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  • The Latest: McConnell says good progress made on health bill

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says "good progress" was made during a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican...

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  • Pastor due in court in granddaughter's faith healing death

    The pastor of a church that rejects modern medicine is due in court in Pennsylvania on a charge that he failed to report suspected abuse when his...

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  • Senate GOP shelves health bill, imperils 'Obamacare' repeal

    Senate GOP leaders have shelved their long-sought health care overhaul, raising new doubts about whether Republicans will ever deliver on their...

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  • Judge: Alabama inmates' mental care 'horrendously' lacking

    A federal judge says Alabama's mental health care for state inmates is inadequate and unconstitutional

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  • State: Lawyers sure abortion licensing laws constitutional

    The state Attorney General's Office says it's confident that Louisiana's abortion licensing laws are constitutional

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  • FDA takes steps to boost generic competition, limit prices

    The Food and Drug Administration is making 2 moves to boost the number of approved generic drugs, to make medicines affordable and prevent price...

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  • Planned Parenthood protest against Senate health care bill

    ABC News' Serena Marshall reports from Capitol Hill.

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  • Trump administration moves to withdraw clean-water rule

    The Trump administration is taking steps to roll back an Obama administration policy that protected more than half the nation's streams from pollution

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  • The Latest: State has little comment on abortion law suit

    The Louisiana Attorney General's Office says lawyers are still evaluating a lawsuit challenging Louisiana's licensing laws and regulations for...

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  • Health advocacy groups speak out against Senate health care bill

    ABC News' Serena Marshall speaks to a policy advocate with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and an Affordable Care Act enrollee about...

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  Jun 27

  • These senators will make or break the GOP's health care push

    They range from moderate to conservative Republicans.

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  • State: 111 terminally ill end lives under new California law

    California state health officials say 111 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives since the practice became legal

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  • Wisconsin senator's health care stance welcomed back home

    Conservatives and liberals alike in Wisconsin both see hope in Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's steadfast refusal to back the GOP Senate health care bill

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  • Major veterans' groups voice concern over Senate health bill

    Major veterans' organizations are voicing concerns about a Senate GOP bill to repeal the nation's health care law

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• Jun 27

  • Merck says new type of cholesterol drug worked in big study

    Merck surprise: Experimental cholesterol drug, discounted by many, reduced heart attacks, deaths and other heart complications in huge patient study

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  • UK doctors' union calls for change in abortion law

    The British Medical Association says abortions should not be a criminal offense and called for them to be regulated in the same way as other health...

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  • Greek garbage collectors reject compromise as trash piles up

    Greece's municipal garbage collectors on Tuesday rejected a government compromise offer and decided to continue an 11-day protest that has left mounds...

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• Jun 27

  • Medicaid mission creep threatens GOP's 'Obamacare' repeal

    Medicaid mission creep threatens GOP's 'Obamacare' repeal drive; leading Republicans disagree over cuts to health care for the poor.

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• Jun 27

  • New limbs for growing bodies: Mutilated albinos get refitted

    Albino children whose limbs were hacked off by witch doctors now have new lives thanks to US medicine and an international support network

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• Jun 27

  • The Latest: 3 GOP senators threaten to oppose health bill

    Threats of opposition from three Republican senators are casting doubt on whether GOP leaders have enough support to move ahead on the Senate health...

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  Jun 26

  • Budget office: Senate health bill adds 22 million uninsured

    Budget office estimates the Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026

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• Jun 26

  • US does not need warrant to subpoena Oregon drug data

    A federal appeals court has ruled the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency does not need a court order to subpoena a prescription drug database kept by the...

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  • Pharmacy co-founder sentenced to 9 years in prison for 2012 US meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people

    Pharmacy co-founder sentenced to 9 years in prison for 2012 US meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people

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  • Congressional Budget Office sees 22 million more uninsured by 2026 under Senate health bill in latest hurdle for GOP

    Congressional Budget Office sees 22 million more uninsured by 2026 under Senate health bill in latest hurdle for GOP

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• Jun 26

  • '10% Happier' podcast: Mark Coleman, meditating in the great outdoors

    Subscribe and listen to the podcast on these various platforms.

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  • 'Motivated' with Mara Schiavocampo: Do you even need exercise?

    Schiavocampo sat down with Dr. Louis Aronne and trainer Noah Neiman.

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  • 2 more plague cases reported in New Mexico's Santa Fe County

    New Mexico health officials have documented two more human cases of plague in Santa Fe County

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  • 'Motivated' podcast with Mara Schiavocampo launches June 26

    ABC News' Mara Schiavocampo examines health, wellness, nutrition and spirituality with top experts and regular people in "Motivated."

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  • The Latest: Trump optimistic on health care; some doubtful

    Trump optimistic on health care passage; but some lawmakers say it will be difficult

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  • Trump: Not 'that far off' from passing health overhaul

    Trump says he doesn't think congressional Republicans are "that far off" on passing a health overhaul to replace "the dead carcass of Obamacare"

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  • UN: More than 200,000 suspected cholera cases in Yemen

    THE UN's health agency and their children's fund say the number of suspected cases in a Cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen now exceeds 200,000, many...

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  • Trump administration opposing bid for syphilis study museum

    The Trump administration is opposing a bid to use unclaimed money from a court settlement to fund a museum honoring victims of the infamous Tuskegee...

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  • Judge sides with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, dismisses suit

    A judge has ruled in favor of one of the nation's largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care, clearing them from wrongdoing in an alleged $20...

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• Jun 24

  • Judge sides with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, dismisses suit

    A judge has ruled in favor of one of the nation's largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care, clearing them from wrongdoing in an alleged $20...

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• Jun 23

  • The Latest: Nevada's Heller opposes GOP health bill

    Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller says he opposes the GOP bill scuttling much of the Obama health care law, complicating the effort by party leaders...

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  • 5 GOP senators now oppose health bill _ enough to sink it

    Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller has become the fifth GOP senator to say he opposes his party's bill scuttling much of President Barack Obama's...

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  • Medicaid is biggest consumer story in 'Obamacare' rollback

    Republicans in full control of government are on the brink of history-making health care changes

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  • Ex-official convicted of defrauding mental health clinic

    A member of a politically connected Philadelphia family has been convicted of defrauding a nonprofit mental health clinic out of hundreds of thousands...

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  • Prosecutors seek 35-year term in deadly meningitis outbreak

    Prosecutors say the co-founder of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak should be sent to prison for 35 years for...

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  • Cholera suspected as several ill at Kenya medical conference

    Cholera suspected as 'several' people sickened at Kenya medical conference, early tests show

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  • Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health bill

    Governors in states that expanded Medicaid are wary of a bill revealed Thursday by Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate

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  • Sri Lankan doctors strike to demand university's closure

    A strike by Sri Lankan doctors has paralyzed government hospitals, though doctors continued to treat critical and emergency cases

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  • What's next on health care draft in Congress

    Senate Republican leaders have released their 142-page discussion draft of a health care bill, triggering a series of legislative steps with one goal...

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  • The Latest: Medical groups find fault with Senate plan

    Medical organizations and other interest groups are weighing in on the Senate Republican health care bill, and they have problems with the proposal

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• Jun 22

  • Senate GOP unveils 'Obamacare' overhaul, but not all aboard

    Senate Republicans have launched their plan for peeling back former President Barack Obama's health care law

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  • How the Senate health bill compares to House, 'Obamacare'

    Comparing the Senate health care bill to its House counterpart and 'Obamacare'

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• Jun 22

  • Heat wave boosts burns in Phoenix as pavement, cars scald

    The main burn center in Phoenix has seen its emergency department visits double during the heat wave that is scorching the Southwest U.S.

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• Jun 22

  • FDA approves quicker-to-administer drug for blood cancers

    U.S. regulators have approved a more convenient version of a blockbuster drug for treating three common blood cancers.

    Jun 22

    

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  • What's inside the Senate GOP health care bill

    ABC News' Mary Bruce and MaryAlice Parks discuss key takeaways from the Senate GOP health care bill.

    Jun 22

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