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Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the stateโs civil rights code
Read full article: Iowa's governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the stateโs civil rights codeIowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code.
Wyoming's only full-service clinic stops providing abortions after new regulations signed
Read full article: Wyoming's only full-service clinic stops providing abortions after new regulations signedWyomingโs only full-service abortion clinic has stopped providing abortions, but it remains open after the state's governor signed a law requiring such facilities be licensed as surgical centers.
Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child's death
Read full article: Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child's deathTexas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated.
Freight train derails in Czech Republic, causing major chemical fire
Read full article: Freight train derails in Czech Republic, causing major chemical fireCzech firefighters are battling a major blaze in eastern Czech Republic after a freight train derailed and carcinogenic benzene from damaged tank wagons caught fire.
Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in children
Read full article: Harsh flu season has health officials worried about brain complications in childrenFederal health officials are trying to tell if this year's harsh flu season led to an increase in a rare but dangerous brain complication in children.
CDC report adds to evidence that HPV vaccine is preventing cervical cancer in US women
Read full article: CDC report adds to evidence that HPV vaccine is preventing cervical cancer in US womenA new government report says that rates for precancerous lesions decreased about 80% among younger women who were screened for cervical cancer.
Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundreds
Read full article: Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundredsHundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what is behind illnesses that have surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people.
Measles is one of the world's most contagious viruses. Here's what to know and how to avoid it
Read full article: Measles is one of the world's most contagious viruses. Here's what to know and how to avoid itMeasles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases continue to rise in rural West Texas.
The measles situation worldwide: Fewer vaccinations and more outbreaks
Read full article: The measles situation worldwide: Fewer vaccinations and more outbreaksThe U.S. registered its first death from measles since 2015 this week, as a child who wasnโt vaccinated died in a measles outbreak in Texas.
Texas says this doctor illegally treated trans youth. He says he followed the law
Read full article: Texas says this doctor illegally treated trans youth. He says he followed the lawDr. Hector Granados treats children with diabetes at his El Paso clinics and makes hospital rounds under the shadow of accusations that have thrown his career into jeopardy: providing care to transgender youth.
Nurses' stories recount terror of armed man's attack at Pennsylvania hospital
Read full article: Nurses' stories recount terror of armed man's attack at Pennsylvania hospitalThe stories of two nurses who survived a gunman's attack on an intensive care unit in a York, Pennsylvania, hospital are being shared in Facebook posts that reveal new details.
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care
Read full article: VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical careThe Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.
Trump administration sets March 21 deadline for New York to end traffic congestion pricing
Read full article: Trump administration sets March 21 deadline for New York to end traffic congestion pricingPresident Donald Trump's administration has given New York until March 21 to comply with its order to halt Manhattanโs new congestion pricing system.
Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?
Read full article: Who are the Mennonites in a Texas community where measles is spreading?The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures โ and with sometimes strained or distant relations with public authorities.
Pope Francis shows further slight improvement as he battles pneumonia, the Vatican says
Read full article: Pope Francis shows further slight improvement as he battles pneumonia, the Vatican saysThe Vatican says Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his prognosis is still guarded.
How extra gear and early screening are protecting firefighters from job-related cancer
Read full article: How extra gear and early screening are protecting firefighters from job-related cancerNot only do firefighters have to combat blazing fires on a near daily basis, but they also need to contend with the long-term effects of said fires.
In Brazil, mining giant Vale is sued over metal contamination found in Indigenous peoples
Read full article: In Brazil, mining giant Vale is sued over metal contamination found in Indigenous peoplesBrazilโs Federal Prosecutorโs Office is suing the giant mining company Vale, the Brazilian government and the Amazon state of Para over heavy metal contamination found in the bodies of Xikrin Indigenous people.
The main ingredients in Sierra Leone's kush are synthetic opioids and cannabinoids, report finds
Read full article: The main ingredients in Sierra Leone's kush are synthetic opioids and cannabinoids, report findsA new report released by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years.
Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubble
Read full article: Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubblePalestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip.
Security conditions in a famine-hit camp in Sudan are 'unbearable,' an aid group says
Read full article: Security conditions in a famine-hit camp in Sudan are 'unbearable,' an aid group saysAn international aid worker says all roads around Sudanโs famine-stricken Zamzam camp in North Darfur are blocked and the security situation there has become โunbearable.โ.
Want to be prescribed a new hospital drama? These TV doctors are ready to treat you
Read full article: Want to be prescribed a new hospital drama? These TV doctors are ready to treat youItโs a case of physician, heal thyself in new hospital dramas at the moment as TV showcases a selection of hardworking but flawed medical staff.
Carlyle Group co-founder Bill Conwayโs $1 billion plan to end the nursing shortage
Read full article: Carlyle Group co-founder Bill Conwayโs $1 billion plan to end the nursing shortageNo other wealthy donor has dedicated as much money to such a wide range of nursing programs as Bill Conway, the 75-year-old co-founder of the private equity giant the Carlyle Group, and his late wife, Joanne Barkett Conway, who died in January, 2024.
In Rome, talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda
Read full article: In Rome, talks to protect Earth's biodiversity resume with money topping the agendaAn annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.
Utah close to fully banning fluoride in water, stripping cities' ability to decide
Read full article: Utah close to fully banning fluoride in water, stripping cities' ability to decideUtah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesnโt allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral.
Trump's Cabinet members have already backtracked on some promises made before being confirmed
Read full article: Trump's Cabinet members have already backtracked on some promises made before being confirmedAs they mustered support for their confirmations by the U.S. Senate, some of Donald Trumpโs nominees made statements from which theyโve already distanced themselves upon taking office.
Pennsylvania hostage-taking and shootout highlight rising violence against US hospital workers
Read full article: Pennsylvania hostage-taking and shootout highlight rising violence against US hospital workersViolence against healthcare workers is on the rise as seen by an attack at a Pennsylvania hospital.
Sudanโs military breaks paramilitary group's siege of crucial city
Read full article: Sudanโs military breaks paramilitary group's siege of crucial citySudan's miliary says it has broken a paramilitary group's yearlong siege of the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes in their nearly two years of war.
A French ex-surgeon is accused of raping or abusing 299 victims. Most were child patients
Read full article: A French ex-surgeon is accused of raping or abusing 299 victims. Most were child patientsA former surgeon is going on trial in France for the rape and sexual abuse of 299 victims over a period spanning more than three decades.
Plane that flipped over in Canada highlights some of the dangers of holding kids on your lap
Read full article: Plane that flipped over in Canada highlights some of the dangers of holding kids on your lapA crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto has highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child on an adult's lap.
Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area fires
Read full article: Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area firesWhen 11-year-old Ceiba Phillips returned to his Southern California neighborhood a month after the devastating Eaton fire, he couldnโt believe his eyes.
Engineering company settles Flint water lawsuits for $53M but denies any blame for lead crisis
Read full article: Engineering company settles Flint water lawsuits for $53M but denies any blame for lead crisisAn engineering company has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that accused it of some blame for lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a decade ago.
New method to treat pancreatic cysts being used at UVA Health
Read full article: New method to treat pancreatic cysts being used at UVA HealthDoctors at UVA Health are using a new method to treat pancreatic cysts, which are collections of fluid that form in the pancreas. Some cysts can eventually become cancerous, and typically need surgery to remove.
Backlash leads Republican attorneys general to declare support for a landmark disability rights law
Read full article: Backlash leads Republican attorneys general to declare support for a landmark disability rights lawRepublican state attorneys general have declared their continued support for a landmark civil rights law that protects disabled peopleโs rights.
Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs is resolved, FDA says
Read full article: Yearslong shortage of popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs is resolved, FDA saysFederal regulators say shortages of Ozempic and Wegovy have been resolved, as supplies of popular diabetes and obesity treatments continue to improve.
Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in Alabama
Read full article: Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over COVID-19 pandemic-era unemployment claims in AlabamaThe U.S. Supreme Court says people left waiting for months on their unemployment claims during the coronavirus pandemic in Alabama must be able to sue the state over the delay.
Wellness blogger Belle Gibson lied about having cancer. Years later, Australia is still chasing her
Read full article: Wellness blogger Belle Gibson lied about having cancer. Years later, Australia is still chasing herThe consumer watchdog in the Australian state of Victoria said this week it's still pursuing the disgraced wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who lied about having terminal brain cancer and curing it through healthy living, for the hefty fines she was ordered to pay in 2017.
Survivors of past air disasters offer support after Toronto crash
Read full article: Survivors of past air disasters offer support after Toronto crashSurvivors of past aviation accidents are offering advice and support to the 80 passengers and crew members of the plane that crashed and flipped over in Toronto.
Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding
Read full article: Judge extends temporary block to huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research fundingA federal judge is continuing to block the Trump administrationโs drastic cuts in medical research funding.
Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report shows
Read full article: Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report showsDr. Mehmet Oz holds millions of dollars worth of shares in health insurance, fertility, pharmaceutical and vitamin companies.
Dairy workersโ cats died from bird flu, but itโs not clear how they got infected
Read full article: Dairy workersโ cats died from bird flu, but itโs not clear how they got infectedTwo cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers exposed to bird flu died after being infected with the virus last year.
Former Colorado sheriffโs deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisis
Read full article: Former Colorado sheriffโs deputy convicted of homicide in shooting death of man in crisisA former Colorado sheriffโs deputy has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community.
Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing
Read full article: Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failingAbortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies.
CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS
Read full article: CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHSA panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week.
New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettes
Read full article: New York sues vape distributors over Elf Bar and other fruit and candy e-cigarettesNew York is suing several large electronic cigarette distributors for allegedly selling vaping flavors that can appeal to children.
Utah Republicans push to let patients supply their own blood as vaccine concerns linger
Read full article: Utah Republicans push to let patients supply their own blood as vaccine concerns lingerHealth care facilities in Utah would be required to let patients bring their own blood or choose their own donor for medical procedures under legislation gaining momentum in Utah.
Trump administration orders halt to NYC toll meant to fight traffic and fund mass transit
Read full article: Trump administration orders halt to NYC toll meant to fight traffic and fund mass transitPresident Donald Trumpโs administration has ordered a halt to New York Cityโs congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts of Manhattan.
Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake
Read full article: Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stakeThe freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease.
Gunmen kill police officer assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan
Read full article: Gunmen kill police officer assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern PakistanPakistani police say suspected militants riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in a region in the country's northwest bordering Afghanistan.
Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP. Past efforts show it's not easy to do
Read full article: Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP. Past efforts show it's not easy to doA push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may soon get a boost from new Trump Administration officials.
Vatican authorities say the pope now has pneumonia in both lungs. How worrying is that?
Read full article: Vatican authorities say the pope now has pneumonia in both lungs. How worrying is that?Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiffโs recovery.
Philippine village battles dengue by offering bounties for mosquitos โ dead or alive
Read full article: Philippine village battles dengue by offering bounties for mosquitos โ dead or aliveA Philippine village in the densely populated capital region has launched a battle against dengue by offering a token bounty to residents for captured mosquitos โ dead or alive.
Trump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here's what you should know about the procedure
Read full article: Trump has signed an executive order on IVF. Here's what you should know about the procedurePresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to help families hoping to expand their families through in vitro fertilization by reducing costs for the procedure.
As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu
Read full article: As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird fluWith egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock.
Book Review: 'Disposable' a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic
Read full article: Book Review: 'Disposable' a journey through the inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemicJournalist Sarah Jones chronicles the gaps in the nation's health care system and social safety net that were highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic in โDisposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass.โ.
Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions
Read full article: Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millionsRepublicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.
Vatican says the pope has a 'polymicrobial respiratory tract infection.' What is that?
Read full article: Vatican says the pope has a 'polymicrobial respiratory tract infection.' What is that?Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment.
Pope will remain hospitalized as doctors treat a complex respiratory tract infection, Vatican says
Read full article: Pope will remain hospitalized as doctors treat a complex respiratory tract infection, Vatican saysThe Vatican says Pope Francisโ respiratory tract infection is presenting a โcomplex clinical pictureโ that will require further hospitalization.
South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump's aid freeze has hit hard
Read full article: South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other country. Trump's aid freeze has hit hardIn the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trumpโs sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of thousands of HIV patients.
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco products
Read full article: Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco productsThe Trump administrationโs effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the Food and Drug Administration this weekend.
Pope is stable, followed Mass on television as he recovers from respiratory infection, Vatican says
Read full article: Pope is stable, followed Mass on television as he recovers from respiratory infection, Vatican saysThe Vatican says Pope Francis is stable and that he followed Mass on television after a second night sleeping well at the hospital.
Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes?
Read full article: Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes?Health officials banned the artificial food color known as Red 3 from the U.S. food supply in January, citing a federal statute and cancer risks in lab rats.
Abortions to resume in Missouri after a judge blocks restrictions
Read full article: Abortions to resume in Missouri after a judge blocks restrictionsAbortions are set to resume in Missouri after a judge blocked regulations that had restricted providers even after voters approved enshrining abortion rights into the stateโs constitution.
Second federal judge pauses Trumpโs order against gender-affirming care for youth
Read full article: Second federal judge pauses Trumpโs order against gender-affirming care for youthA second federal judge has paused President Donald Trumpโs executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.
Quaker Oats recalls 10,000 boxes of Pearl Milling Company pancake mix for milk allergy risk
Read full article: Quaker Oats recalls 10,000 boxes of Pearl Milling Company pancake mix for milk allergy riskThe Quaker Oats Co. has recalled 10,000 boxes of pancake mix because it contains milk not declared on the label and could pose a risk of potentially dangerous allergic reactions.
HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Read full article: HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cutsDepartment of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agencyโs roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired.
Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth
Read full article: Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growthNonprofit organizations across the country were plunged into uncertainty after the White House froze spending on federal loans and grants two weeks ago.
Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life โ his childhood polio battle
Read full article: Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life โ his childhood polio battlePresident Donald Trump seems to have questioned a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnellโs life โ his childhood battle with polio.
Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas
Read full article: Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near DallasA Texas judge has fined a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas in one of the first challenges in the U.S. to โshield lawsโ enacted in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal.
Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
Read full article: Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youthA federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trumpโs executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender youth.
Lawyers for inmates ask judge to take over health care services in Arizona prisons
Read full article: Lawyers for inmates ask judge to take over health care services in Arizona prisonsLawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them.
Protests after 2 sudden deaths force closure of hospital trauma unit in Central African Republic
Read full article: Protests after 2 sudden deaths force closure of hospital trauma unit in Central African RepublicFamilies and activists in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, have protested over the governmentโs closure of a critical unit at the main public hospital following two sudden deaths.
Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge's order
Read full article: Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge's orderFederal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judgeโs order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive order.