Carla K. Johnson

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  • Fitness instructor walking with senior couple at public parkHealth

    Exercise, including regular walks, boosts colon cancer survival rates—and even rivals some drugs, study shows

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Former President Joe Biden speaksHealth

    Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer. Here’s what to know about his disease.

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Lynn Sokler, who retired from the CDC three weeks ago after working there almost two decades, protests with others in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of the headquarters in Atlanta, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)Politics

    Mass layoffs hit HHS researchers, scientists, doctors, support staff and leaders in RFK Jr. overhaul: ‘The revolution begins today!’

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Workers stand outside the Health and Human Services buildingHealth

    10,000 federal health workers are getting laid off, with many discovering they lost their jobs when their security badges didn’t work: ‘Is this an April Fool’s joke?’

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Joe Biden walking with a purposeHealth

    Biden devotes $150 million to moonshot goal of ending ‘cancer as we know it’

    By Will Weissert, Carla K. Johnson, and others
  • HPV vaccine. Vaccination, immunization, treatment that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus. Healthcare And Medical concept.Health

    HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, but fewer boys are getting the shots, new research suggests

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • MarijuanaHealth

    Weed beats booze as daily marijuana use outpaces drinking in definitive nationwide study of tens of millions of people

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Female doctor talking to young woman during Mammography test in examination roomHealth

    Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, panel says

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Police restrain a man on the sidewalkPolitics

    Forced sedative injections are a hidden way many fatal police encounters end: ‘Why did they give him an animal tranquilizer?’

    By Ryan J. Foley, Carla K. Johnson, and others
  • FILE – A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. According to research published Sunday, April 7, 2024, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the FDA, meant to give patients early access to promising drugs, do not demonstrate such benefits within five years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)Health

    Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Jill Feldman, 54, poses for a photo at her home in Deerfield, Ill., on Jan. 19. Lung cancer patient and advocate Jill Feldman takes pills at home that shrink tumors by blocking a signal that tells cancer cells to grow.Health

    As cancer treatment advances, advocates push back against ‘maximum tolerated dose,’ citing patient suffering

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • In this July 2014 file photo, Esaw Garner, center, wife of Eric Garner, breaks down in the arms of Rev. Herbert Daughtry and Rev. Al Sharpton, right, during a rally at the National Action Network headquarters for Eric Garner on July 19, 2014, in New York. Garner, 43, died during an arrest in Staten Island, when a plain-clothes police officer placed him in what appeared to be a chokehold while several others brought him to the ground and struggled to place him in handcuffs. A new study sheds light on the health impacts of racism on African Americans, including poorer sleep after police shooting of unarmed Black people.Health

    Sleep loss more common among African Americans after police-involved killings of unarmed Black people like Eric Garner, new study finds

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • Sholto DavidHealth

    32-year-old blogger’s research forces Harvard Medical School affiliate to retract 6 papers, correct another 31

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • MDMA or Ecstasy pills on white fabric backgroundMind

    Scientists already knew that magic mushrooms were good for mental health, but they just discovered the rave drug MDMA can help people struggling with PTSD

    By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
  • RSVHealth

    Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine this fall

    By Mike Stobbe, Carla K. Johnson, and others