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|ByBethany Davis
The expo serves as a one stop shop to empower people with disabilities to enhance their lives.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM CDT
|ByCNN Newsource staff
The Trump administration plans to take action to remove artificial food dyes from the nation’s food supply.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
Although the Montgomery Biscuits are batting away from home, the Riverwalk Stadium will be occupied for a different game.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM CDT
|ByBrady Talbert
A Clanton eye doctor said his office is seeing two to three people a day dealing with itchy or gunky eyes.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press andTOM MURPHY
America’s two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep in as little as a few hours.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
Jackson Hospital has launched a new community initiative designed to strengthen the bonds between the hospital and the community it serves.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM CDT
|ByKen Curtis
A news conference this morning provided little information, with fire officials elusive about what ignited the blaze, which displaced 90 veterans.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM CDT
|ByAmanda Alvarado
CT scans could be an "important cause of cancer," according to a new study.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press andMARIA CHENG AP Medical Write
The World Health Organization's member countries have agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the international community might face the next global health crisis.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM CDT
|BySAFIYAH RIDDLE
An Alabama state judge ruled that a lawsuit accusing Alabama prisons of illegally harvesting the organs of people who died while incarcerated will be allowed to proceed
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Updated: Apr. 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press
A company that makes baby food sold under a Target store brand is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM CDT
|ByMIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string of increases.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
In December, the agency said it seized thousands of units of fake Ozempic and warned that some may still be available for purchase.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM CDT
|ByAisha Morales andJordan Gartner
A recent study shows chemicals meant to make children safer could actually be harming them.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
Gov. Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 252, known as the Community Pharmacy Relief Act, into law Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM CDT
|ByJustin Brown
Alabama's new law reforming pharmacy benefit managers promises fair payments and the survival of community pharmacies.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM CDT
|BySharon Chen,Zoë Shriner andAndrew McMunn
For many Americans, their pets are their family. So when pets become ill, the best care for them possible is wanted.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM CDT
|ByBy The Associated Press
Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday voted to put new regulations on pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to curb the closure of small pharmacies across the state
Updated: Apr. 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM CDT
|ByLAURAN NEERGAARD
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis
Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM CDT
|ByAMANDA SEITZ Associated Press
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
A settlement agreement related to longstanding sewer issues in Lowndes County is being immediately terminated, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM CDT
|ByDorothy Sedovic
Customers have been advised to throw away celery sticks sold at Walmart because of possible listeria contamination.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM CDT
|BySally Pitts
Lawmakers spent hours at the State House Thursday debating a bill that would allow ALFA to provide health plans to its members.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM CDT
|ByJacklynn Lambert
Another positive is that the bill allows pharmacists to suggest lower-cost alternatives to patients.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM CDT
|ByEmily Van de Riet
WeightWatchers is preparing to file for bankruptcy, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM CDT
|BySarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News,Holly K. Hacker, KFF Health News,Caresse Jackman,Owen Hornstein,Emily Featherston andBrandon Wissbaum
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. Reliance on dated systems is eroding care.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
More than a week after it went dark, the ‘Hot Now’ sign may soon be flipped on again at Montgomery’s Krispy Kreme store.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM CDT
|BySAFIYAH RIDDLE
Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women
Updated: Apr. 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
Senate Bill 252 would seek to ensure pharmacists are fairly compensated for the cost of filling prescriptions.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press andDAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press
Manufacturer Bayer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal law preempts thousands of state lawsuits.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM CDT
|ByBethany Davis
A group of college students from around the state plan to deliver a message to lawmakers Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM CDT
|ByCNN Newsource Staff andAmanda Alvarado
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is touting the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as the "most effective" way to prevent someone from catching measles.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press andDEVNA BOSE
A federal judge says she'll temporarily block the Trump administration from cutting billions in federal public health dollars.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press andAMANDA SEITZ
Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM CDT
|ByEmily Van de Riet
An influencer who rose to popularity for sharing nurse-related content has died from childbirth complications.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM CDT
|ByEmily Van de Riet
Raising a child in the United States is more expensive than ever.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have begun receiving notices of dismissal.
Nearly two dozen states sue Trump administration over decision to rescind billions in health funding
Updated: Apr. 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press
A coalition of state attorneys general sued the Trump administration over its decision to cut billions in health funding.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has denied Johnson & Johnson's settlement plan relating to its baby powder products containing talc.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM CDT
|ByMATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been forced out.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM CDT
|ByEmily Van de Riet
More than 212,000 pounds of liquid egg products have been recalled because they may contain bleach.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM CDT
|ByWSFA 12 News Staff
The new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or “DOGE,” has terminated a multi-million dollar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant that benefitted the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM CDT
|ByAMANDA SEITZ Associated Press
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will eliminate 10,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring plan.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM CDT
|ByBarbara Rodriguez for The 19th via Stacker
As the future of Medicaid funding continues to be a part of the national conversation, here's what you need to know about how it currently ensures quality health and long-term care for large swaths of people.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM CDT
|ByCNN Newsource Staff
Researchers tested nearly a dozen popular chewing gums.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM CDT
|ByThe Associated Press andFATIMA HUSSEIN
The Social Security Administration is partially backtracking on a plan that would require all new and existing beneficiaries to travel to a Social Security field office to verify their identity.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM CDT
|ByClaudia Nichols
Conditions like dry, windy weather and thunderstorms can contribute to higher levels of pollen
Updated: Mar. 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM CDT
|ByCaresse Jackman
Americans borrowed an estimated $74 billion for medical bills last year, according to a West Health-Gallup survey. And now an effort is underway to reverse a rule that would remove medical debt from credit reports. Caresse Jackman reports.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM CDT
|ByBethany Davis
Registered dietician Janie Clay, along with her dad and grandad, Edmond and Elister Charleston from the Charleston Farm, brought us a tasty example of how easy it is to take care of ourselves with the food we eat!
Updated: Mar. 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM CDT
|ByJosh Gauntt
The cuts are part of the Trump administration’s effort to reduce government spending.