Health

Wyoming Supreme Court hears arguments on abortion rights
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Whether the Wyoming Constitution enshrines abortion rights was a key subject…

Missouri lawmakers advance proposed repeal of abortion-rights measure approved by voters
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House advanced a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday asking…

A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration
Harvard University is the latest in a growing list of higher education institutions that had…

Translating what Kennedy’s anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed…

Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, aid official says
Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, an aid agency official said Tuesday.…

Party leaders make promises on job skills training, scam protection for seniors
OTTAWA — The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals…

Study finds more people are obtaining abortions but fewer are traveling to other states for it
Fewer people crossed state lines to obtain abortions in 2024 than a year earlier, a…

First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary
WEST VANCOUVER — Deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the…

New York plane crash claims lives of high-achieving family celebrating a birthday
NEW YORK (AP) — When they boarded a small plane bound for upstate New York…

California OKs $2.8B to close Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8…

Months after CEO’s killing, an intruder is arrested near UnitedHealthcare headquarters in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man was arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s headquarters in Minnesota after threatening violence,…

Poilievre pledges to use the notwithstanding clause, Carney talks defence procurement
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would…

War in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has left many disabled veterans without care
MEKELE, Ethiopia (AP) — Chandera Weldesenbet is worried about dying before he receives the help…

Trump is ‘fully fit’ to serve as commander in chief, his doctor says after recent physical
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump’s doctor says the oldest man elected president…

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US
The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease,…