A yearly flu shot may do more than protect you from a nasty bout of influenza: New research suggests it may help guard against Alzheimer's disease as well.

Kids and teens who play sports, take music lessons, or socialize with friends after school are happier and healthier than children who are glued to a screen during these hours, new research confirms.

June 29 (UPI) -- Mortgage rates in the United States have gone down for the first time in a few weeks, an industry report said on Wednesday -- but overall demand didn't pick up or decline.

June 29 (UPI) -- Fifty-one migrants who were found in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer that was abandoned by the side of a San Antonio road have died, officials said, increasing the death toll from 46 a day prior.

June 29 (UPI) -- The Biden administration has announced plans to increase the availability of monkeypox vaccines and testing as the number of cases of the rare disease has passed 300 nationwide.

June 28 (UPI) -- An FDA advisory panel voted 19-2 to reformulate COVID-19 booster vaccines this fall to target Omicron's BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, which account for half of all COVID cases in the United States, according to the CDC.

June 28 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court has issued an order to reinstate Louisiana's Republican-drawn congressional map, freezing a lower court's ruling that the map violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black votes.

June 28 (UPI) -- Problems with new vehicles across the automotive industry hit a 36-year high, according to J.D. Power's Initial Quality Study, published Tuesday.

June 28 (UPI) -- CVS, Rite Aid, Amazon and other retailers are limiting purchases of emergency contraception in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade in an effort to ensure consistent availability, they say.

June 28 (UPI) -- Michigan's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling Tuesday against three former state officials over their involvement in the Flint drinking water crisis, court filings show.