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Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access ...

Doctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week ...

Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the country's east ...

New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline ...

Health experts say walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, bolster fitness and prevent disease ...

A pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit seeking the right to an abortion in Kentucky ...

23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs ...

An attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban ...

Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month ...

A ship suspected of carrying a large amount of hazardous waste has been allowed to dock at Albania's main port, where its cargo was being unloaded for inspection ...