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FILE - People look out at the coast of Belem, Brazil, as a boat nears shore, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)

As UN climate talks loom in Brazil, many would-be participants fear they can't afford to attend

9:10 AM on Sunday, September 21

With less than two months until this year's United Nations climate change conference, many prospective attendees are still looking for housing in the small Brazilian host city of Belem

On Tuesdays, volunteers at Neighbor's Cupboard unload boxes of dry goods and sort fresh produce in Winterport, Maine, on Aug. 26, 2025. (Katherine Emery/The Maine Monitor via AP)

After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America

6:01 PM on Saturday, September 20

The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies

Pharmacy manager Aylen Amestoy administers a patient with a COVID-19 vaccine at a CVS Pharmacy in Miami, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

How to get a COVID-19 shot and ensure it's covered by your insurance

7:57 AM on Saturday, September 20

Drugstores are ready to deliver COVID-19 vaccines this fall, and insurers plan to cover them, despite the shots no longer being recommended by a key government committee

Jerome Jean-Claude Amani, one of many wounded by fighting in the region, waits for his prosthetic leg at an orthopedic center run by the Catholic church and supported by Red Cross in Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

On the front line of Congo’s conflict, a trauma center tells a story of horror and survival

1:01 AM on Saturday, September 20

In eastern Congo, Jerome Jean Claude Amani stands on a prosthetic leg and talks of a new future after being badly wounded in a rebel attack

Committee members attend a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Chamblee, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines

5:41 PM on Friday, September 19

A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta for two days this week to consider various vaccine recommendations

FILE - Jaqueline Benitez, who depends on California's SNAP benefits to help pay for food, shops for groceries at a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Judge blocks USDA from collecting data about SNAP applicants in 21 states

4:44 PM on Friday, September 19

A judge has temporarily stopped the federal government from collecting personal information about residents in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in 21 states and Washington, D

Investigation finds Nebraska is likely under-reporting overdose deaths, costing it prevention money

2:53 PM on Friday, September 19

An investigation by the Flatwater Free Press found that the state of Nebraska is likely under-counting the number of overdose deaths, costing it millions of dollars in drug treatment funding

Robin the Robot visits with a patient at the HealthBridge Orange Specialty Pediatric Hospital in Orange, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals

12:03 AM on Friday, September 19

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing shortages

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