A radio show in Congo is trying to battle misinformation around an ongoing Ebola outbreak.

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century.

A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog.

Melinda French Gates is expanding her efforts to improve women's health worldwide, pledging $215 million for contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives for middle-age women.

There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship.

Local 4’s Dr. Frank McGeorge has some handy first aid tips for 20 of the most common summer injuries.

Congo is still hoping to play its World Cup warmup against Chile after the mayor of the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion denied authorization for the match because of health concerns related to the Ebola crisis.

A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case was held in secret after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.

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The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region.

Businessman Zach Lahn's win in Iowa’s Republican gubernatorial primary over President Donald Trump's pick is a rare electoral setback for Trump.

Britain's King George III is getting a makeover as America approaches its 250th birthday.

Indonesia's former head of the National Nutrition Agency has been arrested on corruption charges related to a multibillion-dollar free-meals program.

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has taken a turn in the White House briefing room.

Chronic back pain affects millions of Americans, many of whom spend years cycling through medications, injections, physical therapy and many times, surgery in their search for lasting relief.

Hurricanes, wildfires and other extreme weather events can cause anxiety that lasts even after they're over.

Volunteers for the U.N. food agency are providing crucial support In the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo by cooking.

Kenya’s president has defended the establishment by the U.S. of its own Ebola quarantine facility.

Five American cruise ship passengers exposed to hantavirus are leaving a Nebraska quarantine facility.

Congo has confirmed at least 282 Ebola cases in its growing outbreak.

Hundreds of youths in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki have demonstrated against an Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base.

New research shows a novel pill is helping people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer.

The World Health Organization reports that five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus in eastern Congo.

Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday in a statement released by daughter Claudia Lemieux Bishop.

Postpartum depression is a potentially dangerous condition that can fill a typically joyous time with despair.

The head of the World Health Organization has visited Bunia in eastern Congo, where a rare Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly.

For many in Congo and elsewhere in Central and West Africa, there is no shame in craving wild meat, a key part of the culture.

Donald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year.

The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to support efforts against an Ebola outbreak.

A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo.

A man convicted of bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.

Bryce Harper's unique toothbrushing technique has sparked a viral sensation.

Aid supplies have been rushed in to the center of Congo's Ebola outbreak where medical workers are struggling with equipment shortages, distrustful locals and armed groups.

Music recorded in 432 hertz is taking off on social media platforms and music streaming services.

New research suggests a first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B may let some patients stop treatment without showing signs of the dangerous liver virus.

The proportion of Americans without health insurance held steady at around 8% of the population in 2025, according to new findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The state issued the temporary recommendation last month in response to the recent uptick of measles cases across Southeast Michigan.

Uganda has ordered the closure of its border with Congo, where suspected Ebola cases are surging.

There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in this camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo.

A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is undergoing further cleaning before it returns to its home port.

Medical professionals say that moving to music is a great way for older adults to stay healthier as they age.

A spring heat wave is scorching parts of Western Europe, breaking temperature records and triggering government warnings.

President Donald Trump has wrapped up a three-hour visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House describes as preventive medical and dental exams.

Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats.

Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven.

A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives.

Angry residents in eastern Congo have attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center treating Ebola patients.

Moments of joy are common whenever hospital facility dogs show up to spend time with patients.

Pope Leo XIV has visited families near Naples affected by illegal toxic dumping linked to the mafia.

Bundibugyo is the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a species of Ebola.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.

The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the hospital in Omaha.

A proposed $7.25 billion settlement over claims that Roundup weedkiller causes cancer now faces potential delays.

The Associated Press has learned that officials at the Food and Drug Administration were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the U.S. market.

An imprisoned Belarusian journalist's relatives say he has fallen seriously ill.

Authorities in northeastern Congo have banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak.

An advocacy group is suing President Donald Trump's administration over its decision to reinstate a near-ban on abortions for veterans and their family members who depend on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare.

New York City's iconic pizzerias and bagel shops may soon be forced to update their long-standing baking practices after state lawmakers moved to ban a common additive.

The re-routing of Wednesday night’s Air France flight from Paris to Detroit Metro Airport was a bizarre end to a long travel day.

Head spas, which offer scalp and face massages, are gaining popularity in the U.S. Hundreds of locations, especially in California and New York, now offer these services.

The Department of Health and Human Services is boosting its use of artificial intelligence to monitor audits from federal grant recipients.

On Wednesday, May 20, a plane heading to Metro Detroit from France was diverted to Montreal after officials discovered that a passenger from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was on board.

People have set fire to an Ebola treatment center in one of the towns at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo as fear and anger grows over a health crisis authorities and aid agencies are struggling to contain.

A tipster on Local 4’s Help Desk alerted us to an Air France flight bound for Detroit that was diverted to Canada after U.S. authorities barred it from entering American airspace.

Here's how Ebola concerns diverted an international flight that was heading to Detroit Metro Airport.

The Trump administration has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care like mammograms for millions of Americans.

New Mexico authorities say three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were assessed for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a rural home for a suspected drug overdose.

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate say they are concerned the state may be planning to use expired lethal injection drugs at a planned execution on Thursday.

Heart disease and stoke are two of the biggest health threats in Michigan, now becoming more common in younger adults.

Congo’s soccer team has canceled a three-day World Cup preparation training camp and a planned farewell to fans in the capital Kinshasa because of an outbreak of Ebola in the east of the country.

Healthcare workers in eastern Congo say they are underprotected and undertrained as a rare Ebola virus spreads rapidly in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places.

The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered the state's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors.

Jell-O is getting a line of products made without synthetic colors or artificial sweeteners to meet increasing consumer demand for natural ingredients.

Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.

Argentine investigators searching for the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise last month were trapping rodents in the forests surrounding the southernmost city of Ushuaia.

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s recent caps on federal student loans, arguing the limits will make it harder for students pursuing certain healthcare degrees to attain the necessary training and education.

Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act marketplace could drop by nearly 5 million people this year.

It's spring cleaning season, and for some people that means drudgery or anxiety.

The World Health Organization director-general has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo.

Michigan health officials are reporting an increase in Salmonella infections linked to three multistate outbreaks tied to contact with backyard poultry, particularly baby chicks and ducklings.

The “30 plants a week challenge” is a science-backed social media trend that encourages people to eat at least 30 different plant-based foods each week to improve gut health by increasing the diversity of healthy gut bacteria.

Moms often joke about running things around the house, but experts say the mental load many parents carry is real and exhausting, and it’s impacting the mental health of the default parent.

A wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane in New Mexico has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest.

President Donald Trump has announced an expansion of his discounted-drug website, TrumpRx.

A new Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is highlighting Africa's struggle with reduced international aid.

A gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Luigi Mangione to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson can be used as evidence at his murder trial.

The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from pharmaceutical companies that object to negotiating Medicare drug prices with the federal government.

Congo will open three treatment centers for the Ebola virus in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to the country, following an outbreak that has killed nearly 120 people.

A cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection.

Canada's national health agency confirms that one of four Canadians returning from a cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive.

The World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.

Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and norovirus on cruise ships are making headlines, but they’re unlikely to dim vacationers’ growing love of cruises.

France’s Pasteur Institute has fully sequenced the Andes virus found in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship.

Deciding when to get a routine mammogram is confusing.

Authorities say at least 87 people have died in Congo’s new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province.

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals.