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Some medicines affect your ability to sweat, stay hydrated, or even to notice if you're overheating. Doctors say keep taking them, but make sure to keep yourself cool.

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how federal agencies handle vaccine recommendations. Some parents are hurrying to get kids their shots, fearing future changes could limit access.

The White House directive calls for prioritizing money for programs that require sobriety and treatment, and for cities that enforce homeless camping bans.

Hospitals across the Midwest are bracing for cuts to services and staff in the wake of funding changes created in President Donald Trump's budget bill.

West Nile virus was recently found in Louisville mosquitoes. Here's how to make your yard safer.

Local health providers confirmed a pediatric measles case in Louisville Monday following test results from a state lab.

Appalachian states have had some of the highest overdose rates in the country over the past decade. But officials have been slow to adopt some harm reduction efforts that could save lives.

The U.S. has hit an unwelcome milestone in measles cases this year. The CDC is reporting 1,288 cases across the country. The disease was declared eliminated 25 years ago.

As Midwest cities like Indianapolis struggle with an HIV epidemic, federal support is being curtailed.