Health

Ebola cases up nearly 40% in eastern Congo outbreak zone: Africa CDC

The number of Ebola cases has increased nearly 40% since last week in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday.

Even after a brain tumor altered this artist's sight, he crafted his greatest work yet

After artist Vincent Serritella underwent surgeries to remove a brain tumor on his optic nerve, he found a way to overcome his change in vision. Tony Dokoupil has the story.

Man arrested after boy, three, injured in Cambridgeshire zoo crocodile enclosure

Officers arrest man on suspicion of attempted murder as child is treated in hospital for serious injuries

Tropical Storm Arthur downgraded from cyclone as it makes landfall in Texas

Several inches of rain expected in south-eastern US as forecasters expect storm to cause life-threatening flooding

Bending forwards a lot at work in early pregnancy may increase miscarriage risk, study suggests

More walking and standing in the workplace also associated with higher risk, according to Danish research

Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines

Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional

Air Force unit in Texas faces flu outbreak weeks after vaccine requirement dropped

Dozens of service members at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have fallen ill with the flu in the weeks since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the vaccine mandate, sources familiar confirmed to CBS News.

CDC issues $107 million for emergency Ebola response

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention set aside more than $100 million to strengthen its response to the Ebola outbreak in East and Central Africa. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports on the emergency funding.

Four years after Dobbs, Congress should stop punishing pregnancy centers

Pregnancy centers have been helping women and men face unplanned pregnancies and new parenthood for nearly 60 years. Today, there are nearly 3,000 of these centers across the country providing pregnancy-related resources and support, typically at no cost.

Lionel Messi’s family ask for ‘humanity’ as his father receives medical treatment

Jorge Messi, 68, ‘recovering and progressing favourably’

Less than half of Americans can afford quality healthcare, Gallup finds

Updated on: June 18, 2026 / 1:52 PM EDT / CBS News

The ‘midlife crisis’ is overblown

We often think of midlife as terrible or uneventful. This psychologist says we can be optimistic