Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s bid to be the nation’s top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined Democrats to ...

A key Republican senator on Thursday said he was struggling with Robert F. Kennedy Jr's nomination by President Donald Trump ...

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the ...

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The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient ...

Here are some of the actions Trump’s nominees could take on abortion, if confirmed, from HHS to the Justice Department.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how ...

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy ...

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The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the ...

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo decided that the three states can continue their case against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... brought by anti-abortion groups and ...