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TROY, N.Y. — Like many residents of this aging industrial city on the Hudson River, Starletta Washington was stunned when she heard Troy’s last remaining hospital planned to close its birthing center.

“It was devastating,” said Washington, who heads the local YWCA. Washington was born at the hospital and had her children there. She ...Read more

The massive diarrhea-causing parasitic outbreak that sickened tens of thousands of people across 21 states over the summer has ended, though officials continue to investigate the cause of contamination.

On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the cyclosporiasis outbreak officially over, saying the number of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Four Pennsylvanians who were vaccinated against measles have contracted the highly contagious illness, state officials announced Friday.

Called “breakthrough cases,” such infections in vaccinated people are rare, but sometimes occur if someone’s immune system “did not respond as well” as most patients’ to the ...Read more

DETROIT — Gladys Knight's husband had no interest in cutting back the 82-year-old star's touring schedule despite assertions to the contrary, her son contends.

Knight, the early Motown star known as the "Empress of Soul" for tracks such as "Midnight Train to Georgia," has continued touring after she announced on Aug. 27 that she would cut ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Retired Philadelphia Police Capt. Mark Fisher gets winded and lightheaded while emptying the dishwasher or pushing his gas-powered lawnmower, his lungs forever scarred by the ankle-deep ash that he trudged through at ground zero.

When Fisher arrived at the nation’s worst crime scene, two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, ...Read more

If you’ve been following the dispute between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., you probably know that it centers on the deaths of two infants in Lancaster County in late August 2026.

And you may be aware that despite the county coroner’s confirmation that one infant died ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that Mayo Clinic researchers discovered DNA changes linked to Alzheimer's disease. Does this mean scientists are getting closer to preventing or curing Alzheimer's disease?

ANSWER: Research advances are helping scientists better understand Alzheimer's disease, but no single study has found a cure or identified ...Read more

Illinois is issuing its own guidance about flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations for this fall – amid continuing confusion over federal vaccine recommendations.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday released its guidance for this fall respiratory virus season, with recommendations including:

• Flu vaccines for everyone ages 6 ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday promised to send $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million enrollees in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, who he says were overcharged when former President Joe Biden was in the White House.

Trump claimed the money would compensate Obamacare enrollees in 30 mostly Republican states for what he ...Read more

NEW YORK — Billy Joel says that he’s doing better after getting a shunt in his brain.

The 77-year-old New Yorker worried fans last year when he canceled a string of shows including a Madison Square Garden gig due to an abnormal buildup of fluid in his brain known as hydrocephalus.

Joel said in a SiriusXM interview aired Wednesday that the ...Read more

DETROIT — An Oakland County resident may have contracted West Nile virus, health officials said Thursday.

They said they identified a probable human case of the disease in Oakland County.

"This is the county’s first probable case this year," the Oakland County Health Division said in a statement. "No further information is available about ...Read more

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you learned of the September 11 terrorist attacks that occurred 25 years ago?

Do you remember what you saw on television or how you felt? Is your memory highly detailed, and are you confident that what you are remembering is an accurate recollection of those details?

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