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Americans cite healthcare costs as top source of growing anxiety

8:58 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Elijah Button, 21, poses for a portrait in St. Cloud, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Florida, hard-hit by Obamacare drop-off, feels the squeeze of rising healthcare costs

3:41 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Florida chef Elijah Button faces a tough situation after losing his Affordable Care Act health insurance due to a premium hike

FILE - Second-grader Aaminah Ingram-Kirk, 7, leads the way off the bus for the first day of school at Bishop McCort Catholic Elementary West on Tioga Street in Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 21, 2024. (Thomas Slusser/The Tribune-Democrat via AP, File)

How to reset your child's sleep schedule for back-to-school season

3:01 AM on Tuesday, August 25

Experts say it’s worth easing kids back into a regular sleep routine with the start of a new school year

Defendant Lindsay Clancy talks with her lawyer Kevin Reddington. during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy didn't have acute psychosis when she killed her 3 children, psychologist says

11:36 AM on Monday, August 24

A forensic psychologist has testified that he found Lindsay Clancy did not have acute psychosis when she killed her three children but rather took their lives so they wouldn't “suffer” after she took her own life

This undated photo shows Lillian Smart. (Love for Lillian Facebook via AP)

8-year-old Louisiana girl dies from a rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater

10:26 AM on Monday, August 24

An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater

People dressed in protective gear unload a coffin containing the remains of six-year-old Baudjo Baraka Jules, who died of Ebola, for a burial service in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo's Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet

6:09 AM on Monday, August 24

More than 300 people have died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, according to government data

FILE - Cows are fenced in before being displayed at a cattle auction in Hermosillo, Sonora state, Mexico, on July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Economists don't expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices

6:02 AM on Monday, August 24

The U.S. has reopened a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices

FILE - Norway's King Harald, centre, leaves the hall after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

The health of Norway's King Harald deteriorated over the weekend but he is stable now

11:53 PM on Sunday, August 23

King Harald of Norway's health has deteriorated, according to the royal palace

As the Clancy case highlights postpartum psychosis, a mom stricken by it shares her story of hope

5:12 AM on Sunday, August 23

About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense

FILE - Water is dropped by helicopter on the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)

Officials warn wildland firefighters about the risks of using a supplement for smoke exposure

9:01 PM on Saturday, August 22

Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals

FILE - A participant uses light weights during a class for older adults at the Dale Turner Family YMCA in Shoreline, Wash., April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Mobility tests can tell doctors a lot about how you're aging, but there are many other factors

5:41 AM on Saturday, August 22

Strength and mobility tests are often touted as measurements of healthy aging and even predictors of longevity, but they’re no crystal ball

Residents and frontline workers embark on Ebola outbreak awareness campaign in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)

Congo receives more than 16,000 doses of Ebola vaccine as it grapples with unprecedented outbreak

12:56 AM on Saturday, August 22

Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister said

Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Here’s data showing Congo’s Ebola outbreak is on track to surpass history’s largest

7:09 AM on Friday, August 21

The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed with no sign of slowing in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size

FILE - Students from Thomas Leadership Academy play on the school's playground in Eatonville, Fla., on Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

How to help your kids make friends at a new school

4:01 AM on Friday, August 21

Starting a new school can be daunting for students, but parents can help ease the transition

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