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In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with mental health issues

Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban face a deadline to submit enough signatures to try to get their proposal before voters in November

A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey

Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan answered the age question with a clever joke that reset his campaign from a stumbling debate performance to a 49-state landslide and a second term

Four anti-abortion activists who were convicted for their roles in a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade will serve sentences ranging from six months in prison to three years of supervised release

A federal district court judge has temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar medical care for transgender people

A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation

Two more people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases have pleaded not guilty

Did the media covering President Biden miss a story that was right in front of them

Kisunla is the second approved drug that is available to patients that seeks to help improve symptoms in the early stages of the disease.

Arizona for Abortion Access submitted more than 800,000 signatures.

The case was confirmed in a dairy worker in Colorado.

A fourth dairy worker in the U.S. has been infected with bird flu

CDC says a Colorado dairy worker has recovered from bird flu, the fourth US human case this year

Those miniature bikes with no pedals seem to be everywhere these days, and the kids riding them are getting younger and younger

In a landmark decision, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay suitable compensation to about a dozen victims who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law that was designed to eliminate offspring of people w...

Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds are a danger for catastrophic burn injuries as air temperatures reach new summer highs in desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas

Arizona and Nebraska organizers have turned in enough signatures to get abortion-related questions before their states' voters in November

A Seattle-area plastic surgery provider accused of threatening patients over negative reviews and posting fake positive ones must pay $5 million to the state attorney general’s office and thousands of Washington patients

Researchers believe the nasal vaccine may be more effective than current shots.

Federal health officials say a Florida cucumber grower that used untreated water is one likely source of salmonella food poisoning that sickened nearly 450 people this spring

This week, the National Institutes of Health began testing an experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Federal health officials are investigating a possible death and dozens of illnesses tied to recalled microdosing candies sold online and at vape shops

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider two challenges to a 175-year-old law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban

U.S. health officials have approved a new Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease

FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can slow the disease by several months

The Biden administration is telling emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health

After Supreme Court decision, the Biden administration reminds doctors they must provide emergency abortions

The Supreme Court has sidestepped a new set of Second Amendment fights

The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine

A British neonatal nurse who is serving a life sentence for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six others has been convicted of trying to kill another infant in her care

US will pay vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA-based pandemic flu vaccine

The Supreme Court is taking up an e-cigarette case

Growing coffee indoors produces only enough beans for a single cup

President Joe Biden has proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace

A ruling restricting federal power will likely have seismic ramifications.

Swimming in unsafe water can lead to illnesses and infections, the CDC said.

Summer means playgrounds, pools, bikes and being outside for kids

Voters in five states will decide referendums on abortion rights this year, with potentially more to come

The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year

As temperatures reach triple digits in metro Phoenix, heat illness is especially deadly for people who live outside under the broiling desert sun

A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores

As many as 4 million people in India scratch out a living searching through landfills for anything they can sell

Research has linked protective laws to positive mental health for LGBTQ people.

With temperatures rising across the country and school out for the summer, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool

A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday

Nevada officials verify enough signatures to put proposed constitutional amendment for abortion rights on 2024 ballot

The head of the national mine workers’ union is condemning an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at curbing workers’ exposure to deadly rock dust

During Thursday’s presidential debate, President Joe Biden had plenty of opportunity to lay out a clear vision regarding abortion rights in the face of growing restrictions and worsening medical care for women since the fall of Roe, something his campa...