A summer wave of Covid-19 has arrived in the US
Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new variants drive what’s become an annual summer surge. Covid-19 surveillance has been …
Supreme Court decision allows pregnant people in Idaho to access emergency abortion care — for now
Pregnant people in Idaho should be able to access abortion in a medical emergency in Idaho, at least for now. The Supreme Court formally dismissed …
US surgeon general declares US gun violence an urgent public health crisis
Gun violence in the United States is a public health crisis that demands urgent action, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared in a major new …
Women have become less likely to get birth control in states that restricted abortion, study finds
Women in states with the most restrictive abortion laws have also become less likely to access prescription birth control, a new study suggests. In a …
Post-Dobbs, abortion clinics find new ways to serve patients in states with bans
In the last couple years, Houston Women’s Reproductive Services scaled down from nearly 5,000 square-feet to an 800-square-foot location. The Texas clinic cut more than …
FDA sign-off on menthol e-cigarettes ‘flies in the face of public health,’ anti-tobacco groups say
Four menthol vaping products were authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday, the first non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarette products to get the agency’s sign-off. …
Science of social media’s effect on mental health isn’t as clear cut as a warning label might suggest
When US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy pushed last week for a tobacco-style warning on social media, he called the mental health crisis in young people an …
The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade 2 years ago. Here’s what’s happened since
Two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion and setting off a fierce fight for …
US cancer centers warn drug shortages continue, impacting different varieties of medications
While a shortage of the chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin has improved in the United States, some of the nation’s largest cancer centers now report …
CDC warns a surge in global dengue cases is raising risk in US
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning to doctors on Tuesday to be on the look out for cases of dengue. A …