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March 30

Judge’s ruling undercuts US health law’s preventive care

A federal judge in Texas who has previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law
March 30
March 30

5th person known to go into remission from HIV shares his story for 1st time

ABC News’ Juju Chang sat down with Paul Edmonds to discuss the challenges he has overcome and how he has made medical history.
March 30
VIDEO: 5th person known to go into remission from HIV shares his story for the first time
March 29

Biden won't veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency

President Joe Biden won’t veto a Republican-led measure to end the national COVID emergency
March 29
March 29

Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law

Most gig workers in Seattle will be permanently entitled to paid sick leave and safe time under a first-in-the-nation law
March 29
March 29

Bulls C Drummond ruled out after posting about mental health

Bulls center Andre Drummond missed the team's game against the Los Angeles Lakers after he posted on Twitter that he was deleting his social media apps to focus on his mental health
March 29
March 29

North Dakota aims at school curriculum to deter abortions

North Dakota schools would be required to show students high-quality video of how a human fetus develops in each week of pregnancy under a bill that Senate lawmakers have approved
March 29
March 29

West Virginia governor signs ban on gender-affirming care

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
March 29
March 29

For WVa. abortion protester, charges dropped with conditions

A protester arrested for disrupting West Virginia lawmakers as they moved to ban abortion last September will see all charges dropped against her — if she stays out of trouble for the next six months
March 29
March 29

California may end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ laws

A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory LGBTQ laws
March 29
March 29

GOP lawmakers in Kentucky enact sweeping ban on transgender care for minors by overriding Democratic governor's veto

GOP lawmakers in Kentucky enact sweeping ban on transgender care for minors by overriding Democratic governor's veto
March 29
March 29

'No safe place': Shooting hits home for Nashville doctors

Pediatric surgeon: "Why are our children being massacred in their schools?"
March 29
People embrace at a makeshift memorial for victims of a shooting at the Covenant School campus, in Nashville, Tenn., March 28, 2023.
March 29

GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people
March 29
March 29

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan to fight overdoses

Narcan is used to reverse opioid overdoses in patients.
March 29
Narcan is used to reverse opioid overdoses in patients.
March 29

A different March Madness: Online hate for the athletes

A toxic cauldron on social media is one of the minefields players in the NCAA Tournament must navigate
March 29
March 29

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here's what it means

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription
March 29
March 28

Experts reveal mental health impacts of mass shootings on young survivors

Experts said kids may experience a range of behavioral and psychological issues.
March 28
School buses with children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at The Covenant School, Mar. 27, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.
March 28

Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball

An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mammoth
March 28
March 28

National Blood Clot Alliance: Someone dies of a blood clot in US every 6 minutes

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Darien Sutton breaks down what the signs of a blood clot are and how to prevent them.
March 28
VIDEO: National Blood Clot Alliance: Someone dies of a blood clot in US every 6 minutes
March 28

At trial, Minnesota says e-cigarette maker Juul targets kids

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has personally opened his state’s lawsuit against Juul Labs and tobacco giant Altria
March 28
March 28

How to talk to children about school shootings

Wizdom Powell, chief social impact and diversity officer at Headspace Health, provides tips for coping with tragedies like the Nashville school shooting.
March 28
VIDEO: How to talk to children about school shootings
March 28

1 in 12 kids lose a parent or sibling before turning 18: Report

Children who have lost a parent can feel isolated.
March 28
1 in 12 kids lose a parent or sibling before turning 18
March 28

Mayor: Philadelphia water will not be tainted by spill

Philadelphia officials say the city's water system will not be affected by contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River
March 28
March 27

Idaho Senate passes ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The Idaho Senate has passed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming healthcare for minors, one month after the state House passed similar
March 27
March 27

Wyoming abortion clinic fire suspect to go free pending case

A woman accused of setting fire to a Wyoming abortion clinic will be released from jail while her case proceeds
March 27
March 27

N. Carolina governor signs Medicaid expansion bill into law

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making
March 27
March 27

CVS to close acquisition of at-home health care provider Signify

A move into the home health care space could expand care into more isolated communities.
March 27
A move into the home health care space could expand care into more isolated communities.
March 27

Minnesota suit against e-cigarette maker Juul goes to trial

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is slated to lead off opening statements expected Tuesday in his state’s lawsuit against Juul Labs
March 27
March 27

Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care sent to governor

Indiana’s Republican General Assembly is advancing a measure to ban virtually all gender-affirming medical care for minors in the state
March 27
March 27

CVS acquires at-home health care company: How it could impact medical services

CVS may be able to expand into rural and isolated communities now.
March 27
A CVS location in New York, Feb. 9, 2023.
March 27

Idaho bill to provide free period products in schools fails

A bill that would have provided free menstrual products in girls bathrooms in Idaho public schools failed in the state House, with at least one Republican lawmaker calling the proposal “very liberal.”
March 27
March 27

Foes of Kentucky transgender bill push back with radio ads

A well-known Kentucky Republican has blasted the GOP’s push for transgender legislation
March 27
March 27

Former governor sues college over chapel name removal

A former Republican governor of Vermont has sued Middlebury College, his alma mater, accusing it of cancel culture behavior for removing the name of another former governor and Middlebury graduate from the campus chapel for what the school calls his ro...
March 27
March 27

Kansas high court signals continued abortion rights support

Kansas’ highest court has signaled that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution
March 27
March 27

New Maryland provider opening in post-Roe 'abortion desert'

A new Maryland abortion provider is opening next to deeply conservative West Virginia, where state lawmakers recently passed a near-total abortion ban
March 27
March 26

Veto puts Kentucky in thick of fight over transgender rights

Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill aimed at transgender health care has put Kentucky in the middle of a national fight
March 26
March 26

States' divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturned

GOP lawmakers in states with abortion bans already in place are pushing to make them more restrictive, while blue state officials are trying to expand abortion access
March 26
March 25

Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable
March 25
March 25

As South bans abortion, thousands turn to Illinois clinics

Hundreds of women are traveling weekly to the southern tip of Illinois to secure an abortion
March 25
March 24

Minnesota nuclear plant shuts down for leak; residents worry

A Minnesota utility has begun shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis after discovering water containing a low-level of radioactive material was leaking from a pipe for the second time
March 24
March 24

UN head says survival depends on how people manage water

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water
March 24
March 24

Why health departments are concerned about the spread of potentially deadly fungus

Nursing home residents and hospital patients are particularly at high risk.
March 24
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 24

Patel it like it is: Is coffee actually causing heart palpitations?

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel answers viewers' questions about coffee, multivitamins and CBD gummies.
March 24
VIDEO: Patel it like it is: Is coffee actually causing heart palpitations?
March 24

Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure

Kentucky’s Democratic governor has vetoed a sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths
March 24
March 24

Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoes sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths

Kentucky’s Democratic governor vetoes sweeping Republican measure aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths
March 24
March 23

Radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for 2nd time

Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant will be shut down, but there is no danger to the public
March 23
March 23

Court blocks COVID-19 vaccine mandate for US gov't workers

The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 after a federal appeals court blocked it
March 23
March 23

In reversal for Biden, US appeals court rules against COVID-19 vaccination requirement for federal employees

In reversal for Biden, US appeals court rules against COVID-19 vaccination requirement for federal employees
March 23
March 23

COVID-19 death rates varied dramatically across US, major analysis finds

Arizona had the highest death rates while Hawaii had the lowest.
March 23
A empty bed where a patient with COVID-19 died earlier in the day waits to be filled with a new patient in the ICU at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 18, 2022.
March 23

Lawsuit challenges Florida ban on gender-affirming care

Four families have filed a federal lawsuit against Florida health officials
March 23
March 23

Minnesota moves to strengthen status as 'trans refuge state'

Minnesota is moving to strengthen the state’s protections for children and their families who come for gender-affirming care by making itself a “trans refuge state,” bucking a national backlash against transgender rights
March 23