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Pyper Leblanc kisses a tin rooster goodbye after a visit to the Hilton Winn Farm in Ogunquit, Maine, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Giant metal roosters spread autism acceptance in Maine after town zoning spat

5:20 PM on Thursday, July 23

Giant metal roosters are popping up on lawns in and around a coastal Maine community and as far away as New Zealand in support of a 6-year-old autistic girl and her love of the colorful creations

Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate committee postpones vote on whether to advance CDC director nominee

2:56 PM on Thursday, July 23

The Senate health committee has delayed a vote planned for Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Louisiana’s abortion drug access law heightens hemorrhage risk for pregnant patients

2:42 PM on Thursday, July 23

Louisiana hospitals have faced challenges after a 2024 law reclassified misoprostol as a controlled substance

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Democrats say Social Security boss' message pushed misleading statements on Trump tax law's benefits

2:29 PM on Thursday, July 23

Congressional Democrats are squaring off with President Donald Trump's administration over one of the most potent political issues in the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections: Social Security

FILE - This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

US health officials are investigating a new outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite

12:42 PM on Thursday, July 23

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora

A Palestinian girl searchs for reusable items at a landfill in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Famine has ended in Gaza. But the gains are fragile and it could get worse

8:03 AM on Thursday, July 23

The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine swept parts of the Palestinian territory last year

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Biking to work: Tips to get started, stay safe and look presentable when you arrive

7:55 AM on Thursday, July 23

Riding a bicycle can be a healthy, enjoyable and affordable way to get to work

A health worker, wearing protective gear, stands outside the Ebola Treatment Center at the Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

What experts are saying as Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda kills more than 1,000 people

7:52 AM on Thursday, July 23

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the fastest-growing in history, with over 1,000 deaths

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6:00 AM on Thursday, July 23

Sujata Chaudhary, who is transgender and a former aid worker who turned to sex work to survive after losing her job amid the U.S. foreign aid cuts, poses for a photo in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal

12:32 AM on Thursday, July 23

Associated Press reporter Kristen Gelineau, who has been covering the impact of the U.S. foreign aid cuts, reported and wrote the story of how the cuts have prompted scores of unemployed aid workers in Nepal to turn to sex work to survive

Princy Tamang, a former HIV outreach worker who turned to sex work to survive after losing her job amid the U.S. foreign aid cuts, poses for a portrait, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Hetauda, Nepal. Tamang, who has endured beatings from clients and has been forced to have sex without condoms since transitioning to sex work, fears she will contract HIV. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive

12:21 AM on Thursday, July 23

After the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs

FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers

12:02 AM on Thursday, July 23

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides

Health workers disinfect a coffin of an Ebola victim at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)

Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,000 people

6:09 AM on Wednesday, July 22

More than 1,000 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history

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