AP Health

The weeklong heat wave that baked most of the U.S. Southwest in temperatures well into triple digits is on its last legs, but forecasters are still urging people to be cautious

An Alabama sheriff has evacuated his county’s jail, citing a need to prevent “health and safety issues.”

Gov. Andy Beshear says drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell nearly 10% in 2023

Experts say the mysterious death of a man in Mexico who had one kind of bird flu is unrelated to outbreaks of another bird flu at U.S. dairy farms

The Supreme Court is siding with Native American tribes who said they faced increased costs after taking over management of their own health care programs from the federal government

A report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty

Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new site is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori,” or alone

Nepal's abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its oil imports and clean up its air, thanks to a boom in sales of electric vehicles

Health authorities say a man in Mexico died from a type of bird flu called H5N2 that has never before been found in a human

Government advisers say it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall