Health
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Ebola cases in Uganda rise to 9, while 265 others are being monitored under quarantine
Ebola cases in Uganda have risen to nine, while 265 other people were being monitored under quarantine, health authorities said Tuesday.
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What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion
Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading...
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Judge pauses NIH plan to cap 'indirect' costs in response to lawsuit from states
A Massachusetts federal judge put a pause Monday on the Trump administration's push to change how the National Institutes of Health funds research.
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Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump administration to halt cuts in medical research funding
Attorneys general from 22 states filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration for slashing funding for medical and public health...
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Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. U.N. says take time to do it right
Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations' climate chief calls "among the most important policy documents...
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HIV infections could jump over 6 times if U.S. support is dropped and not replaced: UNAIDS chief
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the...
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Efforts to put carbon dioxide underground face less support in Trump's second term
Putting carbon dioxide from power plants and industrial facilities underground where it won't contribute to global warming could see less federal...
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A fitness club in a Zimbabwe cemetery aims to outpace death one step at a time
At dawn, 65-year-old Nelly Mutandwa swapped her pajamas for leggings, a T-shirt and sneakers. She grabbed a bottle of water before heading to an...
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The U.S. stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected
The day after President Donald Trump returned to office, Lisa Suhay took her 21-year-old daughter, Mellow, to a passport office in Norfolk,...
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DOJ flips position, now supports Tennessee's law restricting transgender treatments on children
The Justice Department, now under President Trump's control, on Friday said it switched legal positions and backs Tennessee's law limiting the...
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New York temporarily shutters bird markets after seven cases of avian flu are detected in NYC
New York on Friday ordered a weeklong shutdown of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island after seven cases of avian...
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Bill to permanently underscore fentanyl's danger is speeding through Congress
The effort to permanently place deadly fentanyl and its chemical cousins on America's list of the most dangerous drugs is gaining momentum in...