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Condoms and other sexual wellness items are made available to students at the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

Condoms and other sexual wellness items are made available to students at the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

October 2, 2024, 8:05am Health

It’s hard to miss the overflowing bowl of condoms at the entrance of the gym. Read story

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York.

Vance’s attempt to rewrite Trump’s Obamacare history

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York.

October 2, 2024, 8:01am Health

In a brazen attempt at rewriting history, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance claimed during Tuesday night’s debate that former President Donald Trump was working to “salvage” the 2010 health care law while in office. Read story

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services operates the state’s two mental health hospitals, Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital, where criminal defendants are evaluated by forensic psychologists when a court orders an assessment of their fitness to stand trial and aid in their own defense.

Washington counties drop mental health lawsuit against state

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services operates the state’s two mental health hospitals, Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital, where criminal defendants are evaluated by forensic psychologists when a court orders an assessment of their fitness to stand trial and aid in their own defense.

October 2, 2024, 7:32am Health

Twenty-eight Washington counties have dropped a lawsuit they filed last year against the Department of Social and Health Services over the state’s handling of certain patients seeking admission to its psychiatric hospitals. Read story

Boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Doctors seeing success with weight loss drugs

Boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023, in Los Angeles.

October 1, 2024, 6:03am Health

The popularity of weight loss drugs has soared during the past few years as new injectable medications have appeared as an effective and safe solution to obesity. Read story

FILE - A student raises their hand in a classroom at Tussahaw Elementary school Aug. 4, 2021, in McDonough, Ga. According to test results released by the Georgia Department of Education on Friday, July 26, 2024, Georgia students in some grades approached pre-pandemic scores in the 2023-2024 school year, while other grades did not.

UW study shows how pandemic affected teen boys and girls differently

FILE - A student raises their hand in a classroom at Tussahaw Elementary school Aug. 4, 2021, in McDonough, Ga. According to test results released by the Georgia Department of Education on Friday, July 26, 2024, Georgia students in some grades approached pre-pandemic scores in the 2023-2024 school year, while other grades did not.

September 29, 2024, 6:05am Health

Being a teen during the first part of the COVID pandemic meant experiencing many milestones — the first day of high school, birthdays, graduation — from behind a computer screen. Read story

FCC to vote to require 988 calls be routed to local call centers

September 26, 2024, 9:07am Health

The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month to require all calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline be routed by wireless carriers to local call centers. Read story

FILE - A woman holds two boxes of at-home Covid-19 test kits in Washington, Dec. 22, 2021.

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them

FILE - A woman holds two boxes of at-home Covid-19 test kits in Washington, Dec. 22, 2021.

September 26, 2024, 9:00am Health

Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes. Read story

Tasha Withrow, a person in recovery and co-founder of harm reduction organization Project Mayday, refills a new naloxone distribution box in a residental neighborhood of Hurricane, W.Va. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

Old newspaper boxes are being used to distribute the overdose reversal drug Narcan

Tasha Withrow, a person in recovery and co-founder of harm reduction organization Project Mayday, refills a new naloxone distribution box in a residental neighborhood of Hurricane, W.Va. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

September 26, 2024, 8:44am Health

For decades, Jeff Card’s family company was known for manufacturing the once ubiquitous tin boxes where people could buy newspapers on the street. Read story

A pharmacist holds a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

It’s time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots

A pharmacist holds a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

September 25, 2024, 8:51am Health

Fall means it’s time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines – and a lot of older adults also need protection against another risky winter virus, RSV. Read story

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.

Fact check: Vance rewrites history about Trump and Obamacare

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.

September 25, 2024, 8:47am Health

Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].” Read story