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U.S. Adult Cigarette Smoking Rate Hits New All-time Low
U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, while electronic cigarette use rose.
Amazon Axes 'Halo' Fitness Devices in Cost-cutting Move
Amazon is winding down its health-focused Halo devices and membership as the tech giant continues to cut costs.
Cosmetic to Critical: Blue States Help Trans Health Coverage
More than a half-dozen states, from New Jersey to Vermont to Colorado, have passed or are considering bills or executive orders around transgender health care, civil rights and other legal protections.
ACLU Sues to Block Missouri Rule on Transgender Health Care
The Missouri ACLU on Monday sued to block new state restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care, which are set to kick in Thursday.
Dying Patients Protest Looming Telehealth Crackdown
Online prescribing rules for controlled drugs were relaxed three years ago under emergency waivers to ensure critical medications remained available during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Transgender Kids, a Frantic Rush for Treatment Amid Bans
As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped her new classmates would see her as a girl.
Supreme Court Set to Decide on Access to Abortion Pill
The Supreme Court is facing a self-imposed Friday night deadline to decide whether women's access to a widely used abortion pill will stay unchanged or be restricted.
North Dakota Governor Signs Law Limiting Trans Health Care
North Dakota's Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender health care in the state, immediately making it a crime to give gender-affirming care to people younger than 18.
FDA Clears Extra COVID Booster for Some High-risk Americans
U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older Americans and people with weak immune systems.
Rep. George Santos Introduces Bill Named for Nicki Minaj
Out New York Rep. George Santos, who has shrugged off calls to resign following revelations he fabricated most of his resume to voters, has introduced a bill named for pop star Nicki Minaj.
Hospital Sues Missouri's Top Prosecutor over Trans Care Data
A Kansas City hospital is suing Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over what it calls his "burdensome" requests for records on gender-affirming care.
Colorado Offers Safe Haven for Abortion, Transgender Care
A trio of health care bills enshrining access in Colorado to abortion and gender-affirming procedures and medications became law as the Democrat-led state tries to make itself a safe haven for its neighbors, whose Republican leaders are restricting care.
Transgender Adults Brace for Treatment Cutoffs in Missouri
Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she'll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making "life worth living."
Latest Ruling on Pill Shifts US Abortion Landscape Again
A federal appeals court has kept an abortion pill available, clarifying the U.S. abortion landscape but not settling it. The court's decision late Wednesday preserved but narrowed access to an abortion pill across the U.S.
Court Preserves Access to Abortion Drug, Tightens Rules
A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.
White House Moves to Protect Some Abortion Patients' Records
The White House proposed a federal rule to limit how law enforcement and state officials collect medical records if they investigate women who flee their home states to seek abortions elsewhere.
Moderna Says Potential Flu Vaccine Needs More Study
Moderna shares slipped Tuesday morning after the COVID-19 vaccine developer said its potential flu vaccine needs more study in a late-stage clinical trial.
Post-Sex Pill Seen As New Tool To Fight Rising STD Rates
U.S. health officials released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually transmitted infections.
Gender-affirming Care's Long History Doesn't Only Include Trans People
When politicians today refer to gender-affirming care as new, "untested" or "experimental," they ignore the long history of transgender medicine in the United States.
Here's How to Conquer Travel Constipation
There are few feelings as frustrating as feeling like you have a ton of bricks sitting in your stomach while on vacation.