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The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
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Opaque waiting lists for asylum-seekers to enter the United States at the Mexico border have carried over from the Trump administration, frustrating many migrants to the point that they cross illegally. U.S. authorities began working with advocates in late April to start accepting more migrants seeking protection in the United States. -
University of California and Cal State campuses will all start providing medication abortion beginning Jan. 1 under a new state law. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, opening up abortion appointments on university campuses could ease pressure on local clinics, which will likely see an influx of out-of-state patients. -
Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are hoping a wave of newly-motivated activists will turn out this year to override an abortion ban and put broad reproductive rights in the state constitution. -
There are only a few clinics in the country that provide abortions later in pregnancy. One in New Mexico has recently seen a significant increase in patients and is bracing for more. -
It's the second time a beach event was canceled in the city in the past two weeks. -
Doctors say they're seeing a surge in the number of women who want their "tubes tied." But hospital capacity, paperwork, religion and personal opinion are just some of the reasons requests get denied. -
Local infectious disease specialist says health officials are "watching very carefully what's going on." -
Birth control pills are available without a prescription in many parts of the world. -
A growing trend in activate duty military deaths is highlighting the psychological burden that soldiers face in modern war. -
The reservoir is now below 30% of capacity. Its level has dropped 170 feet (52 meters) since reaching a high-water mark in 1983, leaving a bright white line of mineral deposits on the brown canyon walls that looms over passing motor boats as high as a 15-story building.
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