapy: personal grooming sessions from visiting barbers

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