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FILE - Children cool off at the Hamilton Fish pool, July 18, 2017, in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

A child can drown in seconds. Doctors want more families to be prepared

7:01 AM on Saturday, July 4

Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years

Houssainatou Diallo, right, an advocate and communicator dedicated to supporting children with autism, spends time with Kazaliou Balde, an autistic child in Fria, Guinea, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Fode Toure)

Autism remains widely misunderstood in parts of Africa. A mother in Guinea fights for her child

Saturday, July 4

A family in Guinea first sought help from a traditional healer when their son showed signs of autism as a child

Padres put Randy Vásquez on the IL after an ankle comebacker and fainting spell

8:27 PM on Friday, July 3

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vásquez is on the 15-day injured list with a bruised right ankle

A nurse prepares a bed at the emergency department of the Paris-Saclay Hospital, outside Paris, Tuesday June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena )

Deaths surged 29% in France during week of record heat, health agency says

7:07 AM on Friday, July 3

France experienced a surge in deaths during the hottest week of a record heat wave last month

French players cool off from field sprinklers during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Eastern heat on July 4 threatens World Cup players and fans

2:08 AM on Friday, July 3

Forecasters say the hottest World Cup tournament match so far this year could hit Saturday afternoon, during the knockout round game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia

FILE - The Ruby Princess is docked in San Francisco, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

125 passengers and crew hit with highly contagious stomach virus on cruise from San Francisco

6:39 PM on Thursday, July 2

Health officials say more than 120 passengers and crew on a Princess Cruises ship were infected with a stomach virus during a 20-day trip to Canada and Alaska

FILE - Health workers attend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

Researchers launch study on Ebola treatments as Congo outbreak worsens

11:25 AM on Thursday, July 2

Researchers are beginning a highly anticipated study of two possible treatments for the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo

Cancer patient Irisleydis Trista Calzadilla cries during an interview at her home in Batabano, Cuba, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Once a source of national pride, Cuba's healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis

10:11 AM on Thursday, July 2

Irisleydis Tristá, a cancer patient in Cuba, has been unable to get a crucial CT scan for seven months because the machine at Havana’s leading hospital is broken

Bottles of medications sit on shelves at the Stormont Vail Retail Pharmacy in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Trump administration proposes a rule it says could save Medicare patients $1.1 billion on drugs

7:45 AM on Thursday, July 2

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule to keep hospitals from marking up discounted drugs for Medicare patients

Dr. Karen Rasmussen

7:00 AM on Thursday, July 2

Flavored noodles linked to more than 100 salmonella infections in Europe

4:15 AM on Thursday, July 2

European food safety and health officials have reported a salmonella outbreak linked to flavored-noodle products, with 106 confirmed cases across 14 countries

FILE - Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

An AP journalist describes a month in the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak

12:15 AM on Thursday, July 2

An Associated Press journalist spent a month in the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak documenting the toll and the challenges for health workers in a conflict zone

FILE - New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill talks to reporters during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow

11:01 PM on Wednesday, July 1

New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage

FILE - Former Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson visits the field during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sept. 15, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, file)

Chris Johnson seeking revival of Ice Bucket Challenge as he continues his fight against ALS

9:44 PM on Wednesday, July 1

Former NFL star Chris Johnson is bringing back the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness of ALS as he fights the fatal nervous system disease

Khaterine Roa cries as members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department search for survivors at a building that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelan medics fear earthquake aftermath will trigger widening medical crisis

10:15 AM on Wednesday, July 1

With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing survivors were untreated wounds and infectious diseases

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