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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A child who wasn't vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in rural West Texas , state officials said Wednesday, the first U.S. death from the highly contagious — but preventable — respiratory disease since 2015.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is still guarded.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in planned contract cuts following concerns that the move would hurt critical veterans' health services, lawmakers and veterans service organizations s

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has given New York until next month to comply with its order to halt Manhattan's new congestion pricing system , but state officials on Wednesday vowed to continue the tolling program, which is

Even for a film titled “My Dead Friend Zoe,” the opening scenes of Kyle Hausmann-Stoke’s movie have a startling rhythm. First, two female American soldiers are riding in a Humvee in Afghanistan 2016 blasting Rihanna’s “Umbrella.

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures — and with sometimes strained or distant relations with heal

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tens of thousands of University of California physician assistants, optometrists, and other health care and custodial workers went on strike Wednesday over alleged unfair labor practices and staffing shortages.

HALIFAX — A mother's lament that she had been desperately seeking treatment for her daughter, who was later charged with stabbing a child in Halifax, points to the need for better mental health care, says a legal expert.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick.