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In a victory for abortion-rights supporters, the Republican-led but closely divided New Hampshire House has rejected multiple bills to further restrict abortion access while also approving legislation to protect it, Read MoreContinue Reading

In-person mental health care is hard to arrange in rural nursing homes, so video chats with faraway professionals are filling the gap…Read MoreContinue Reading

A Minnesota utility has begun shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis after discovering water containing a low-level of radioactive material was leaking from a pipe for the second time, Read MoreContinue Reading

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water, Read MoreContinue Reading

Image source, Getty Images/VMImage caption, The NHS relies on agency staff to fill gapsBy Hugh Pym and Caroline AltonBBC NewsCompanies providing freelance staff to the NHS to cover for big shortages of doctors and nurses have seen their income rise by tens of millions of pounds since 2019. Two companies,Continue Reading

A rural hospital in Idaho will stop delivering babies and providing other obstetrical care, citing recently passed laws in which physicians could be prosecuted for providing abortions, among other reasons, Read MoreContinue Reading

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is, Read MoreContinue Reading

Development of a “smart bandage” not only can deliver medication to wounds, but also monitor the progress of healing and even create off a low-level electrical field to promote tissue repair, researchers said Friday., Read MoreContinue Reading

Kentucky’s Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths, Read MoreContinue Reading

Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoes sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths, Read MoreContinue Reading

Lawmakers in states including Colorado, California, Texas and New York are taking big, legislative swings at the eating disorder crisis, Read MoreContinue Reading

In reversal for Biden, US appeals court rules against COVID-19 vaccination requirement for federal employees, Read MoreContinue Reading