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Doctor's orders? ‘Belly laugh at least two to five days a week'

1:44 PM on Sunday, December 21

They say laughter is the best medicine

How Can Gum Disease Lead to Tooth Loss in Kyle, TX?

11:00 AM on Sunday, December 21

FILE - Workers install panels at a solar project May 21, 2025, in Galena, Alaska. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump's return brought stiff headwinds for clean energy. So why are advocates optimistic in 2026?

9:03 AM on Sunday, December 21

Dozens of energy developers, experts and politicians say there were some highs amid a lot of lows in a roller coaster year for clean energy as President Donald Trump worked to boost polluting fuels while stymying wind and solar

5 Factors That Can Cause Tooth Loss in Tampa, FL

11:00 AM on Saturday, December 20

FILE - An exam room at a medical clinic in Detroit on July 29, 2015. (Charles V. Tines/Detroit News via AP, File)

You finally got a doctor's appointment. Here's how to get the most out of it

8:05 AM on Saturday, December 20

It's not that unusual for a 20-something to text Mom from the doctor's office for help answering a health question

Attorney General Pam Bondi, with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro behind, pauses while speaking during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say Bondi’s death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest

1:46 AM on Saturday, December 20

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her prior work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company

FILE - The Johnson & Johnson headquarters is in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Minnesota jury says Johnson & Johnson owes $65.5 million to woman with cancer who used talcum powder

8:38 PM on Friday, December 19

A Minnesota jury has awarded $65.5 million to a woman who claimed talcum products made by Johnson & Johnson exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her developing mesothelioma

FILE - This 1981 electron microscope image made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows hepatitis B virus particles, indicated in orange. (Dr. Erskine Palmer/CDC via AP, File)

US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies

4:54 PM on Friday, December 19

The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on prescription drug prices in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companies

4:44 PM on Friday, December 19

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now charge Medicaid what they charge in other developed countries

FILE - Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., asks questions during a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield

2:14 PM on Friday, December 19

The U.S. military will end its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone

Eseid Abdeen, 42, carries the body of his 29-day-old infant son, Saeed, who, according to health authorities, died due to the cold weather, as he stands outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hypothermia claims newborn in Gaza and more babies are at risk, doctor says

1:37 PM on Friday, December 19

A doctor in Gaza says a fragile newborn boy became the second baby to die of hypothermia in recent days at Nasser Hospital

FILE - Palestinian women struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted but Palestinians there still face starvation, experts say

7:01 AM on Friday, December 19

The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in the Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

These are Americans' biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

7:00 AM on Friday, December 19

A new AP-NORC poll finds that Americans are more likely to prioritize health care than they were last year

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