Health Care

By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press WASHINGTON — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on Thursday backed Pfizer’s shot despite some…

By Brendan Farrington | Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming care for minors, target drag shows, restrict discussion of personal pronouns in schools and force people…

A three-story medical office building totaling 46,000 square feet, located at 2512 Samaritan Court in San Jose, part of the Good Samaritan Hospital campus redevelopment and expansion, concept. (RBB Architects) SAN JOSE — New medical office…

By Margaret Stafford | Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri officials terminated the Republican attorney general’s emergency rule that would have placed limits on transgender care for minors and some adults. The move was announced…

The World Health Organization says it’s “enthusiastic” about using new artificial technologies in health care, but called for caution and raised concerns about bias and misinformation seeping into the tools.  “While WHO is…

By Jen Christensen | CNN Signs urging everyone to mask up have largely disappeared from places like grocery stores and schools in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. But they remain in many medical offices, and a study published Monday…

A woman from the remote island community of Grand Manan, N.B., is speaking out after her mother missed getting medication for a stroke due to an air ambulance delay. Tatum Worthen said her mother Lorraine was doing dishes on Sunday…

By Matthew Perrone | Associated Press WASHINGTON — 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…

Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and another bill that would prevent transgender girls and women from competing on girls' and women's sports teams. The bills…

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50, according to a draft recommendation from a federal task force. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has long said…