Health
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PublishedMay 1, 2024
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect as doctors worry women will lose access to health care
The new ban has an exception for saving a woman's life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest. But health care workers are still prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly.
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PublishedApril 30, 2024
Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, panel says
Breast cancer death rates have fallen as treatment continues to improve. But breast cancer is still the second-most common cause of cancer death for U.S. women.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
The decision infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could help the president avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November.
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PublishedApril 25, 2024
Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says the new rules are targeting pollution that's 'pushing our planet to the brink.'
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PublishedApril 24, 2024
Supreme Court conservatives appear skeptical that law requires emergency abortions
It was unclear whether members of the conservative majority were swayed by the Biden administration's argument that federal law overrides the state in rare emergency cases where a pregnant patient's health is at serious risk.
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall
The main sticking point involves access to vital information about new threats that may emerge – and to the vaccines and medicines that could contain that threat.
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Biden sees $35 price cap for insulin as pivotal campaign issue. It’s not that clear-cut
The price cap for Medicare recipients was part of the Inflation Reduction Act. When it passed in 2022, it was scaled back by congressional Republicans to apply only to older adults.
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Weedkiller manufacturer seeks to squelch claims it failed to warn about cancer
The maker of popular weedkiller Roundup is turning to lawmakers in key states to try to squelch legal claims that it failed to warn about health risks.
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PublishedApril 15, 2024
Maine’s former landfills are leaking forever chemicals
The state has so far found PFAS-contaminated drinking water supplies in 51 wells near former landfills, but no one will say which landfills are leaking.
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PublishedApril 9, 2024
New EPA rule says 218 U.S. chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions likely to cause cancer
The new regulation will reduce ethylene oxide and chloroprene emissions by nearly 80%, officials say.
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