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Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states
A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis
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AP PHOTOS: South and Southeast Asian countries cope with a weekslong heat wave
South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk.
Umbrellas to shield against blazing sunlight are popular, air-conditioned malls are serving as urban oases, and schools in Cambodia have been cutting back their hours. In the Philippines, India and Bangladesh, officials have told students to stay home and do their lessons remotely.
In April, the United Nations Children’s Fund warned that the sweltering weather could put millions of children’s lives at risk and asked caregivers to take extra precautions.
A UNICEF statement said that in the Asia-Pacific region, “around 243 million children are exposed to hotter and longer heatwaves, putting them at risk of a multitude of heat-related illnesses, and even death.”
The advice everywhere for everyone? Avoid outdoor activities and drink plenty of water.
Meteorologists in Cambodia say the country is facing its hottest temperatures in 170...
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May 03
Alabama court won't revisit frozen embryo ruling
Alabama judges are standing by a decision that frozen embryos are children under a state law
May 03
May 03
Safety lapses contributed to patient assaults at Oregon State Hospital, federal report says
A federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults
May 03
May 03
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers
The health insurer Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit over whether its fertility treatment coverage discriminates against LGBTQ+ patients
May 03
May 03
Missouri abortion-rights campaign turns in more than double the needed signatures to get on ballot
Advocates have turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot
May 03
May 03
A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in 'full-blown famine'
A top U.N. official says hard-hit northern Gaza is now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory
May 03
May 03
Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in 'Obamacare' next year
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year
May 03
May 03
Arizona governor's signing of abortion law repeal follows political fight by women lawmakers
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' signing of the repeal of a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions was a stirring occasion for the women working to ensure the 19th century law remains in the past
May 03
May 02
By The Numbers: Maternal mortality
A look at the numbers behind the decreases in maternal mortality after at least three years of increases, according to new CDC data.
May 02
May 02
Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature has completed a last-ditch effort to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings
May 02
May 02
South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
The South Carolina Senate has approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
May 02
May 02
Arizona’s Democratic governor signs bill to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions
Arizona’s Democratic governor signs bill to repeal the state’s 1864 ban on nearly all abortions
May 02
May 02
Georgia governor signs law adding regulations for production and sale of herbal supplement kratom
Georgia’s governor has signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement
May 02
May 02
Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional
The fate of a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court
May 02
May 02
Non-white pedestrians more often end up in the ER for vehicle-related injuries, report shows
Pedestrians who are not white ended up in the emergency room for traffic-related injuries at higher rates than white people
May 02
May 02
What defines a heartbeat? Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case
South Carolina’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered on the definition of fetal heartbeat
May 02
May 02
Brothers on TikTok show the world autism is a superpower
Max, who has autism, and his brother Jake are amassing millions of followers and even more views on social media. They want to show the world that autism is a superpower. ABC News' Em Nguyen reports.
May 02
May 02
Pennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison
A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and other charges and been sentenced to life in prison
May 02
May 02
Halle Berry shouts from the Capitol, 'I'm in menopause' as she seeks to end a stigma and win funding
Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put $275 million toward research and education around menopause, the significant hormone shift women go through in middle age
May 02
May 02
National Arthritis Awareness Month: Tips to help overcome arthritis pain
Millions of Americans have different forms of the chronic condition, according to the Arthritis Foundation.
May 02
May 02
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature
The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid has died
May 02
May 02
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people
May 02
May 02
Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed a bill to repeal a ban on most abortions
May 02
May 02
Maternal deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says
New government data suggests U.S. maternal deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels
May 02
May 02
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked
May 02
May 02
US maternal mortality rates fell in 2022 after 3 years of increases, CDC report finds
Among racial and ethnic groups, Black women had the highest rates.
May 02
May 01
An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot
Supporters of an abortion rights initiative in South Dakota have submitted far more signatures than required to make the ballot this fall
May 01
May 01
Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says
Federal workplace safety officials say a home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house
May 01
May 01
Utah woman arrested on suspicion of murder in uncompleted suicide pact with friend
A 21-year-old Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in what police said was an uncompleted suicide pact
May 01
May 01
Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania virus data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case
A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower
May 01
May 01
This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time
May 01
May 01
Planned Parenthood fighting Florida abortion ban
Dr. Robyn Schickler, CMO of Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, talks about what she's telling her patients and why this issue is so important the 2024 election.
May 01
May 01
Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says
The beginning of the Change Healthcare cyberattack happened when hackers entered a server that lacked multifactor authentication
May 01
May 01
So you've lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it?
Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them
May 01
May 01
How stigma affects people with mental health conditions
More than half of Americans with a mental health condition don’t receive treatment, according to a report from nonprofit Mental Health America.
May 01
May 01
3 in 4 Americans feel that mental health takes a back seat to physical health
60% of Americans give a poor or failing grade to how mental health is treated.
May 01
May 01
Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
The Arizona Legislature has approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions
May 01
May 01
Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
Florida’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy has gone into effect, and some doctors are concerned that women in the state will no longer have access to needed health care
May 01
May 01
Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and criminal liability
No one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light in suburban Atlanta, causing the death of a young boy
May 01
May 01
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest
May 01
April 30
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence is allowed back in his lab after days of sit-in protest
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence is allowed back in his lab after days of sit-in protest
April 30
April 30
Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says
The Mississippi House Democratic leader says a Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by Republican leaders could struggle for bipartisan support
April 30
April 30
Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says
A federal judge has ruled that some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills are unlawful
April 30
April 30
What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug
April 30
April 30
Organic bulk walnuts sold in natural food stores tied to dangerous E. coli outbreak
At least a dozen people in California and Washington have been sickened with E
April 30
April 30
Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban
Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while bills to loosen a restrictive ban in Louisiana face an uphill battle
April 30
April 30
4 dead, more than 50 suspected drug overdoses in 'outbreak' in this city: Officials
The overdoses were concentrated downtown before spreading across the city.
April 30
April 30
Attorney General Garland plans to endorse DEA proposal to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug, AP source says
Attorney General Garland plans to endorse DEA proposal to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug, AP source says
April 30
April 30
The USDA is testing ground beef for bird flu. Experts are confident the meat supply is safe
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will test ground beef for bird flu
April 30