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An anti-abortion activist who heads a small hard-right Republican group said he’s offered to pay the expected $229,000 cost of a hand recount of votes from every Kansas county after a decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights

The World Health Organization is holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations

Climate activists are pressuring President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, something the White House hasn't done yet

Ukraine’s health minister has accused Russian authorities of committing a crime against humanity by blocking access to affordable medicines in areas its forces have occupied since invading the country 5 1/2 months ago

The Idaho Supreme Court says Idaho’s strict abortion bans will be allowed to take effect while legal challenges play out in court

Democrats have pushed their landmark climate and health care bill through Congress, handing an election-year victory to President Joe Biden

Dems push climate, health, tax bill through Congress, a landmark election-year Biden win that once seemed out of reach

The CDC says 99% of fully vaccinated children are protected from polio.

Louisiana’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by plaintiffs in the ongoing legal battle over the state’s abortion ban

This comes weeks after a case of polio was identified in nearby Rockland County.

The World Health Organization is holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations

The polio virus has been found in New York sewage, but officials are stressing that the highest risk is for people who haven't been vaccinated

It comes after a case was detected in a county just north of the city.

Health officials say polio has been found in New York City sewage, suggesting wider spread of virus among unvaccinated

Germany’s health minister says European Union drug regulators may authorize the use of vaccines that are effective against two variants of the coronavirus

New Zealand has welcomed the first cruise ship to return since the coronavirus pandemic began, signaling a long-sought return to normalcy for the nation’s tourism industry

New Zealand has welcomed the first cruise ship to return since the coronavirus pandemic began, signaling a long-sought return to normalcy for the nation’s tourism industry

A protester is suing the city of San Francisco claiming that a San Francisco paramedic injected her with a sedative while she was handcuffed after being removed from a Golden State Warriors game for demonstrating in favor of abortion rights

Older Americans are being hospitalized at a higher rate than other age groups.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has asked the state courts to allow her to implement a 2018 law banning most abortions

The nation’s top public health agency is relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines and dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Simone Wildes discusses the importance of vaccines as U.S. monkeypox cases rise.

New U.S. recommendations call for three home tests for people exposed to COVID-19 to improve accuracy

Congressional panel leaders say an additional 135 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems

When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked legal changes and court challenges in states nationwide

When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked legal changes and court challenges in states nationwide

The CDC also said it is ending test-to-stay in schools.

The virus has been found in 19 sewage samples across London.

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that collect personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance

There have been over 10,300 monkeypox cases reported so far in the U.S.

The governors take issue with the requirement that non-U.S. citizens flying into the United States show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination before boarding a flight.

Canada arguably has the world’s most permissive euthanasia rules, but human rights advocates say those regulations devalue the lives of disabled people

The new method will try to stretch one dose into five.

Former Miss America Cara Mund says her concern about the erosion of abortion rights prompted her independent bid for the U.S. House in her home state of North Dakota

More than 10,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the U.S.

The Indian capital has reintroduced public mask mandates as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister says he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus

A federal judge has ruled that Walgreens can be held responsible for contributing to San Francisco’s opioid crisis for over-dispensing opioids for years without proper oversight and failing to identify and report suspicious orders as required by law

58% of infectious diseases will aggravated by climate change, a new study found.

Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox

A judge is keeping abortion legal in Wyoming amid a lawsuit that contests a ban on the procedure

ABC News contributor Dr. Alok Patel breaks down federal health officials’ plans to expand the U.S. supply of monkeypox vaccines.

Democrats have introduced two bills to protect reproductive rights.

A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping her teenage daughter have an abortion

On average, nearly 400 American deaths to COVID-19 are reported each day.

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel discusses the FDA expanding monkeypox vaccine access by dividing doses and what that means for Americans.

British health authorities say they will offer a polio booster dose to London children age 1 to 9 after finding evidence the virus has spread in multiple regions of the city

ABC News medical contributor and emergency physician Dr. Darien Sutton discusses the latest on the monkeypox vaccine shortage in the United States.

The World Health Organization says in its latest weekly pandemic report that the number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable

The World Health Organization says in its latest weekly pandemic report that the number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable