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FILE - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Cat in San Francisco euthanized after latest bird flu infection tied to raw pet food

8:47 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Federal health officials are warning that certain lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats may be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu

FILE - South Carolina Rep. Neal Collins, R-Easley, speaks against an education voucher bill on April 26, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, file)

South Carolina's top lawyers say paid family leave should include stillbirths too

4:07 PM on Wednesday, September 3

South Carolina's top attorneys say family leave after childbirth should include at least six weeks of paid leave for stillbirths

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump administration agrees to restore health websites and data

2:37 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Federal officials have agreed to restore health- and science-related webpages and data following a lawsuit settlement with doctors' groups and other organizations

Newsom promised real progress on mental health with CARE Court. Here’s what the numbers show.

2:23 PM on Wednesday, September 3

A program launched nearly two years ago by Gov. Gavin Newsom to help Californians sleeping on the streets while suffering from severe mental illness has reached only a few hundred people

FILE - Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gestures as speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates

12:46 PM on Wednesday, September 3

Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates that have been a cornerstone of public health policy for decades in keeping schoolchildren and citizens safe from infectious diseases

FILE - This photo combination shows, from left, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Jan. 31, 2024, in Salem, Ore., Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, Jan. 27, 2025, in Seattle and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Aug. 21, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, Lindsey Wasson, Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Washington, Oregon and California governors form alliance in rebuke of Trump administration

12:09 PM on Wednesday, September 3

The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California have created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2025, NOT 2024 - Jannelliz Barragan, center, wears a weighted vest during an MB360 workout class at the Life Time health club in New York on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Do weighted vests really help you get in shape faster?

10:03 AM on Wednesday, September 3

Weighted vests are increasingly showing up in fitness classes and on jogging tracks

FILE - Matthew Perry poses for a portrait on Feb. 17, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)

Learn about the 5 people who've pleaded guilty in connection with Matthew Perry’s death

8:15 PM on Monday, August 18

It has been just over a year since authorities announced that five people had been indicted for their alleged roles in the overdose deaths of “Friends” star Matthew Perry

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