May 10, 2023, 6:52pm Health Free
Gov. Jay Inslee has rescinded a requirement that Washington state employees receive vaccinations for COVID-19, ending one of the strictest such mandates in the country. Read story
May 10, 2023, 10:40am Health
Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. Read story
May 10, 2023, 10:22am Health
Vermont’s Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone. Read story
May 10, 2023, 10:20am Health
Britain’s fertility regulator said the first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people have been born, in an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. Read story
May 10, 2023, 9:58am Health
For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person’s full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as “the guy from Buffalo.” Read story
May 9, 2023, 4:29pm Health
Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday. Read story
May 9, 2023, 10:43am Health
A new look at the science of preventing breast cancer deaths promises to reshape when, and how many, mammograms American women will get — again. Read story
May 9, 2023, 10:39am Health
Controlled substances like Adderall will be allowed to be prescribed online into 2024, a reversal of a previously announced position, US government agencies said Tuesday. Read story