A bill to eliminate flu and whooping cough vaccine requirements for adoptive and foster families caring for babies and medically fragile kids is heading to the governor’s desk.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that it’s up to states and not Congress to preserve access to in vitro fertilization, weighing in on a growing national debate and campaign issue.

Opponents of House Bill 668 said bill is discriminatory, could lead to more lawsuits

At least one IVF service said the Legislature’s protective measure doesn’t go far enough.

Last year, lawmakers approved the Reproductive Health Protection Act, which shields health care providers in Maryland from liability if they help out-of-state patients obtain an abortion, as long as the services provided are legal under Maryland law.

More than 1 in 10 adults across Maine have diabetes

Lawmakers are weighing an array of pharmacy bills this session that could rein in prescription prices and allow pharmacists to treat people for COVID-19

More than 16,000 babies were born in Texas in 2022 than in 2021, a new study from the University of Houston shows.

A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.

Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.

More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is launching a new ad today with a focus on health care costs, part of a larger push by the campaign to persuade Americans that former President Trump would revisit his attempts to do away with the Affordable Care Act if (ACA) elected to a second term.

Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens threw cold water on a bid to thwart the recent abortion rights amendment Issue 1. Instead of attempting to deny the courts’ jurisdiction or rushing to the ballot with a repeal effort, Stephens argued lawmakers should focus on maternal and early childhood care.

Before the newly elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was in public office, the Louisiana Republican’s restrictive stances on gender identity, abortion and sexuality were honed at the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, where he served as a senior spokesperson and attorney. Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, is the legal force behind dozens […]

About 80% of women with some form of intellectual disability have been sexually assaulted, according to a peer-reviewed paper.

The Biden White House has condemned social media harassment of a Department of the Interior staffer.

Abortion rights are on the ballot in November in Virginia legislative elections.

Republicans in Congress unanimously opposed the Inflation Reduction Act, which requires drug companies to negotiate prices for Medicare recipients.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the abortion drug mifepristone should be available in the United States.

More than 17% of respondents to a recent survey said they would refuse a fellowship or a job in states with abortion restrictions.

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The Mississippi governor’s plan would give hundreds of millions of dollars to hospitals, but would not expand Medicaid for low-income families.

'In the state of Pennsylvania, 85% of counties don't have a single doctor providing abortion care,' says nurse practitioner Kara Pravdo.

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The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act set aside $10 billion to set up tech hubs across the United States.

'No one should have to choose between being there for their family and a paycheck,' Whitmer said in a speech.

The price cuts would target medication used to treat diabetes, heart failure, blood cancers, kidney disease and other ailments.

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'It appears every candidate either can't or won't answer the question about how to reduce gun violence,' said gun safety advocate Fred Guttenberg.

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an injunction that had been placed on the Alabama law by a federal district judge.