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Traveling for abortion care was on the rise even before Roe was overturned, data shows
Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Well before the Supreme Court ruled in June to overturn Roe v. Wade, 9% of abortions in the U.S. were obtained by peop...
Jul 25, 2022
WHO declares monkeypox outbreak to be public health emergency of international concern
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of monkeypox to be a public health emergency of international concern. "The...
Jul 23, 2022
US confirms first cases of monkeypox in children
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has confirmed the first cases of monkeypox in children, federal officials said Friday. The two cases are unrelated a...
Jul 22, 2022
What to know about vaccine-derived polio after rare case found in New York
Roger Harris/Science Photo Library/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When the New York State Department of Health announced a patient in Rockland County -- north of New York City -- had contracted polio, they...
Jul 22, 2022
Novavax COVID vaccine will still save lives, experts say, even with limited supply
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Amid growing concerns over highly contagious omicron subvariants that are spreading around the country, Americans are set to have one more COVID-19 vaccine from ...
Jul 22, 2022
Louisiana attorney general wants funding withheld for cities that reject abortion laws
Fotosearch/Getty Images(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- Louisiana's attorney general said he wants cities that don't enforce the state's abortion laws to have their funding withheld. Louisiana was one of several...
Jul 22, 2022
First polio case reported in US in nearly a decade detected in New York state
Joseph Sohm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The first case of polio reported in the U.S. in nearly a decade was detected in New York state, health officials said Thursday. The case is in a resident of Roc...
Jul 21, 2022
What to know about Paxlovid, the COVID-19 therapy that Biden is taking
Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When White House officials announced President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, they revealed he was prescribed Paxlovid. H...
Jul 21, 2022
DC to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall
Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Students over the age of 12 will be required to receive COVID-19 vaccines this fall in Washington, D.C., the district's Office of the State Superin...
Jul 21, 2022
LGBTQ groups slam government handling of monkeypox
Wesley Lapointe / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Protesters in several cities across the country are calling on the Biden administration, as well as local officials, to address the ...
Jul 20, 2022