Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts.

A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness.

The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut ...Read more

Imagine you’re getting out of the shower one morning and you notice a mole on your thigh that you’ve never seen before. It’s reddish brown, bumpy and surprisingly large. Is it a benign mole, or is it melanoma?

A slew of new artificial intelligence tools claim they can help you figure it out. Some are smartphone apps that anyone ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- As a former psychiatric hospital nurse, Justinna Dixon knows what it’s like to feel passionate for a job and overwhelmed by it at the same time.

Dixon graduated from nursing school at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and threw herself into her work, caring for people struggling with mental health and addiction issues. But ...Read more

WILMINGTON, Ohio — From her recliner in her tidy townhouse, Donna Logan offers advice to the first baby boomers to hit the big ‘8-0’ this year: Life can be good, especially with someone like Helen Aponte helping with laundry and housekeeping and the drive to the doctor’s office.

“I do most things on my own,” said Logan, 81, a native...Read more

Illinois health officials announced an outbreak of measles Wednesday in Douglas County in east central Illinois – news that comes amid a national resurgence of the illness.

There have been at least four confirmed, linked cases of measles in Douglas County, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. An outbreak is defined as three ...Read more

Pennsylvania officials reported two deaths associated with measles last week, amid a growing outbreak that has already sickened more than 500 people in the state this year.

Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, has clashed over the state’s characterization of the deaths with President Donald Trump’s head of the Department of Health and Human ...Read more

DETROIT — A new report on Michigan's cyclosporiasis outbreak confirms what was already suspected: that iceberg lettuce and consumption at Taco Bell were correlated with the state's largest-ever outbreak of the parasitic illness.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has reported 14,510 cases of cyclosporiasis, which usually ...Read more

Hundreds of first responders have told me they remember exactly how they felt during the World Trade Center attacks, even 25 years on.

They tell me that they remember not being able to think, see or smell anything. They could focus only on digging and pulling debris out of the way. They could not rest because those trapped beneath the...Read more

A health savings account (HSA) can reimburse you, income-tax-free, for all qualified medical out-of-pocket expenses not covered or reimbursed by other insurance. That will come in handy in retirement; depending on your age, you can expect only to have anywhere from 69% to 72% of your Social Security income left after paying out-of-pocket medical...Read more

The liver is one of the body’s most important organs. It helps clean the blood, process nutrients from food, make bile to digest fats, and manage how the body stores and uses energy. Because it does so many jobs, the liver is strongly affected by what we eat and drink every day.

The good news is that you do not need special “detox” drinks...Read more

One of the best ways to prevent and treat high blood pressure (hypertension) is to get regular exercise. But are some forms of exercise better than others? A scientific review published May 12, 2026, in the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that engaging in these three exercise patterns can lead to lower blood pressures throughout the ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was my mom’s caregiver as she navigated cancer treatment. Traveling from one appointment to another, we both wondered if some of the care could have been done at home. Is that being considered?

ANSWER: As you and your mom have experienced, cancer is a life-altering diagnosis requiring complex care. Studies show that people...Read more

As the fall and winter months approach, Mayo Clinic is dedicated to providing the latest health guidance for its patients and staff, ensuring everyone has the information needed to make informed decisions about their well-being.

Mayo Clinic recommends the 2026-27 COVID-19 vaccine for these groups:

All individuals 6 months and older.

All...Read more

EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving.

Grandma’s Ice Cream Shoppe, an ice cream parlor owned by a retired preacher and his wife, gets only one or two...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Intismeran Autogene, a vaccine that treats melanoma, a deadly type of skin cancer, has made headlines worldwide. Recently reported results indicate that the personalized medication, taken in combination with the immunotherapy Keytruda, met its main goal, reducing the chances of the cancer coming back within five years of the initial...Read more

Every state is receiving opioid settlement payouts from companies accused of flooding the nation with prescription painkillers and fueling overdose deaths. But only one state is directing 20% of those payouts to sheriffs — the largest carve-out for law enforcement nationwide.

In Louisiana, sheriffs are elected, do not serve at the pleasure of...Read more

Raise your hand if you have affordable, accessible healthcare. Anyone? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

With independent studies showing that close to half of all Americans struggle to afford healthcare, I expect I got the rest of you with the addition of the word “accessible.” That’s because, while rising costs are a barrier for too many, ...Read more

Four new COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for distribution in the U.S. for 2026-27, the federal Food and Drug Administration just announced.

On Aug. 27, the FDA issued letters to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Novavax-Sanofi authorizing new formulations of their vaccines. Moderna received approval for two new vaccines.

The vaccines are ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A central North Carolina teenager who contracted a brain-eating amoeba has died.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that the teenager passed away on Monday and extended condolences to his family and community.

Naegleria fowleri is a single-celled organism found in fresh water that destroys ...Read more

As a mental health nurse practitioner who sees patients both in person and via telehealth, I’m often struck by just how many of my patients would not have received any mental health treatment before the COVID-19 pandemic: the stay-at-home mother without any childcare; the college student on a rural campus, many miles away from home or a ...Read more