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Without insurance, immigrant patients may face unregulated ‘medical deportation’

2:38 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Advocates say hospitals sometimes repatriate uninsured noncitizen patients without full consent or a court order — referring to the practice as “medical deportation.”

Clinic support supervisor May Fengmei Lin, CMA, displays a syringe of the Fluarix flu vaccine at International Community Health Services, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

2:04 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Four Democratic-led Western states announced joint recommendations Wednesday about who should be vaccinated for seasonal respiratory viruses, including the flu and COVID-19, saying the Trump administration has jeopardized public health by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, accompanied by his wife Michelle Bolsonaro, departs a hospital where he received medical treatment as he returns home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Doctors for Brazil's Bolsonaro say early-stage cancer detected in his skin lesions

11:28 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro say they have detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed over the weekend from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction last week on attempted coup charges

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FDA proposes ban on Orange B, a food dye not used for decades

10:43 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to remove the food dye Orange B from the U.S. food supply

FILE - A home sits near the Gen. James Gavin Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant, April 14, 2025, in Point Pleasant, W.Va. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

National Academy of Sciences rebuffs Trump EPA's effort to undo regulations fighting climate change

9:41 AM on Wednesday, September 17

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine reviewing recent events at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and implications for children's health on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

7:07 AM on Wednesday, September 17

Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Susan Monarez is warning senators America’s public health system is headed to a “dangerous place” under Health Secretary Robert F

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