White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s MAHA report

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House will fix errors in a much-anticipated federal government report spearheaded by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which decried America’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs.

Trump cancels $766 million Moderna contract to fight pandemic flu

The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu.

11-year-old Cambodian boy dies from bird flu

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - An 11-year-old boy in Cambodia died from bird flu, the country's fourth victim of four confirmed cases of the infection this year, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday.

New variant of COVID driving up cases

COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is primarily in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 170

CAIRO (AP) - A fast-spreading cholera outbreak has hit Sudan, killing 172 people, with more than 2,500 others becoming ill in the past week. Centered around Khartoum, the disease has spread as many Sudanese who had fled the country's war return to their homes in the capital and its twin city of Omdurman.

Kennedy: No COVID vaccines for children

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.

Vessel's implosion can be heard on new video

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - U.S. Coast Guard officials investigating the disappearance of an experimental submersible on its way to the Titanic wreckage in 2023 have released video recorded aboard its support ship from the moment the sound of its implosion reached the ocean's surface.

Scientists date the oldest known tools made from whale bones to 20,000 years ago

NEW YORK (AP) - Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone.