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Medication abortions were the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that gave some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions

The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations

Tourism is booming again in France, and so is COVID-19

"It's a horrible situation to put doctors in."

The Texas Supreme Court has blocked a lower court order that had given some abortion clinics confidence to resume performing abortions

Texas Supreme Court blocks order that said doctors could resume performing abortions up to 6 weeks into pregnancy

Groups are ringing alarm bells on the digital trail of reproductive health apps.

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion

President Joe Biden has held a virtual meeting with Democratic governors as he considers next steps on abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week

Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak here as an emergency and call on rich countries to share the world's limited supply of vaccines

One person has died and another 22 have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

California already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it has added new restrictions on untraceable “ghost guns” and limiting marketing firearms to minors

California already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but it has added new restrictions on untraceable “ghost guns” and limiting marketing firearms to minors

The CDC said it has not determined the source of the outbreak yet.

Vaccines and boosters still provide strong protection against severe disease.

A new law in Maryland will expand access to abortion by ending a restriction that only physicians perform them

A state can't ban an FDA-approved drug but access is dwindling.

Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to go to trial over the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic

The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, with cases largely driven by the super infectious omicron variants

North Korea says its COVID-19 outbreak began from balloons from the South.

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin

California is the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants who are living in the country illegally

A Florida judge says he will temporarily block the state's 15-week abortion ban

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion

Opioid users would be able to legally inject drugs in the supervised settings.

Alabama  is using the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth

U.S. regulators are telling COVID-19 vaccine makers to tweak fall booster shots.

Canada’s chief public health officer is warning of a possible COVID-19 resurgence in the fall and winter

Help is coming for many people struggling with medical debt on credit reports

Help is coming for many people struggling with medical debt on credit reports

The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion

Cases have also risen nearly 10% from two weeks ago, data shows.

Judge to temporarily block Florida’s 15-week abortion ban over claims state constitution guarantees right to procedure

President Joe Biden says he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

A Danish Parliament-appointed commission has harshly criticized the country’s government for its decision to cull millions of healthy mink at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to protect humans from a mutation of the virus

The Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn't offer an exemption for religious reasons

President Joe Biden says the Supreme Court’s decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is “destabilizing” and he supports changing Senate rules to codify nationwide abortion protections

President Joe Biden says he would support eliminating the Senate filibuster to protect access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban that was triggered by Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling

An expert says the combination of heat and humidity would have quickly created life-threatening conditions inside the packed, un-airconditioned tractor-trailer where dozens of migrants were found dead this week

Biden backs changing Senate filibuster rules to pass abortion, privacy protections as well as voting legislation

The WHO says the number of coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week.

Arizona’s Republican attorney general says a total abortion ban that has been on the books since before statehood can be enforced, putting him at odds with that state's Republican governor

Shanghai has begun to reopen in-dining facilities as it emerges from lockdown.

A huge Belgian chocolate factory has halted production after detecting salmonella in a batch of chocolates

Amazon is limiting how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy, joining other retailers who put in place similar caps following the Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade

The FDA and physician groups say these medications are safe and effective.

The new vaccines will target BA.4 and BA.5, plus the initial COVID-19 strain.

South Korea has approved the country's first domestically made COVID vaccine.