Abortion was slightly more common across the U.S. in the first three months of this year than it was before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and cleared the way for states to implement bans, according to a new study.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state judge struck down North Dakota's abortion ban Thursday, declaring that broad guarantees of personal liberty in the constitution of his conservative, Republican-dominated state create a fundamental right to abortion before a fetus is viable.
"It’s very hard for people to wrap their heads around death, especially someone choosing death."
High levels of lead were found in a dozen brands of cinnamon powder and spice blends, according to testing by Consumer Reports.
Derisive TikTok post received viral response from women who have suffered since end of Roe v Wade
"I had spent 26 years of my life dedicated to women's health. In one terrible decision, the Supreme Court sent the rights of women in America about 70 years backward."
NEW YORK (AP) — The cuddles. The loyalty. The worshipful eyes. There's a lot of joy in having a dog, not the least of which is heading out for a brisk walk. And therein lies a peril some dog people should pay more attention to.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says a resident who died in August of brain inflammation had the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, a mosquito-borne disease that's rarely spread to humans.Like the West Nile virus, EEE is typically transmitted between wild birds and mosquitoes, according to OPH. It sometimes infects horses, hence its name, but is seldom passed on to people.Last month, OPH said there had only been three confirmed human cases in Ontario. As recently as Monday, Health Canada report
The mother of a young girl treated by a surgeon accused of carrying out "inappropriate and unnecessary" operations has told Sky News her daughter had to use a wheelchair for nearly two years after surgery. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has launched an investigation into the cases of 721 children after an expert review found Dr Yaser Jabbar was alleged to have caused "serious harm" through "unacceptable" treatment, according to a lawyer acting for families of some of the young patients. Now Claire Osborne, whose daughter Ella underwent corrective surgery on her leg by Dr Jabber in the summer of 2020, has called on a 2023 expert report by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) to be made public.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resolution introduced by Congressional Democrats would make clear that U.S. emergency rooms need to provide emergency abortions when a woman's health or life is at risk, despite strict state abortion bans.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions officially is being repealed Saturday.
Sometimes, caffeine doesn't have the hit you would hope for.
Conservatives who want to "leave abortion to the states" are doing everything in their power to stop states from voting on pro-choice ballot measures.
Two more California dairy herds have been infected by H5N1 bird flu, bringing the state's total to eight.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is able to raise $600 million to fight a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency's head said on Thursday. The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August, after a new strain began spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries. "If you want to know if I'm positive that we can raise the $600 million, I will safely say yes," Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa CDC, told reporters.
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and he advised American Catholics to choose who they think is the “lesser evil” in the upcoming U.S. elections.
Imagine going up a cup size on your lunch break. A new procedure, already available in Sweden and Spain, could soon make that a reality in the US.
Testimony has begun in a civil trial against a Virginia hospital that treats vulnerable children, its owner and its former medical director in a lawsuit filed by three former patients who allege they were touched inappropriately during physical exams. The lawsuit names the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Universal Health Services and Dr. Daniel Davidow, the hospital's longtime medical director, as defendants.
The Manx Public Health Directorate urges parents to look out symptoms after cases are confirmed.
On Friday, Tiger Woods announced via social media that he's undergone yet another back surgery. Dr. Sheeraz Qureshi of Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach, Florida, performed the microdecompression surgery of the lumbar spine for nerve impingement in the lower…
Peel Public Health has reported the region's first human case of West Nile Virus this year. In a news release on Friday, the public health unit said the case is in a Mississauga resident. West Nile Virus is an infection that is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito.The public health unit did not disclose any other information about the person infected. "While the overall risk of getting a West Nile virus infection is lower during the fall months, this case reinforces the
