A bill being considered by a small group of senators in South Carolina could allow judges to sentence women who get abortions to decades in prison. The proposal before a state Senate subcommittee …

Georgetown center Vince Iwuchukwu needs to have a medical procedure and will be evaluated after six to eight weeks. The school announced his status on Tuesday without giving any specifics about his …

Legal filings show Florida elections officials have taken early steps under pressure from activists to advance a proposed initiative to legalize recreational marijuana to next year’s ballot. That …

Michael Jordan is giving $10 million to a North Carolina regional medical center in honor of his mother. The six-time NBA champ and businessman announced the gift to Novant Health New Hanover …

A judge is set to explain why he's approving a plan for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane said at a hearing last …

Nadra Mohamed Ahmed was seven months when she trekked for nearly 25 miles across unsafe roads. That was a few weeks before the fall of her hometown to Sudan’s paramilitary group. Then she and her …

The MacArthur Foundation is awarding $100 million to a private pandemic prevention network across Africa, offering critical support to infectious disease surveillance at a time when governments are …

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Judge formally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, with Sacklers paying up to $7B and some funds going to victims.

CLARYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Autoimmune diseases like lupus, myositis and forms of arthritis can strike children, too. At a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, some young patients got a chance to just …

It may sound surprising but kids can get diseases like lupus and arthritis, too, when their immune system mistakenly attacks their own body. With the exception of Type 1 diabetes, autoimmune diseases …

Eswatini has become the first African country to receive lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection that global health officials call a game-changer. The drug developed by Gilead Sciences …

U.N. officials say methane emissions are still going up, but they have hope that cutting them in coming years could have big implications for slowing Earth's warming. Methane traps significantly more …

The families of two victims from an air ambulance crash in Philadelphia are suing. The wrongful death claims filed by the victims' estates on Monday allege the air medical transport company and …

Victor Wembanyama will miss at least two to three weeks due to a strained left calf. A person familiar with the diagnosis shared this information on Monday with The Associated Press. The San Antonio …

The latest attraction at one New Jersey zoo isn't a particular species. It's the opportunity to see veterinarians at work with their wide range of animal patients. The Turtle Back Zoo this year …

Reconnecting with old friends can be challenging. Many people are hesitant to reach out and fear being seen as a burden after years without contact. A psychologist and author who studies friendship …

A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts. Between the end of February and mid-August, funding lapsed for …

Ethiopia has confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in the southern region of the country that borders South Sudan. The World Health Organization Director-General …

Ethiopia has confirmed three deaths from the Marburg hemorrhagic virus that has been detected in an area neighboring South Sudan. Ethiopia's health minister on Monday said there were no active cases …