Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is following through on promises to undo a long-dormant law that bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life
The fate of a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court
Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people
Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked
South Carolina’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered on the definition of fetal heartbeat
Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go th...
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/halle-berry-shouts-capitol-im-menopause-seeks-end-109874797
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges and been sentenced to life ...
Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/new-form-mpox-spread-easily-found-congos-biggest-109853533
The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid could be crumbling
New government data suggests U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels
The Arizona Legislature has approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions
Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/floridas-6-week-abortion-ban-takes-effect-doctors-109814370
Supporters of an abortion rights initiative in South Dakota have submitted far more signatures than required to make the ballot this fall
A 21-year-old Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in what police said was an uncompleted suicide pact
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time
Federal workplace safety officials say a home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house
A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U....
The beginning of the Change Healthcare cyberattack happened when hackers entered a server that lacked multifactor authentication
Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/lost-weight-wegovy-stop-taking-109831498
No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light in suburban Atlanta, causing the death of a young boy
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/court-case-fatal-car-crash-raises-issues-mental-109813577
A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/marijuana-reclassification-means-united-states-109807405
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence is allowed back in his lab after days of sit-in protest
The Mississippi House Democratic leader says a Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by Republican leaders could struggle for bipartisan support