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When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in Texas — which ended just two months after she gave birth. Losing insurance so soon was stressful. She supports a push for Texas to extend Medicaid coverage for a full year after childbirth.

In Texas, Medicaid ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

In Texas, many uninsured people can access Medicaid if they get pregnant. But 2 months after giving birth, the coverage ends. Advocates say new moms need a full year, to improve maternal health.

A vaccine candidate for Lyme disease is moving through the clinical pipeline, as the tick-borne disease spreads to new areas. Here, a tick is seen at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research.

A vaccine for Lyme disease is in its final clinical trial

There isn't currently a Lyme disease vaccine on the U.S. market. Researchers are hoping to change that.

Vlad begins his round of evacuations picking up civilians in Druzhkivka on Dec. 14, 2022, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

Meet the volunteers bringing relief to the residents of embattled Bakhmut, Ukraine

Photographer Natalie Keyssar recounts the work of The Angels of Salvation, a group of volunteers dedicated to bringing aid to and helping to evacuate civilians in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Judy Heumann was a major American civil rights activist who remained little-known until a flurry of attention in the last three years of her life.

Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it means to be disabled

Heumann was instrumental in pushing to expand the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and continued to advocate for disability rights around the globe. She died on Saturday at age 75.

The organs of the male torso, including the lungs, heart, liver, stomach and intestines are seen in an engraving by Michael van der Gucht from around 1688.

What is Shigella, the increasingly drug-resistant bacteria the CDC is warning about?

Shigella causes shigellosis, an inflammatory diarrhea. The extensively drug-resistant strain is relatively uncommon overall, but it's being seen in more cases among adults.

A participant in a trial at Washington University in St. Louis. relaxes after receiving a dose of psilocybin, a psychedelic drug.

After decades of reluctance, the VA is studying psychedelic drugs for PTSD and other disorders

Research into psychedelic drugs was halted in the 1960s amid concern about recreational use. Now, the VA is among dozens of medical providers resuming that work.

Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration more power to hold drugmakers accountable as part of the mammoth spending bill that became law in December 2022.

FDA has new leverage over companies looking for a quicker drug approval

The Food and Drug Administration has new tools to hold drug companies accountable for promises they make about medications. But the agency has yet to show its hand in using this new power.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and other Democrats are making the Affordable Care Act the centerpiece of their opposition to Judge Amy Coney Barrett at Barrett's confirmation hearing.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein hospitalized with shingles

The oldest member of Congress, California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, has been hospitalized in San Francisco with a case of shingles. The 89-year-old Feinstein says in a statement she was diagnosed last month and is receiving treatment.

UC San Diego postdoctoral scientists and their student researcher colleagues rally in the rain, Wednesday, for full enforcement of their contracts ratified in late December, La Jolla, Calif., March 1, 2023.

UC San Diego postdoctoral union members rally for contract rights

There was a rally of support for a couple of postdoctoral scientists who claim they are victims of academic bullying.

File photo of people rallying in support of abortion rights at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 21, 2019.

California is a haven for reproductive rights, but anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers still thrive

Well-funded anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers still outnumber abortion clinics throughout the state and in San Diego.

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