Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or...
Though their states severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth, about 8,000 women per month late last year were getting...
Mississippi governor signs law restricting transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he has signed a new law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker...
Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores
ISLAMABAD (AP) — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring...
Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince.When they do, school director...
Specialty lab exec gets 10-year prison term for 11 deaths from tainted steroids in...
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge sentenced the former executive of a specialty pharmacy to at least 10 years in prison Friday for...
A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals...
No sign of widespread lead exposure from Maui wildfires, Hawaii health officials say
HONOLULU (AP) — Lead screening conducted on west Maui residents after last summer's devastating wildfires showed no widespread exposure to the toxic metal, Hawaii...
Seattle to open short-term recovery center for people after a fentanyl overdose
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle will open a new space for people to recover and receive treatment for nearly 24 hours after they have overdosed...
Virginia judge to decide whether state law considers embryos as property
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that...
Pennsylvania will make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is...