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Google-backed initiative seeks to release 32 million mosquitoes in 2 states for disease control

June 10, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

Google is seeking permission from the EPA to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes...

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Report shows suicides rose in Maryland despite national reduction

June 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

“All these deaths went up a huge amount during the pandemic … and they weren’t...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

US urges Europe to step up travel measures to prevent spread of Ebola from Africa

June 10, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

The U.S. is pushing Europe to tighten travel rules amid concerns over the Ebola virus.

In a metastatic pancreatic tumor, cancer cells (green) are surrounded by activated fibroblasts (grey), connective tissue cells that promote therapeutic resistance and suppress immune response within the red areas. (Credit: Salk Institute)

Vitamin D shows promise for hard-to-treat pancreatic cancers

June 9, 2026 at 4:46 p.m.

“By using vitamin D analogs to engage the body’s own natural system for dampening fibrotic...

This undated image provided by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences shows an ancient tooth found at the Sunjiadong archaeological site in China. (Kai Zhou/Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences via AP)

New fossils suggest human evolution was more crowded than scientists thought

June 9, 2026 at 4:27 p.m.

Rather than a single ancestral line steadily evolving toward modern humans, the evidence points to...

FILE – A man applies sunscreen to a woman’s arm before a spring training baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago White Sox in Phoenix, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

FDA OKs first new sunscreen ingredient in more than 25 years

June 9, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

Move will give Americans access to a skin-protecting chemical long used in Europe.

Various wines are displayed in Sonoma, California.

A patient with mental health conditions cleans a donkey's eye.

Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris

June 9, 2026 at 10:10 a.m.

The sessions are free, funded by France’s public health system and tailored to individual needs.

Health workers prepare for duty at the Mongbwalu treatment center.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response

June 9, 2026 at 9:31 a.m.

The latest Ebola disease outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus.

Vials containing PFAs samples sit in a tray in April 2024 at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (Joshua A. Bickel/AP file)

For strong bones, drink milk, filtered water and toss PFAs-loaded teflon cookware

June 9, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

"Our findings suggest reducing PFAs exposure during key developmental windows could support healthier bones throughout...