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A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping her teenage daughter have an abortion
U.S. health officials are endorsing a new monkeypox vaccination strategy designed to stretch limited supplies by allowing health professionals to vaccinate up to five people instead of one with each vial
Idaho instituted a near-total abortion ban.
A new government study found that fewer than 1 in 3 people infected with hepatitis C are getting the treatments that can cure them
Chinese authorities have closed Tibet's famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the Himalayan region
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tested positive for COVID-19
Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe.
She was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges.
BioNTech, which teamed with Pfizer to develop a powerful COVID-19 vaccine, has reported higher revenue and net profit in the first half of the year
Another 259 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan
Senate Democrats push Biden's health, climate bill to passage in stunning election-year turnaround; House to vote next
Democratic hopefuls in Wisconsin see abortion as the issue that will carry them to election wins in November, but efforts to reach Black voters on the topic are sparse
The Senate has worked overnight and into the morning as Democrats push their election-year economic package toward passage
The president was headed to a reunion with first lady Jill Biden in Delaware.
The Senate's nonpartisan rules arbiter has dealt a blow to Democrats plan for curbing drug prices
President Joe Biden's doctor says the 79-year-old president has tested negative for COVID-19 but will continue to isolate at the White House until a second negative test
The administration of President Joe Biden has condemned Indianas new ban on abortions, calling it another devastating attempt by Republicans to trample womens rights
Some 80,000 tourists are stranded in the southern Chinese beach resort of Sanya, after authorities declared it a COVID-19 hot spot and imposed a lockdown
Some South Carolina lawmakers who oppose abortion are being cautious when it comes to tightening the state's already restrictive laws even further
A ship bringing corn to Lebanon is offering hope after becoming the first to depart a Ukrainian Black Sea port since Russia invaded
Health officials say a central Illinois day care worker has monkeypox but that it has not spread to others at the center
Prosecutors in Northern California have filed murder charges against the parents of a 15-month-old who died in May after she ingested fentanyl authorities believe her mother had been using
A former Colorado police officer who did not stop another officer from being rough with a 73-year-old woman with dementia has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years of probation
Planned Parenthood quietly opened another abortion clinic in Kansas in the lead up to a decisive statewide vote in favor of protecting abortion access
The Indiana House has passed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state, sending the legislation back to the state Senate to confer on House changes
British health authorities say the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemics growth rate has slowed
German prosecutors say they have conducted a search at the home of a man suspected of threatening a doctor whose death shocked neighboring Austria
Spain has reported its first two deaths from acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children
Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn have left Ukrainian ports
Spain is struggling to curtail Europe's leading monkeypox outbreak since the disease spread beyond Africa
Germanys health minister, an epidemiologist by training who has led the countrys fight against COVID-19 since December, has tested positive for the coronavirus
Reining in the soaring prices of insulin has thus far been elusive in Congress, although Democrats say theyll try again as part of their economic package that focuses on health and climate
Access to abortion in Louisiana has been back-and-forth for weeks with the states three clinics relying on rulings and temporary restraining orders to continue operations
The U.S. has declared a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the outbreak of monkeypox that already has infected more than 6,600 Americans
A top Democratic state lawmaker is asking Illinois and Kansas to cover emergency abortions for Missouri Medicaid patients
Abortion rights opponents were shocked and abortion advocates energized by a decisive statewide vote in heavily Republican Kansas this week in favor of protecting abortion access
AP sources: US to declare monkeypox a public health emergency to bolster federal response to growing outbreak
Africas public health agency says it doesnt know how many of the continents reported monkeypox cases this year are in men who have sex with men
Pope Francis has promoted a Vatican nurse to be his personal health care assistant The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti on Thursday
Democrats are celebrating a stunning victory for abortion rights in Republican stronghold Kansas as proof that the issue could turn back a Republican wave this fall
Tennessees attorney general is suing Walgreens over the state's opioid crisis
The Biden administration has filed its first legal challenge to a state abortion ban since the end of Roe v. Wade with a case that could allow hospitals to keep giving women abortion-related medical care in serious medical situations
A federal judge has ruled that West Virginias Medicaid program must provide coverage for gender-confirming care for transgender residents
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order aimed in part at making it easier for women seeking abortions to travel between states to obtain access to the procedure
In deeply conservative Idaho, it's expected that abortion will be banned eventually, but abortion rights advocates are continuing their legal challenges
New coronavirus cases fell 9% globally last week while deaths remained stable
Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Streets second-quarter forecasts
The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing plants in 13 states and Puerto Rico about potential health risks from emissions of ethylene oxide, a chemical widely used in their operations
The German government says basic coronavirus requirements will remain in place during the coming fall and winter, when experts expect COVID-19 cases to rise again as people spend more time indoors
CVS Health thumped second-quarter expectations and hiked its full-year forecast as growing prescription claims helped balance a drop in vaccinations