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White House COVID team to wind down as public health emergency expires in May

WH COVID coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha also likely to leave, admin official said.
4 hours ago
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 09: A Covid-19 testing tent sits along a Manhattan street on March 09, 2023 in New York City. Three years since the outbreak of the global pandemic, which resulted in the deaths of millions of people, many parts are the world are nearly back to normal with few mask restrictions and falling hospitalization rates. The global health community and politicians continue to debate the origins of the disease in Wuhan China.
March 22

Idaho hospital says it is ending labor and delivery services amid 'political climate'

Bonner General Health in Sandpoint, Idaho, said it is ending its labor & delivery services by mid-May due to the "legal and political climate" in the state.
March 22
Bonner General Health in Sandpoint, Idaho, said it is ending its labor & delivery services by mid-May due to the "legal and political climate" in the state.
March 22

Arrest made in fire at planned Wyoming abortion clinic

Authorities say a suspect has been arrested on charges that she set fire to a building that was slated to become Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic
March 22
March 22

What to know about new research on coffee and heart risks

New research finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not significantly affect one kind of heart rhythm that results in extra beats
March 22
March 22

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction
March 22
March 22

Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price
March 22
March 22

Biden administration plans revamp of organ transplant system

The Biden administration plans to break up the network that runs the nation's organ transplant system
March 22
March 22

Idaho hospital is ending labor and delivery services amid 'political climate'

The hospital said it will stop providing care by mid-May.
March 22
Bonner General Health in Sandpoint, Idaho.
March 22

A hectic week for abortion policy with laws and lawsuits

The U.S. abortion landscape is far from settled nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy
March 22
March 22

North Carolina lawmakers nearing final Medicaid expansion OK

An agreement to expand Medicaid in North Carolina has reached the cusp of final legislative approval following a state House vote
March 22
March 22

Massachusetts governor: Pharmacies must stock abortion pills

The governor of Massachusetts is reminding pharmacies that they are required to stock a key abortion pill, despite a nationwide effort by anti-abortion activists to ban the medication
March 22
March 22

More deaths, injuries linked to recalled eyedrops

U.S. officials are reporting two more deaths and additional cases of blindness linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria
March 22
March 22

Patel it like it is: Why the Mediterranean diet is actually a lifestyle change

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel breaks down why the Mediterranean diet is beneficial and why people in the Mediterranean live longer, healthier lives.
March 22
VIDEO: Patel it like it is: Why the Mediterranean diet is actually a lifestyle change
March 22

Death toll rises, 8 people have gone blind in outbreak linked to recalled eye drops

Four people have reportedly had to have their eyeballs surgically removed.
March 22
This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
March 22

Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015

More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles
March 22
March 22

Under oath, Boris Johnson denies he lied over 'partygate'

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has insisted “hand on heart” that he did not lie to lawmakers about government parties during the COVID-19 pandemic
March 22
March 22

Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect

A judge has temporarily blocked Wyoming’s new abortion ban
March 22
March 22

Kansas lawmakers near approval of 'born alive' abortion bill

A Kansas proposal based on the claim that providers leave infants to die when they're born during abortions is nearing legislative approval
March 22
March 21

Lawsuit seeks to block abortion pill ban in Wyoming

Abortion-rights supporters filed an amended lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block Wyoming’s new ban on abortion pills from taking effect
March 21
March 21

Potentially deadly fungus spreading rapidly in US health care facilities

A recent report from the CDC found cases of C. auris, a potentially deadly fungus, have been increasing in the U.S.
March 21
A recent report from the CDC found cases of C. auris, a potentially deadly fungus, have been increasing in the U.S.
March 21

Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

Missouri’s attorney general says he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth
March 21
March 21

Oklahoma court OK's abortion to preserve mother's life

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a portion of the state’s ban on abortion, ruling women have a right to an abortion not just in a medical emergency
March 21
March 21

Tanzanian officials confirm 5 dead from Marburg disease

Tanzania’s health ministry has confirmed that five people have died and three others are being treated for the Ebola-like Marburg disease
March 21
March 21

Georgia senators send gender care restrictions to governor

A ban on most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for transgender people under 18 is headed to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk
March 21
March 21

Everything you need to know about the potentially deadly fungus spreading in the US

Cases of Candida auris doubled in 2021, according to a new CDC report.
March 21
The director of the National Reference Centre for Invasive Fungus Infections, Oliver Kurzai, holdsa petri dish containing the yeast candida auris, Jan. 23, 2018, in Wuerzburg, Germany.
March 21

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it
March 21
March 21

Missouri Senate endorses transgender health restrictions

The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would temporarily prohibit gender-affirming treatments for minors and restrict their participation in sports
March 21
March 21

Paul Newman's camp for sick kids rises from the ashes

Two years after a fire devastated Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang camp for seriously ill children, a rebuilt camp center is opening
March 21
March 21

Boris Johnson says 'partygate' untruths were honest mistake

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged that he misled Parliament about rule-breaking government parties during the COVID-19 pandemic
March 21
March 21

Cyprus court: Briton freely confessed to wife's killing

A Cyprus court has rejected a defense argument that a British man’s confession to killing his ailing wife was unlawfully obtained because he was in no frame of mind at the time to speak to police without a lawyer present
March 21
March 21

Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

Health experts proposed detailed plans for a gradual end to anti-virus controls, but the Chinese government rebuffed them and dropped restrictions in December with no preparations to cope with the chaotic aftermath, The Associated Press has found
March 21
March 21

Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

Health experts proposed detailed plans for a gradual end to anti-virus controls, but the Chinese government rebuffed them and dropped restrictions in December with no preparations to cope with the chaotic aftermath, The Associated Press has found
March 21
March 21
March 20

Tennessee House OKs narrow abortion exemption bill

Tennessee’s GOP-dominant House has advanced legislation to add a narrow exemption to the state’s strict abortion ban
March 20
March 20

New law puts Wyoming at forefront of abortion pill bans

Wyoming has pushed to the front of efforts to prohibit the most common type of abortion, with the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills
March 20
March 20

Minnesota moving to fortify state status as abortion refuge

Minnesota is moving to strengthen its status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who travel to the state to seek abortions — and to protect providers who serve them
March 20
March 20

Missouri to restrict gender-affirming care for minors

Missouri's Republican attorney general says his office will limit access to gender-affirming care for minors
March 20
March 20

Biden signs bill on COVID origins declassification

President Joe Biden has signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of COVID-19 more than three years after the start of the pandemic
March 20
March 20

White House hosts 'Ted Lasso' cast to discuss mental health

Biden has made addressing mental health a key pillar of his administration.
March 20
Jason Sudeikis as "Ted Lasso" in an episode from the Apple TV+ series.
March 20

Anthony Fauci documentary on PBS covers a career of crises

There’s a moment in the new PBS documentary about Dr_ Anthony Fauci when someone holds up a handmade sign at a protest reading, “Dr_ Fauci, You Are Killing Us.”
March 20
March 20

With overdoses up, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

With U.S. overdose fatalities at an all-time high, state legislatures are considering tougher penalties for possession of fentanyl, the powerful opioid linked to most of the deaths
March 20
March 20

Texas mother forced to carry nonviable pregnancy to term due to abortion bans

Kylie Beaton's second child was diagnosed with alobar holoprosencephaly, a brain-development condition in which a fetus's brain does not divide into two hemispheres.
March 20
Kylie Beaton's second child was diagnosed with alobar holoprosencephaly, a brain-development condition in which a fetus's brain does not divide into two hemispheres.
March 20

Biden's appeals court nominee faces rare Democratic scrutiny

One of President Joe Biden’s nominees to a federal appeals court has generated rare concern from some Democrats and outside groups
March 20
March 20

Ukraine: Volunteer specialist doctors run clinics near front

A team of volunteer specialist doctors has set up a mobile clinic in a cramped municipal building in a former front-line village in Ukraine
March 20
March 20

Trump silent on abortion as 2024 campaign pushes forward

No Republican has done more to restrict abortion rights than Donald Trump
March 20
March 19

California to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest plan for the state's homelessness crisis asks voters to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction
March 19
March 19

New law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument to be built near the state Capitol
March 19
March 19

COVID-19: A look back on where the US succeeded and where we didn’t

Vaccines and tests were rolled out quickly but officials also had some blunders.
March 19
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 09: A Covid-19 testing tent sits along a Manhattan street on March 09, 2023 in New York City. Three years since the outbreak of the global pandemic, which resulted in the deaths of millions of people, many parts are the world are nearly back to normal with few mask restrictions and falling hospitalization rates. The global health community and politicians continue to debate the origins of the disease in Wuhan China.
March 19

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and, for the first time, shows that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick
March 19
March 18

California, drugmaker partner to produce affordable insulin

The state of California and a generic drug manufacturer have entered a 10-year partnership to produce affordable, state-branded insulin that they hope will rival longtime producers and push down prices
March 18