Health

Feb 12, 2024

Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws

Doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions say an increasing number of pregnant women are seeking early prenatal testing


Virginia's Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the pandemic
Feb 12, 2024

Virginia's Youngkin aims to bolster mental health care, part of national focus after the pandemic

There's consensus in Virginia that the mental health care system is in need of reform, due to what Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says is an overreliance on hospitalization at a time of growing need


Defense Sec. Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, but 'retaining the functions' of office
Feb 11, 2024

Defense Sec. Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, but 'retaining the functions' of office

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized following symptoms pointing to an “emergent bladder issue,” the Pentagon says


Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, but 'retaining the functions' of office
Feb 11, 2024

Defense Secretary Austin hospitalized with bladder issue, but 'retaining the functions' of office

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized following symptoms pointing to an “emergent bladder issue."


Feb 11, 2024

CBP dog sniffs out something unusual in passenger's luggage -- mummified monkeys

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says one of its dogs sniffed out something unusual in a traveler's luggage in Boston — dead monkeys


UK's King Charles III attends church for first time since revealing he has cancer
Feb 11, 2024

UK's King Charles III attends church for first time since revealing he has cancer

King Charles III attended church services Sunday for the first time since his cancer diagnosis


Feb 10, 2024

Nurse acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2019 death of a 24-year-old California jail inmate

A nurse at a California jail has been found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2019 death of an inmate who collapsed in her cell


Flu hangs on in US, fading in some areas and intensifying in others
Feb 9, 2024

Flu hangs on in US, fading in some areas and intensifying in others

Flu is hanging on in the U.S., intensifying in some areas of the country after weeks of an apparent national decline


Lightning D Mikhail Sergachev sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery on broken leg
Feb 8, 2024

Lightning D Mikhail Sergachev sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery on broken leg

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev will be sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery to stabilize fractures to both the tibia and fibula in his left leg


King Charles III is doing 'extremely well' after cancer diagnosis, queen says at charity event
Feb 8, 2024

King Charles III is doing 'extremely well' after cancer diagnosis, queen says at charity event

Queen Camilla has described King Charles III as doing well given his cancer diagnosis, adding that he has been touched by the messages of support he’s received from the public