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Secretive board overseeing Pa.’s billion-dollar opioid response invites public to speak for 1st time

9:53 AM on Friday, September 5

A powerful Pennsylvania board that’s responsible for distributing and overseeing opioid settlement money has heard from the public for the first time after facing criticism over secret meetings and actions that shut the public out of the process

Mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer a global health emergency, WHO chief says

8:06 AM on Friday, September 5

The World Health Organization says it no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency

FILE - Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

7:12 PM on Thursday, September 4

The Trump administration is investigating Medicaid spending in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status

FILE - Former President Joe Biden speaks during the National Bar Association's 100th Annual Awards Gala in Chicago, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead

3:42 PM on Thursday, September 4

Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s contentious hearing before Senate lawmakers

2:45 PM on Thursday, September 4

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing

FILE - Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo DRC, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

New Ebola outbreak in Congo suspected of causing 15 deaths

9:10 AM on Thursday, September 4

Congo's health minister says a new Ebola outbreak is suspected of causing 15 deaths among 28 people with symptoms

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joins Governor Greg Abbott as he signs Make Texas Healthy Again legislation at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

The Latest: Trump holds dinner for tech and AI leaders

6:11 AM on Thursday, September 4

President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States

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