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A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores

As many as 4 million people in India scratch out a living searching through landfills for anything they can sell

Research has linked protective laws to positive mental health for LGBTQ people.

With temperatures rising across the country and school out for the summer, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool

A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday

Nevada officials verify enough signatures to put proposed constitutional amendment for abortion rights on 2024 ballot

The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust

During Thursday’s presidential debate, President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe, something his campa...

U.S. officials say a new study provides reassurance that pasteurization kills bird flu virus in cow’s milk

The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths and rejected pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek care for their children

Texas Supreme Court upholds state ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors

Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect

Britain's National Health Service faces myriad problems

From smart-enabled match balls and AI to cryogenic recovery chambers, soccer is being transformed by the cutting-edge technology available to players, coaches and officials

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state’s strict abortion law, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effect

Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app

Despite the state’s near total abortion ban, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing emergency access to continue. Our panel weighs in.

Some COVID-19 statistics are at a pandemic-era low, but cases seem to be ticking up in a few places

As COVID-19 bubbles up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign

Researchers say doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use

North Carolina's contentious restrictions on public mask-wearing are now law after Senate Republicans voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto

ABC's Faith Abubey takes a closer look at how midwives' care can be critical in reversing the maternal mortality crisis.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not settle the debate over whether federal law requires hospitals to stabilize pregnant patients with emergency abortions on Wednesday, despite saying Idaho hospitals can provide abortions in medical emergencies even with the...

An Arkansas community is trying to fill the void left by the temporary closure of its only grocery store, the site of a mass shooting that killed four

The Justice Department has charged nearly 200 people in a sweeping crackdown on health care fraud schemes nationwide with false claims topping $2.7 billion

Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in health care fraud schemes totaling $2.7 billion in false claims

A Georgia appeals court has ruled a woman who was suffering from a psychotic break stemming from mental illness when she caused a fatal car crash can use an insanity defense at trial

Kentucky will start taking applications Monday to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for the state program launching at the beginning of 2025

The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company

One person has died in the United Kingdom from an E

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a Planned Parenthood nurse violated his First Amendment free speech rights and must be overturned

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortions for now in a procedural ruling that leaves key questions unanswered

The Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a reversal foreshadowed by a prematurely posted opinion

The Sackler family members who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma say they're disappointed in the Supreme Court's rejection of a nationwide settlement that would've shielded them from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided bi...

Supreme Court rejects a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that protected Sackler family members

Walgreens is finalizing a plan to fix its business that could result in the closure of hundreds of additional stores in the next three years

International experts have portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan by warning in a report that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals

The study analyzed data from nearly 400,000 healthy adults over 20 years.

Data shows extended noise exposure damages auditory and cognitive development.

Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions

Children trudge through water contaminated with sewage and scale growing mounds of garbage in Gaza’s tent camps for displaced families

The study analyzed data from nearly 400,000 healthy adults over 20 years.

Doctors at Crescent Regional Hospital in Lancaster, Texas, are projecting a 3D, life-size display of themselves inside patients' homes for appointments. The panel weighs in.

The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court called for an investigation Wednesday after the leak of a draft order that showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood that seeks to declare that access to abortion is a right protec...

Federal health officials are strengthening their endorsement of RSV vaccinations for people 75 and older

Hospital officials said the system could help doctors cut down on travel time.

The Supreme Court appears poised to allow emergency abortions in Idaho when a pregnant patient’s health is at serious risk, as a legal case plays out

The Supreme Court seems poised to rule emergency abortions are allowed in Idaho, a Bloomberg News report says

Two doctors and five other medical workers in Albania have been charged with abusing their posts by sending cancer patients for costly treatment elsewhere instead of providing free public care

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI have announced that five people, including a man acquitted at trial, have been charged with conspiring to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash