Group's recommendations on cervical cancer screening, cardiovascular prevention were blocked

The objections prevented UN member states from endorsing a political declaration that aims for better international coordination.

This cohort study examines cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between smartphone ownership and eating disorder symptoms among adolescents aged 12 and 14 years in the US.

The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.

California’s pro-repro rights governor rejects a key protection that 18 blue states have enshrined into law.

The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...

Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.

The Republican reconciliation law, enacted on July 4, will take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more.

More alarming settlements from medical providers in states that have laws aimed at stopping anti-trans discrimination. On Friday, it was NYU Langone and UPMC.

The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children.

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When companies like Aetna or UnitedHealthcare want to rein in costs, they turn to EviCore, whose business model depends on turning down payments for care recommended by doctors for their patients.

The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.

The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.

“It’s unreliable data, combined with data they couldn’t get through failed litigation, being used to manufacture allegations and misidentify individuals as an ‘unlawful voter’ and that false label has...

CDC announces changes to how it reports measles deaths as Pennsylvania continues to confirm more cases

A change in how mail is postmarked could lead some voters to miss key deadlines, including voter registration. Advocates worry the people most affected will be those already facing voting barriers.

The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Environmental groups say this will impact the climate and public health.

The rejection of ERIC by GOP officials has, ironically, undermined their own voting systems.

Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

A Pennsylvania woman's death is the state's third this year involving the measles virus. Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong says on Facebook the 40-year-old woman died Saturday from complications associated with measles.

North Carolina Justice Anita Earls, a former voting rights lawyer, and Sarah Stevens, a longtime legislator, have been on opposite sides of election issues for over a decade.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

The oldest multilateral health organization in the world, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), is fighting many of the same health threats it did at

The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...

Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.

A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

In New York and other progressive states, providers are leaving transgender kids to fend for themselves.

Workers' share of US wealth has (once again) fallen to its lowest level ever recorded.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.

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