A Kansas judge has cleared the way for transgender minors to resume gender-affirming care that lawmakers banned in 2025.

Douglas County District Court Judge Carl Folsom III issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of key provisions of the state law in a 117-page ruling on Friday.

The decision will allow physicians to administer ...Read more

DETROIT – A series of salmonella outbreaks linked to baby poultry is sickening residents across the country, including 21 people in Michigan, health officials said Monday.

“While raising baby chicks and ducks can be fun and educational, poultry owners should be aware that chickens and other birds can carry germs that can impact human ...Read more

Russia is holding a major combat exercise to practice preparing and using its nuclear forces at the same time as President Vladimir Putin travels to Beijing for talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The three days of drills will involve more than 64,000 troops, 200 missile launchers, 140 aircraft, 73 surface ships and 13 submarines, the ...Read more

NATO is discussing the possibility of helping ships pass through the blocked Strait of Hormuz if the waterway isn’t reopened by early July, according to a senior official in the military alliance.

The idea has support from several members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, but doesn’t yet have the necessary unanimous support, said a...Read more

Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act continues to erode as some customers struggle to make premium payments, with the declining numbers churning market uncertainty for insurers. In response, insurers are likely to raise rates again next year, following this year’s larger-than-typical hikes.

Sign-ups were already down in January by about 1.2 ...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late Tuesday, aiming to reinforce ties with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and make progress on a long-stalled energy project.

China’s Foreign Ministry said it’s the Russian leader’s 25th visit to the country.

Putin and Xi, who share a strong bond and a common desire for a multipolar world ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Brooke Loughman knows that when she opens a social media app, she’ll be flooded with posts, whether she wants to see them or not. Lately, the first-year DePaul University student has found herself scrolling quickly through her feed, trying to avoid information about hantavirus and the wave of anxiety she experiences thinking about ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he held off on a new bombardment of Iran planned for Tuesday at the request of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies, who are now pushing for a deal to end the war.

The U.S. delayed the strikes “for a little while, hopefully maybe forever,” because “we’ve had very big discussions with Iran, and we�...Read more

US President Donald Trump said he called off a new bombardment of Iran planned for Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies wanted more time to pursue diplomacy.

The U.S. delayed the strikes “for a little while, hopefully maybe forever,” because “we’ve had very big discussions with Iran, and we’ll see what they amount ...Read more

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was on the downslide in 2011. He’d been a tabloid sensation in the decade prior thanks to his villainous four-season run on MTV’s reality series “ The Hills,” and his ratings-boon relationship with co-star Heidi Montag. By the 2010s, the spotlight was fading and it seemed as if Pratt might slip into ...Read more

Paul Boyer, a psychotherapist for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, is experiencing the AI revolution firsthand. He’s a little underwhelmed.

The health giant has rolled out a new suite of note-taking software, made by healthcare AI pioneer Abridge, intended to summarize a patient’s visit at supersonic speed. For many clinicians, the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For the last several months, wildlife experts have been alarmed by a large influx of dead and emaciated seabirds washing up on California beaches.

While experts had been recording high mortality rates for brown pelicans for several years now — the result of harmful algal blooms, or “red tides” — this die off appears ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kaiser Permanente is still trying to determine the source of bacteria responsible for 19 recent cases of Legionella infection identified at a hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The 19 infections were linked to Kaiser's medical center in Santa Clara. Most of those who fell sick are recovering at home, Kaiser said in a recent...Read more

You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut.

As part of our research on how a dietary fiber supplement affects bone mass in children and adolescents, the MetA-Bone Trial, ...Read more

As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is transferring “a small number of Americans” who were in Congo and who were exposed to the virus.

Some of these exposures are classified as high-risk, and ...Read more

A Disneyland visitor has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit alleging the Anaheim theme park does not properly disclose the use of facial recognition technology that violates the privacy rights of visitors.

Summer Christine Duffield of Riverside County alleges Disneyland and Disney California Adventure violated privacy, competition and ...Read more

Britain’s Prince William plans to sell off one-fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall, the estate created in 1337 to guarantee income for the heir to the throne, and use the estimated $670 million in proceeds to fund public housing and clean energy projects.

The 130,000-acre private estate spans more than 20 counties and nets the Prince of Wales over...Read more