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Tami Bowling discusses her story and #Lightupmbc global campaign.

Ohio's close Senate race took a twist recently when cellphone video surfaced of Republican Bernie Moreno criticizing women whose votes are driven by the abortion issue

A senior government official in Cambodia says that 13 pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth

Dr. Jessica Shepherd discusses an increase in young women being diagnosed with breast cancer, PCOS and adult ADHD.

Kamala Harris' physician reports the vice president is in 'excellent health' and fit to serve as president

Vice President Kamala Harris says Republican Donald Trump isn't releasing information about his health because he doesn't want the public to see if he's fit to be president

Authorities in Pennsylvania say adults and children were transported to a hospital in Pennsylvania after being sickened by mushrooms

Nicole Hallingstad, a member of the Tlingit and Haida Native Indian Tribes of Alaska, faced profound barriers to breast cancer care.

The NFL and its players association say the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game

Elevated risks were particularly seen in unvaccinated people who fell ill.

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wr...

Health care facilities began resuming operations Thursday and Friday.

A new U.S. rule requires mammography centers to inform women about their breast density

A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate in 2014 to please horror character Slender Man is asking a judge again to release her from a psychiatric hospital

A KFF survey found significant shifts among women voters since late spring.

A survey has found that abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30

Lingering effects from weather events can be devastating, research shows.

A North Dakota judge won’t let the state’s near total ban on abortions stand while the state appeals a ruling striking down the law

City officials shut off potable water services midnight on Thursday.

A company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry made at an Oklahoma plant because the products may be contaminated with listeria bacteria

The head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in Rwanda is under control and that travel bans to the East African country are unnecessary

A Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state

In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, patients take part in a traditional form of theater that is used as a way to work through problems

Multiple disasters can raise the risk of anxiety and depression, experts said.

Federal officials are working to move IV bags out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer of IV fluids even as hospitals nationwide are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding at a large factory in North Car...

Twin brothers who were born conjoined recently celebrated their first birthday after undergoing successful separation surgery

Tennessee’s corrections chief says the department is expected to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year

A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame — even when they don't

Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a spike in new polio cases since March, in a troubling sign as the government seeks to eradicate the disease in the country

Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida’s Gulf Coast — still reeling from Hurricane Helene — are now revving up for Hurricane Milton

Two court rulings this week, in Georgia and Texas, have delivered major blows to reproductive rights

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Two courts this week have allowed U.S. state abortion restrictions, and bigger changes could result from next month's elections

Sudan's health ministry says cholera cases in the country have increased by almost 40% across 11 of the total 18 states in less than two weeks, alarming the U.N. health officials

A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for U.S. cities to replace lead pipes and make drinking water safe for all Americans

Researchers found a network of tiny waste-clearing channels in the brain.

The Gulf storm strengthened to Category 5 Monday.

A new study suggests that humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy

Emergency managers say having a plan and an emergency kit before Hurricane Milton strikes is paramount

Last month, a lower court had ruled that the ban was unconstitutional.

Court let stand decision barring emergency abortions that violate law in Texas.

A British doctor has admitted trying to kill his mother’s long-term partner by injecting him with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovery of microRNA

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it

Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people

Congolese authorities have started vaccinations against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread from Congo to several other African countries and beyond was declared a global emergency

Congo finally begins mpox vaccinations, nearly two months after outbreaks in Africa were declared a global emergency

Dentists say unlicensed practitioners offering cheap dental veneers are putting patients at risk

Experts say the fallout from storm damage to a North Carolina factory that makes critical hospital supplies will be felt broadly and could linger

The NFL saw its fewest number of concussions in the preseason since tracking started in 2015