Before their first sports tryout, conditioning, workout, practice, or other athletic activity of the 2026-27 school year (including during summer break), Florida high school athletes must get a heart screening using an ECG and receive results showing they are cleared for sports.

Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare cancer, has died at 26.

A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms.

A Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with aggressive cancer due to a labeling error and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy.

The U.S. has seen a rise in cases of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a nausea condition caused by heavy marijuana use.

The jury in the Massachusetts murder trial of Lindsay Clancy saw autopsy photos of the youngest of three children, who she has admitted strangling in January 2023.

Six years after the world was thrust into a global pandemic, Republicans in power aren’t leaving it in the past.

WK Kellogg said Thursday that it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year.

Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico.

President Donald Trump’s administration plans to overhaul Head Start, a key early education program for the nation's neediest children.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new flu vaccine for older people, the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave.

Scientists are creating a new kind of vaccine that teaches the immune system to intercept a type of brewing colon cancer before it turns into a full-fledged tumor.

Military officials say the majority of American troops wounded in the Iran war have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank have pushed the territory’s health system to the brink of collapse.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced he has subpoenaed Dr. Anthony Fauci following his time as former chief medical adviser during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last week, half a dozen Central Florida eateries were forced to shut down temporarily after a visit from a health inspectors, according to state records.

Health authorities in Congo are monitoring passengers from a boat near Kinshasa after a traveler died with Ebola-like symptoms.

A Senate committee has voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal government is taking steps to shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life.

Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce.

Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Months before Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, the family's former nanny said she saw her deal with significant weight loss, insomnia, and postpregnancy mental health issues.

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergies.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment before Congress will be put to the test this week.

The world’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in Congo is still spreading faster than efforts to track it, according to the head of the World Health Organization.

A provincial government in Nepal has legalized farming and use of marijuana for medical purposes.

After residents and business owners repeatedly raised concerns about water quality with News 6, records and responses from the City of Apopka and state environmental regulators reveal two conclusions that can exist at the same time.

Chipotle Mexican Grill says it has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after determining the peppers could potentially be tied to a salmonella outbreak public health officials are investigating.

Backpacks often become too heavy for kids, as students carry laptops, textbooks and more.

Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, becoming the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease.

State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan.

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to overhaul the Head Start program.

This summer, pest control company Orkin has revealed its latest list of “bed bug cities” in the U.S. — and one Florida city managed to crack the upper echelons for the first time ever.

The second week of testimony in the trial of Lindsay Clancy has resumed with a focus on her mental state when she killed her three children in 2023.

In parts of the U.S. where venomous snakes are more common, training programs aim to protect pets from getting bitten.

Jurors have walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children.

A Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians is rippling far beyond immigration courts.

Orlando Health has opened a new children's pavilion in Orlando that consolidates 19 pediatric clinics under one roof, aiming to simplify follow-up care and reduce the logistical burden on families managing multiple specialists after a child's hospitalization.

Millions of older adults on Medicare prescription drug coverage could face higher monthly costs in 2027.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cleared a hurdle in the Senate.

First responders have given jurors firsthand accounts of what they found after Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and tried to take her own life.

The fastest-growing recorded Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people in eastern Congo.

Tech giant Google is seeking government approval to release 32 million mosquitoes into Florida — and the proposal has sparked reactions from thousands online.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Wednesday afternoon that his office will be launching an investigation into Anthony Fauci, a former chief medical adviser during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce.

Armadillos are a familiar sight across Florida — and for many homeowners, they’re best known for digging up yards and gardens. Health experts say there’s another reason to keep your distance: Armadillos can occasionally carry the bacteria that causes Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy.

A new U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated threat.

The head of the U.N. food agency is warning that the fastest growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo.

Dr. Anthony Fauci will face a contempt of Congress vote in a Senate committee next week after he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a hearing about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last week, nearly a dozen Central Florida eateries were forced to shut down temporarily after a visit from a health inspectors, according to state records.

The Florida Department of Health issued guidance for psychotropic pharmacotherapy in children 5 to 17, recommending against the use of drugs to treat mental health conditions like depression, anxiety or attention-deficit related disorders in most cases.

Ugandan authorities have declared the country free of Ebola after the last patient was discharged in mid-June.

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer.

Many people throw away food based on confusing expiration labels like “Best By” or “Sell By.”.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 3,200 cases.

A key U.S. government report on mental health, substance use and addiction shows continued improvements in several metrics, especially among young people.

The Clinton Foundation has launched a new initiative to develop nonpartisan policy solutions with state and local governments.

A Massachusetts woman is on trial in a case where her lawyers argue that postpartum psychosis was the reason she killed her three children, aged 5 and younger.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to, and that has been adopted around the world.

Jet lag threatens to turn even a dream vacation into a slog.

Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo have gone on strike over payment issues, disrupting patient care.

Florida’s top health official called the measles vaccine “effective” Friday, but stopped short of imploring people to get inoculated against the disease. According to data from the Florida Department of Health, there have been 155 measles cases in Florida since the start of the year, with three in Orange County and one in Osceola County.

Federal health officials report that nearly 100 people in 17 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs.

A Central Florida man was arrested after being accused of violating recent emergency rules regarding a flesh-eating parasite, according to Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson.

Florida saw an uptick in reported leprosy cases in 2025 and has continued to record new infections in 2026, according to the National Hansen’s Disease Program, including cases in Brevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties.

Federal health officials have linked four more states to an outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite.

The U.S. has surpassed 2025’s record for measles cases, with five months left in 2026.

The Senate health committee has delayed a vote planned for Thursday on whether to advance the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Congressional Democrats are squaring off with President Donald Trump's administration over one of the most potent political issues in the country ahead of this year’s midterm elections: Social Security.

U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.

The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine swept parts of the Palestinian territory last year.

Riding a bicycle can be a healthy, enjoyable and affordable way to get to work.

Over a dozen more eateries across Central Florida were forced to close down after receiving a visit from a health inspector last week, according to state records.

Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new initiative to test and treat troops for low testosterone is facing scrutiny from a federal judge.

If you take allergy medications, you might want to check with your pharmacy. A generic allergy drug has been recalled by its pharmaceutical company over possible cross-contamination with another medication. Unique Pharmaceutical Laboratories is voluntarily recalling cetirizine hydrochloride tablets USP 5 mg. It goes by the brand name of Zyrtec.

More than 1,000 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, according to Africa’s top health body, a grim toll in what’s already been declared the fastest Ebola outbreak in history.

An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare.

Venezuela says three people died of infections of hantavirus but stressed there has been no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans.

The Trump administration says it's deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of suspected fraud and noncompliance.

A new report says the Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries.

Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs.

New estimates show road deaths are declining in the U.S. and globally.

Kenyan activists accuse authorities of violating a court order to halt the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center in the country.

Federal health officials have remained focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak despite inaccurate test results reported over the weekend.

Infants, toddlers and young children need outdoor activity to build strong bodies and minds, but they also require extra care in the heat.

Congo's health ministry says at least 930 people have died in the country's Ebola outbreak.

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York.

When the air is smoky from burning wildfires, health experts say to stay indoors.

Health workers in northern Nigeria say more children are relapsing into malnutrition and cite knock-on effects from the war in the Middle East.

Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. The California-based company said products with the potential to be contaminated with the diarrhea-causing parasite were shipped to 27 states including Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and Illinois.

Authorities report at least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers during Congo's Ebola outbreak.

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Utah revoked another campus license on Friday for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager.

The families of two men who discovered through DNA tests that they were switched at birth 38 years ago are accusing a North Dakota hospital of robbing them of the lives they were supposed to lead.

Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are muddling through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Minnesota and Canada.

Big U.S. restaurant chains don’t get linked to foodborne illness outbreaks often.

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body.

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.