LONDON — Britain’s fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.’s first babies created…
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White House eases COVID protocols as emergency lifts
Pandemic-era rules on COVID-19 testing for White House journalists are being loosened as the public health…
AP source: Vice President Kamala Harris postpones MTV event due to Hollywood writers’ strike
WASHINGTON — The Hollywood writers’ strike that’s snarling the television and movie industries has now scrambled…
FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold…
Missouri lawmakers ban transgender care, athletics
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers approved significant restrictions on transgender people Wednesday, sending the Republican…
Republican Virginia Attorney General Miyares defends staying out of abortion pill case
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has defended his decision not to join most…
Vermont governor signs shield bills that protect providers who offer medicated abortion
Vermont’s Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirmed shield bills into law Wednesday that include protecting…
Social media usage doesn’t necessarily hurt or help children: American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association issued a new health advisory saying social media usage does not necessarily…
Psychosis, suicidal thoughts, scream-vomiting: Alarm sounded about high-potency THC products
Karen Randall, an emergency physician in Colorado, says “scromiting” cases were rare several years ago. Now…
Sen. Joni Ernst pushes for bipartisan task force to probe COVID-19 origins
Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said Wednesday she wants to launch a bipartisan “9/11 Commission-style” task…
Chinese woman appeals in fight for right to freeze her eggs
An unmarried Chinese woman on Tuesday began her final appeal of a hospital’s denial of access…
Surgery for Avs’ Landeskog, will miss 2nd straight season
Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is set to undergo cartilage transplant surgery on his right knee…
Start mammograms at 40, not 50, a U.S. health panel recommends
WASHINGTON — Women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50,…
NIH renews contract with research firm linked to Wuhan lab-leak theory
The National Institutes of Health has provoked an outcry in Congress by renewing a $2.3 million…
First wild koalas caught and vaccinated against chlamydia
Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New…
Fentanyl poisoning deaths surge among toddlers, adolescents: Study
Fentanyl poisoning deaths among young people up to age 19 increased thirty-fold from 2013 to 2021,…
Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis
UNITED NATIONS — Top U.N. officials and health industry leaders are trying to tackle an alarming…
U.S. backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention
For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses…
Norway’s aging king hospitalized with an infection
Norway’s aging king, Harald V, has been admitted to a hospital and is receiving treatment for…
Mexican families get quick reunions with migrant relatives
Tears flowed amid heartfelt embraces as Mexican families were allowed brief reunions at the border Saturday…