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A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors dies when lawmakers fail to override the governor's veto

Republican state attorneys general are challenging a new federal regulation that mandates protections for transgender students at schools

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, California, CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from the active ingredient in marijuana

Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury

Republican legislators in Kansas have failed to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Their transgender care coverage policies discriminate, federal judges rule.

Federal judges rule West Virginia and North Carolina's transgender care coverage policies are discriminatory

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report last week that documented the first instances of HIV transmissions contracted through unsterile injections used while receiving “vampire facials,” cosmetic procedures involving microneedling

The Food and Drug Administration has finalized a rule to regulate medical tests that have long escaped oversight

Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart but better research methods have thrown cold water on that idea

Medical device maker Philips will pay $1.1 billion to settle personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines

California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan

Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic proc...

Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year

Officials are sounding alarms after three babies overdosed — one fatally — on fentanyl left unsecured inside three Washington state homes in less than one week

The first case of measles since 2009 was recently identified in the state.

Mississippi Senate leaders are saying for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama

President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it or even children’s social transitioning

The U.S. flu season appears to be over

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts

South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone

U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning

Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions

So far, only one human case has been confirmed in the U.S. in 2024.

It's now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York

Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse has given their final approval on legislation penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent

Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors get gender-affirming care without parent's permission

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health

Planned Parenthood affiliated groups have announced a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina for the 2024 election

New York City residents may soon see warning labels next to sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants and coffee shops

New rules on coal power plants target pollution 'pushing our planet to the brink,' EPA Administrator Michael Regan says

New weight loss drugs are reshaping a dieting industry built on eating less and exercising more

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that's “pushing our planet to the brink.”

Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines against HPV for free, and many public-school teachers ignore the requirement to teach sex ed

A new report says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza hosting the largest number of people facing famine

When cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases

Malaria is still a significant public health challenge in Kenya, but an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine may help

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering another abortion-related case while a repeal of Arizona's abortion ban has picked up steam

The number of U.S. births fell last year

A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year

Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist

U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand and stop the growing outbreak

A new study finds little change in the number of people taking a key medicine for opioid addiction even though it’s now easier for doctors to prescribe it

It’s unclear exactly where the Supreme Court will land after hearing arguments about Idaho's abortion ban

The Missouri House has passed legislation that could protect chemical manufacturer Bayer from some lawsuits alleging a popular weedkiller causes cancer

Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent