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Since Oregon residents voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested the services and the state has been slow to channel the funds

Arizona Democrats are vowing to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances

Arizona Democrats are vowing to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances

The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs

The way President Joe Biden sees it, the overturning of Roe vs

The near-total ban had been blocked in the state for nearly 50 years.

Indiana abortion clinics have resumed seeing patients a day after a judge put the state's abortion ban temporarily on hold

In recent months, vaccination and booster uptake have slowed significantly.

Republican Tim Michels says he would sign an abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest if it came to his desk as governor

As billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments, families and advocates impacted by the opioid crisis are pushing for a meaningful say in how the money will be used

The letter noted that Oz has a total cholesterol that is "borderline elevated."

Thailand’s government will lift an emergency decree it imposed in March 2020 to battle the coronavirus as it relaxes most pandemic restrictions

Denmark’s government says a temporary ban on mink breeding will expire Jan. 1, allowing mink production to resume in the country but at a ”significantly reduced” level compared to before the coronavirus pandemic

The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide all its schools with a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses

Hong Kong’s leader has announced the city would no longer require incoming travelers to quarantine in designated hotels

Most state and local mask mandates have been lifted.

Hong Kong to end mandatory hotel quarantine for incoming travelers after nearly 2 years in bid to stay competitive

In most U.S. cities, only health care environments still require mask mandates.

More than 4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the new omicron-specific booster shots

The Arkansas Supreme Court says voters can decide this fall whether to legalize recreational marijuana

The White House and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say a Republican-led proposal to ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks would endanger the health of women and have severe consequences for physicians

The U.S. is still losing hundreds of Americans to the virus every day.

Abortion clinic operators argue that the ban violates the state constitution.

ABC's Terry Moran presses CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on the latest booster shots and how the CDC handled the public health emergency.

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, ABC News spotlights Jorge Alvarez, who uses social media to spark conversations about mental health and connect with his community.

US is in a "very different place" compared to one or two years ago, she says.

Scientists and regulators are concerned about high exposure levels.

An Indiana judge has blocked the state’s abortion ban from being enforced, putting the new law on hold as abortion clinic operators argue that it violates the state constitution

Judge puts Indiana’s abortion ban on hold, siding with opponents pushing lawsuit claiming it violates state constitution

Israel has started administering doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine tailored to fight the highly infectious omicron variant

Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola infections as authorities try to track down 43 contacts of known Ebola patients

Taiwan is considering an end to its quarantine requirement for all arrivals in mid-October

Church members in Zimbabwe are getting their children vaccinated against measles in secret amid a deadly outbreak

Primary vaccines are already authorized for children 6 months and older.

A new report published Wednesday found that the cancer death rate has decreased by 2.3% every year between 2016 and 2019.

After a decade in limbo, Nevada is pressing U.S. nuclear regulators to finally kill a mothballed proposal to entomb the nation’s most radioactive waste in the desert north of Las Vegas

A Florida man who fled the U.S. and was eventually arrested in Croatia has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $7.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds

The Oklahoma Supreme Court says a proposed state question on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana won't appear on the November ballot

The report credited new medications and more research for the decline.

October is the best time to get the booster and flu shot, according to experts.

The FDA is warning parents and teens about "very unsafe" social media trends, including a recent one that has begun trending online involving cooking chicken in NyQuil.

It’s safe for people to get both shots during the same visit, experts say.

These video challenges can harm people and even cause death.

A jury has awarded $100,000 to a woman who says she lost her job after refusing to falsify results of blood tests for Flint children who were exposed to lead

The FDA lacks authority to make companies "do the right thing," its chief said.

China is facing a backlash over strict virus policies after quarantine bus crash

Authorities are searching for a man suspected of stabbing a nurse at a Los Angeles hospital, prompting a lockdown of the facility

U.S. health regulators say their response to the ongoing infant formula shortage was slowed by delays in processing a whistleblower complaint and test samples from the nation’s largest formula factory

Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies’ roles in contributing to the opioid epidemic

Leaders from Europe, the Americas and Africa are calling for urgent action and funding to ease a growing global food security crisis