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In two recent clinical trials of Harvoni and Sovaldi in the treatment of young people between the ages of 12 and 17, the drugs eliminated all traces of the hepatitis C virus in 97 to 100 percent of patients, generally in 12 weeks.

FDA Approval Of Hepatitis C Drugs For Kids Is Likely To Speed Treatment

Many insurers have required that adults with hepatitis C be very sick before they can get access to expensive drug treatment. But Medicaid has special rules that may get kids and teens access sooner.

Local residents look at burnt bodies after an oil tanker caught fire on a highway Sunday in Pakistan.

At Least 150 People Killed After Oil Truck Catches Fire In Pakistan

Hundreds of people had gathered around to try to collect oil after an oil tanker truck overturned and began leaking. Someone lighting a cigarette may have sparked the fire.

City Council members Myrtle Cole, Chris Cate and Lorie Zapf, and City Council candidates Vivian Moreno, Monica Montgomery, Tommy Hough, Jen Campbell and Antonio Martinez appear in undated photos.

Democrats Eye Path To City Council Supermajority

With the 5-4 Democrat majority on the technically nonpartisan San Diego City Council guaranteed to continue, the results of Tuesday's election could give Democrats a 6-3 majority immune to Mayor Kevin Faulconer's veto.

Children wait for a ride on the side of the road, as a caravan of Central Americans continues its slow march toward the U.S. border, near Tapanatepec, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018.

Caravan Migrants Arrive In Mexico City, Bed Down In Stadium

Thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan arrived in the Mexican capital Monday and began to fill up a sports stadium, still hundreds of miles from their goal of reaching the U.S. before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has made their journey a central campaign issue.

The Ripple Effect Of Cuts To U.S. Funds For Overseas Abortion Services

Foreign aid restrictions introduced by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 have been expanded by the Trump administration. They could hinder HIV prevention and the fight against infectious disease.

Cage-free chickens stand in a fenced pasture near Waukon, Iowa.

'Big Chicken' Connects Poultry Farming To Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

In her new book, health journalist Maryn McKenna explores how many of the chickens consumed in the U.S. have been fed antibiotics, which can lead to serious infections in humans.

Evacuees fill up cots at a shelter set up inside the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

Health Issues Stack Up In Houston As Harvey Evacuees Seek Shelter

With thousands of people displaced, health workers are trying to address the immediate medical needs of evacuees as well as mental health issues made worse by the disaster.

The massive dinosaur stands on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City last year. The plant-eating giant, which could not even fit in a single room, would have weighed more than 70 tons — or nearly the same as an empty space shuttle.

This Could Be The Biggest Dinosaur Ever Found — And It's Finally Got A Name

After years of study, scientists have given a name to the prehistoric colossus: Patagotitan mayorum. And in a paper published Wednesday, researchers offered the world a closer glimpse.

Children sit in front of a tub of moldy bread in their shelter in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen, last month. The U.N. has estimated that up to 14 million Yemenis — about half the country's population — will suffer severe food shortages in the next few months.

UNICEF Official Calls Yemen A Living Hell For Children

In addition to causing shortages of food and clean water, fighting has led to the breakdown of Yemen's medical system. Half of Yemeni children under 5 are chronically malnourished, the U.N. reports.

Central American migrants traveling with a caravan to the U.S. crowd onto a tractor as they make their way to Mapastepec, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018.

Migrant Caravan Pushes On Toward Mexico's Capital

A big group of Central Americans pushed on toward Mexico City from a coastal state Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States.

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