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Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs like heroin

Trump wants to make the GOP a ‘leader’ on IVF. Republicans’ actions make that a tough sell

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s vow to promote in vitro fertilization by forcing health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for the treatments is at odds with the actions of much of his own party. Yet his surprising announcement Thursday reveals the former president’s realization that GOP stances on abortion

US clears updated COVID shots from Novavax, adding a 3rd fall vaccine option

U.S. regulators have cleared a third updated COVID-19 vaccine for this fall, shots made by Novavax Inc. Already, Pfizer and Moderna are shipping shots modified to better match more recent strains of the ever-evolving coronavirus. Those doses can be used in adults and children as young as 6 months. Friday, the Food and Drug Administration

Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. To date, Africa has received just a tiny fraction of the vaccines needed to

Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show

A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show. Government inspectors logged 69 instances of “noncompliance” with federal rules in the past

‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having abortions. The campaign includes ads on social media, billboards, radio and buses warning people to avoid the centers —

Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions

Life, death, crime and taxes will be on ballots for voters to decide this fall. More than 140 measures are going before voters in 41 states during the general election alongside choices for president and other top offices. The ballot questions will give voters a chance to directly decide some consequential issues, instead of deferring

Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meat, CDC says

At least nine people have died after being infected with listeria from Boar’s Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last month, federal health officials said Wednesday. The new food poisoning toll includes two deaths in South Carolina plus one each in Florida, New Mexico, Tennessee and New York, the U.S. Centers for Disease

WHO Europe laments declining rates of condom use among sexually active teens worldwide

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to central Asia. The findings come in the latest report by WHO Europe on health behavior in school-age children and

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000 donors died within three months of the

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Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

Trump wants to make the GOP a ‘leader’ on IVF. Republicans’ actions make that a tough sell

US clears updated COVID shots from Novavax, adding a 3rd fall vaccine option

Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says

Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show

‘Crisis pregnancy centers’ sue Massachusetts for campaign targeting their anti-abortion practices

Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions

Death toll is now 9 in listeria outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meat, CDC says

WHO Europe laments declining rates of condom use among sexually active teens worldwide

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows