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Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider how far state abortion bans can extend to women in medical emergencies

Unlike recent years when there was an LGBTQ+ ally in the Louisiana governor's office, nothing stands in the way this year of legislation hostile to transgender people

Nearly a third of American adults don't get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans

UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack on its Change Healthcare business

Many communities across the country have tried to ban or limit leaf blowers because of their noise and environmental impact

A legendary rugby player has cited the fear and anxiety that has invaded his life among the reasons for urging the Australian government to fund support services and education about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

A new federal rule seeks to clarify that a law against sex discrimination at schools includes gender identity, too

President Joe Biden is in Florida planning to assail the state’s upcoming six-week abortion ban and similar restrictions nationwide

Life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or altogether absent at hospitals and clinics across Haiti's capital as brutal gangs tighten their grip on Port-au-Prince and beyond

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday

A federal jury says BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened

A West Virginia hospital has confirmed the first known case of measles in the state since 2009

U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level

The medical records of women will be shielded from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek an abortion where it is legal

In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, including one designed to strengthen the agency’s in...

A human rights group says that nearly 100 political prisoners in Belarus who were incarcerated in a severe crackdown on dissent are suffering severe medical problems and could be close to death

The U.N. labor organization is warning that over 70% of the world’s workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers, citing increased concern about exposure to sunlight

The White House is aiming to correct the short staffing at nursing homes that was exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found

China froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Medical marijuana can now be legally purchased in North Carolina with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opening its long-planned dispensary this weekend on tribal land

President Joe Biden frequently cites insulin prices as he promotes a $35 price cap for Americans with diabetes who are on Medicare

Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying the strict abortion bans

The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed proposed tax breaks for anti-abortion counseling centers while allowing restrictions on college diversity initiatives to become law without her signature

Most doses of Wegovy and Zepbound have limited availability, the FDA says.

A convicted rapist has been charged with murder and attempted sexual assault in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October

Learn about the truth behind the eyewear, as well as the future of organ donations and avoiding ear infections.

French athletes at the Paris Olympics will be offered better protection for their mental health with priority given to curbing online harassment and cyberbullying

South Korea's government says it will slow down a plan to admit more students to the country’s medical schools from next year, in a bid to end a weeks-long strike by thousands of doctors

Marijuana advocates are gearing up for April 20

BNSF Railway attorneys told Montana that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town

Israel's national amputee soccer team is heading to France for the 2024 European Amputee Football Championships in June

Complaints about pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms spiked in the months after states began enacting strict abortion laws following the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade

Nevada's Supreme Court has handed setbacks to gun-right defenders and anti-abortion activists in two new rulings

A bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide in Delaware has narrowly cleared the Democrat-led House and now goes to the state Senate for consideration

Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky will use a lottery to award licenses to businesses competing to participate in the state’s startup medical cannabis program

With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group is now recommending that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection

Some U.S. regions saw the highest rate of heat-related ER visits since 2018.

A 12-year saga over a fatal national meningitis outbreak still isn't over

State lawmakers are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings

The World Health Organization has approved a new version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile

Officials claim at least 19 people across nine states have received either counterfeit “Botox” or treatment from unlicensed or untrained individuals.

Researchers found health system performance is worse for many people of color.

Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts to undo the long-dorman...

The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade ago that were tied to tainted steroids

Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people

Dr. Alok Patel shares what you need to know about organ donation and how it can save lives.

Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day