August 29, 2022, 9:22am Health
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon stop mailing free at-home COVID tests due to lack of congressional funding, the agency said Sunday. Read story
August 29, 2022, 6:05am Health
There are no easy decisions when judges are determining whether someone experiencing a mental health crisis should be held at a hospital against their wishes. Read story
August 28, 2022, 6:05am Health
Some people argue that the name is racist and disparages an entire continent. Others view it as offensive to gay men. And then there are those who fear it could lead to indiscriminate killing of monkeys, as happened in Brazil. Read story
August 28, 2022, 6:00am Health
Despite improvements in treatment access as the overdose crisis has spiraled over the last decade, many people with opioid use disorder aren’t getting medications to treat their addiction, a new study has found. Read story
August 28, 2022, 6:00am Health
Policies governing abortion and reproductive health care services in U.S. prisons and jails were restrictive and often hostile even before the Supreme Court removed Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for abortions. After the June ruling, many reproductive services stand to be prohibited altogether, putting the health of incarcerated women who… Read story
August 27, 2022, 9:17pm Business
After decades of failed attempts, Democrats passed legislation that aims to rein in the soaring costs of drugs for some in the United States. Read story
August 26, 2022, 11:14am Health
The Biden administration says it has shipped enough monkeypox vaccine to deliver the first of two doses to all of the 1.6 million people identified to be at highest risk of infection from the virus. Read story
August 26, 2022, 9:20am Health
Three California churches no longer have to cover abortion services as part of their employee health care plans after winning a years-long legal battle against the state, a federal court ruled Thursday. Read story
August 26, 2022, 8:14am Health
COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today’s omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much benefit the booster shots will offer, who should get one — and how soon. Read story
August 26, 2022, 7:38am Health
A King County infant has become infected with the monkeypox virus as the outbreak grows in Washington, prompting public health leaders to again remind medical providers of possible symptoms and call attention to the seriousness of the disease. Read story
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