For the third year in a row, California’s plan to expand food assistance to undocumented adults 55 and older faced the risk of delay, this time through a budget clause that could have indefinitely stalled the rollout.
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Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, is ill and carrying a fetus with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. She decided to leave Texas to get an abortion.
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A trained gynecologist, Gao became well-known across China for her relentless activism in exposing a man-made AIDS crisis and for her educational work to remove the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.
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Supreme court justices in Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming will hear arguments in cases that will impact abortion access across the Mountain West. Here's what to know.
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When children have stomach pain, many parents' minds go to appendicitis, which requires surgery. But if the child can jump without major pain, they are probably OK, doctors say.
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Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It's a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.
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The court put on hold a ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo a challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S.
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The eldest grandchild of Nelson Mandela had a busy week — speaking at the climate summit COP28 about the need to aid the Global South and throwing a party to mark the 10th anniversary of his passing.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved two genetic treatments for sickle cell disease, including one that uses gene-editing. The approvals offer hope for patients and signal a new medical era.
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A new California law will allow low-income teens on Medicaid to get therapy without parental approval. That's already allowed for teens on private insurance. But the change aroused opposition.
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