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For the first time in a decade, Americans will pay less next year on monthly premiums for Medicare’s Part B plan, which covers routine doctors’ visits and other outpatient care

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed more than a dozen laws aiming to make California an abortion sanctuary state

Abortion laws in South Carolina almost certainly won’t get more restrictive after Republicans in the General Assembly couldn’t agree on a total ban

A judge has extended a temporary block on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions for an additional 14 days, until Oct. 12

Idaho universities are warning staffers not to refer students to abortion providers or emergency contraception because they could face criminal charges under a state law

South Carolina House rejects bill that would have made the state’s six-week ban on abortion more restrictive

The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030

The seven-day average has declined by 50% in one month.

The mother of a woman with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities is suing the Philadelphia care home where her daughter lived for 40 years

Cases appear to have peaked in mid-August and have been gradually declining according to CDC data

Biogen has agreed to pay $900 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law by paying kickbacks to doctors in the form of speakers and consulting fees to persuade them to prescribe its multiple sclerosis drugs

A federally funded study has found a possible link between aluminum in some childhood vaccines and persistent asthma, but experts say the study has several shortcomings

Thailand will allow abortions up to the 20th week of pregnancy under new regulations issued by the Public Health Ministry

Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling overturning Roe v. Wade appears to be sending more teens to their doctors in search of birth control, including long-acting reversible forms like intrauterine devices and implants

Last month, the CDC said it was ending test-to-stay in schools.

The Asian Development Bank says it is devoting at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific

The Asian Development Bank says it is devoting at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific

Experts say the ruling appears to be accelerating a trend among teens.

Whether conservative South Carolina changes its abortion laws at all in the wake of this year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision is about to be decided by divided conservatives in the state House

Canada also said travelers will no longer have to wear masks on trains.

Thousands live in states with restrictions or impending ones, study found.

Women seeking abortions across Arizona were forced to find alternatives beyond the state’s borders after a court ruling last week cleared the way for prosecutors to charge doctors and others who help a woman end a pregnancy unless her life is in danger

But experts said testing data is not as robust as it was during the last two school years.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan has returned to Mississippi’s capital city to meet with Jackson officials about the city’s troubled water system

The new chief at the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco center has inherited a raft of problems

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel discusses this emergency use authorization request and what Americans can expect regarding COVID this fall.

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.