Health

Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
May 3, 2024

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


South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
May 2, 2024

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


A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
May 2, 2024

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

Researchers say an orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant


Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
May 2, 2024

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


Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
May 1, 2024

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


Rangers' Max Scherzer scratched from 2nd scheduled rehab start because of sore thumb
Apr 30, 2024

Rangers' Max Scherzer scratched from 2nd scheduled rehab start because of sore thumb

Max Scherzer has been scratched from his second scheduled rehab start because of thumb soreness


US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
Apr 30, 2024

US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country


US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance
Apr 30, 2024

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country


King Charles III returns to public duties with a trip to a cancer charity
Apr 30, 2024

King Charles III returns to public duties with a trip to a cancer charity

King Charles III has returned to public duties with a visit to a cancer treatment charity, beginning his carefully managed comeback after the monarch’s own cancer diagnosis sidelined him for three months


Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired
Apr 29, 2024

Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired

The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, California, CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from the active ingredient in marijuana