WASHINGTON (AP) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan Wednesday to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare to help study autism although experts say it’s unlikely to help reveal the condition’s root causes.

For Americans planning cruise ship vacations this spring or summer, there could be reason to worry about more than rough seas, experts say.

CHANNEL ISLANDS, Calif. (AP) - Strands of kelp glow in the dim morning light off California's Channel Islands as fish and sea lions weave through the golden fronds. It's a scene of remarkable abundance - the result of more than two decades of protection in one of the state's oldest marine reserves.

PARIS (AP) - The European Union launched a drive on Monday to attract scientists and researchers to Europe with offers of grants and new policy plans, after the Trump administration froze U.S. government funding linked to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency, saying the Trump administration’s massive restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill for mounting health crises.

NEW YORK (AP) - Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times - often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine - the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus - is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Amazon's first batch of internet satellites rocketed toward orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks.