Planned Parenthood is halting abortions in Missouri again after a ruling from the state Supreme Court. The decision on Tuesday is part of a tumultuous legal saga. Voters struck down the state’s …
When a small Catholic hospital in California refused to provide an abortion that would end her miscarriage, Anna Nusslock felt her rights were being violated. Nusslock and California Attorney General …
Missouri Supreme Court has opened the door to abortions being halted again by sending the case back for reconsideration.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy …
Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades. It has sickened more than 700 people in the state and killed two unvaccinated children. Yet even as the outbreak winds …
France’s lower house of parliament adopts bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication.
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Police say 50 people were treated in hospitals after car ramming and 11 are still hospitalized.
A leading medical group is warning of a rising number of cholera cases in war-torn Sudan as a new outbreak of the waterborne disease grips the country. Doctors Without Borders — also known as …
Here is the AP Lifestyles Digest for the week of May 27. For access to AP Newsroom and other technical issues, contact apcustomersupport@ap.org or call 877-836-9477. For reruns of stories, call …
Kristina Smithe was running a marathon in California a few years ago when she started thinking about all the waste such events produce — especially the blizzard of disposable paper cups that can …
Before the war, it was rare in Gaza to see anyone searching through garbage for anything, despite widespread poverty. Since Israel's war against Hamas began, kids often pick through trash for wood or …
The U.S. Agency for International Development once provided 65% of Somalia’s foreign aid. Now that funding is disappearing. The money had been crucial in a country described as having one of the …
The renowned mountain guide who used xenon gas treatment to put clients on top of Mount Everest and return them home within a week defended his technique, saying it is making climbing Mount Everest …
Hospital officials say Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been diagnosed with labyrinthitis after suffering from vertigo. The 79-year-old leftist leader has already returned to the …
Many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embrace yoga and other contemplative practices. Some do it purely for the health benefits. The church has encouraged members including …
A massive loggerhead sea turtle that was hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital in need of medical care. But at 302 pounds, Pennywise was too large to fit the …
The Cleveland Guardians have called up relief pitcher Nic Enright, marking another milestone in his battle against Hodgkin lymphoma. The right-hander, a 20th-round draft pick by the Guardians in …
Scot Pollard is serving as the Grand Marshal of the Indy 500 Festival Parade this weekend. The former Kansas star and NBA champion has been working to raise awareness of organ donation ever since he …
A Midwestern affiliate of Planned Parenthood says it will close four of its six clinics in Iowa and four in Minnesota within a year. The announcement Friday by Planned Parenthood North Central States …