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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex

5:50 AM on Tuesday, August 18

President Donald Trump has been promoting new data showing U.S. prescription drug prices fell 0.8% in July and are down 3.1% from a year ago

FILE - Norway's King Harald gives a speech during a gala dinner at the Palace in connection with the state visit of the Icelandic presidential couple, in Oslo, on April 8, 2025. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

King Harald of Norway is hospitalized for treatment in connection with a blood disease

2:32 AM on Tuesday, August 18

King Harald of Norway has been admitted to a hospital for treatment related to a blood disease, according to the royal palace

Sun Theary, a member of an explosive ordnance disposal team, picks-up a 60mm mortar round in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Thursday, July 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding

11:09 PM on Monday, August 17

Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

‘There is nothing else’: Californians face eviction as insurer cancels assisted living benefit

3:51 PM on Monday, August 17

Health Net, a major Medi-Cal insurer, is ending its assisted living benefits by year-end, affecting about 3,500 elderly patients, many with dementia

Luigi Mangione attends a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (David Dee Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)

Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial postponed indefinitely amid double jeopardy fight

3:15 PM on Monday, August 17

Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been postponed indefinitely

FILE - Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, S.C., March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

3:04 PM on Monday, August 17

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates have declined again, with exemptions reaching a record high

Bruce Springsteen biographer and music critic Dave Marsh dies at 76

8:51 AM on Monday, August 17

Dave Marsh, a renowned music critic known for his influential books on Bruce Springsteen, has died at 76

A health worker sprays disinfectant in a freshly dug grave for the body of Jacques Lobo Dhena, who died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country's worst with over 2,300 dead

8:23 AM on Monday, August 17

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers former pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe during a memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83

1:15 PM on Sunday, August 16

Tommy John, the pitching great known for the surgery that bears his name, has died at 83

Assistant Professor Christopher Hayes uses the heat of his finger to stimulate a colony of bedbugs in his office at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Bedbugs can cause people to lose sleep — and blood. Here's what to do about them

8:15 AM on Saturday, August 15

Bedbugs are on the rise and they tend to be at their worst at this time of year

Charlotte Touzalin stands with her mother, Anne Schultz, Friday, July 10, 2026 in Elizabeth, Colo. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Obesity drugs show early promise against the hormonal disorder PMOS, giving a suffering family hope

8:11 AM on Saturday, August 15

A small but growing body of research shows that GLP-1 drugs often used to treat obesity may also work for the hormonal disorder known as PMOS

Gédéon Banga Ngbape, left, an Ebola surveillance officer, does contact tracing in Nizi, Ituri province, eastern Congo, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)

Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing

12:31 AM on Saturday, August 15

Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team of community health workers are laboring tirelessly in eastern Congo to track the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak

FILE - A portrait of President Donald Trump is displayed at the Justice Department building in Washington, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Appeals court sides with Trump in fight over subpoena of gender-affirming care provider

3:25 PM on Friday, August 14

A federal appeals court says President Donald Trump’s goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena

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