Health

BATON ROUGE, La. — Republican lawmakers in Louisiana rejected laws Wednesday that might add exceptions in circumstances of rape and incest to one of many strictest abortion bans within the nation. This legislative session, there's a package deal of payments geared toward loosening Louisiana’s near-total ab...

An experimental pores and skin patch is displaying promise to deal with toddlers who're extremely allergic to peanuts - coaching their our bodies to deal with an unintended chunk. Peanut allergy is without doubt one of the commonest and harmful meals allergy symptoms. Parents of allergic tots are continual...

WASHINGTON — Gay and bisexual males in monogamous relationships can donate blood within the U.S. with out abstaining from intercourse, beneath a federal coverage finalized Thursday by well being regulators. The Food and Drug Administration tips ease decades-old restrictions designed to guard the blood prov...

Polls present Americans favor limiting abortions to the primary trimester generally, however that’s not the place lawmakers are heading within the aftermath of Roe v. Wade. Since the Supreme Court freed states to craft their very own abortion legal guidelines, the frenzy has been to the fringes, not the mi...

Iconic former two-sport athlete Bo Jackson will quickly be getting remedy for a nagging case of the hiccups. The legendary Auburn University operating again mentioned the situation brought about him to overlook a Frank Thomas statue dedication at his alma mater. ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The mom of a 17-year-old Honduran migrant who died in U.S. custody stated Saturday her son had epilepsy however confirmed no indicators of being significantly in poor health earlier than he left for the United States. The loss of life of Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza at a holding...

LONDON — The World Health Organization mentioned Thursday that the worldwide outbreak of mpox, which initially baffled specialists when the smallpox-related illness unfold to greater than 100 international locations final yr, is now not a world emergency, after a dramatic drop in instances in latest months. ...

DINWIDDIE, Va. — Seven sheriff’s deputies and three staff of a psychiatric hospital in Virginia can't all be tried collectively within the demise of a person who was pinned to the ground whereas being admitted, a decide dominated, whereas leaving open the potential for joint trials for a number of the defendants. ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ governor and high state lawmakers had been to satisfy Thursday to think about a proposed authorized settlement between the state and the proprietor of a Wichita health studio compelled to close down through the first months of the coronavirus pandemic after which function beneath restrictions. ...

NEW YORK — Discriminating in opposition to somebody due to weight with regards to work, housing or in public lodging can be barred in New York City below a invoice handed Thursday by the City Council. The measure would amend metropolis regulation so as to add weight and peak to the listing of identifiers w...