WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Americans have a new option when shopping for sunscreen: a skin-protecting chemical that’s long been a go-to option in Europe and other parts of the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved bemotrizinol — ...

Maybe you had COVID a couple months ago. Maybe you’re immunocompromised. Maybe you rarely get sick, or you got a flu shot last year and caught the flu anyway. No matter your circumstances, when another fall vaccination reminder arrives, it is normal to wonder if another dose of the flu or ...

The University of Kansas research center on eating disorders will host an open house next week to bring awareness to a condition that affects millions of Americans each year. KU’s Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors, or CARE, which studies eating disorders and how they ...

NEW YORK — Florida’s current dengue outbreak is the largest in several decades of any U.S. state. State health officials reported this week that nearly 300 locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been tallied so far this year. The vast majority of them were in ...

Sean and Heidi Cripe will never forget the call from their son’s high school saying Davis was being taken to the emergency room. “He chugged an energy drink — like, just trying to be cool,” said Sean Cripe, recounting the day nearly a decade ago. The teen’s heart soon fell out of ...

TOPEKA — Five measles cases reported in Kansas are related to out-of-state travel, health authorities said Thursday. “As of right now, we are not seeing the larger community transmission we saw back in 2025, but we will refrain from venturing a guess as to whether that will change,” ...