Health

After years of pain, opioid crisis victims confront Sackler family in court

By Geoff Mulvihill, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Victims of opioids and those who have lost loved ones to the addiction crisis are unloading their emotions on members of the family they blame for fueling the deadly epidemic.

A look inside the 1st official safe injection sites in U.S.

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

Two modest rooms in New York City are the first places in the United States where local officials are allowing illicit drug use to make it less deadly.

Man who received first transplanted pig heart dies

By Lauran Neergaard, Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

A Maryland hospital says the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died.

How climate change poses unique risks to pregnancy, according to the latest IPCC report

By Jessica Kutz, The 19th

Heat, air pollution and natural disasters all have been shown to impact maternal and fetal health. Climate and health expert Kristie Ebi says we can take more measures to protect those affected.

WHO reverses stances on COVID boosters, now 'strongly supports' extra doses

By Associated Press

An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to coronavirus vaccines, including booster doses.

Pentagon to permanently shut down leaking Navy fuel tank facility in Hawaii

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Defense Department says it will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel.

Moderna greenlights new vaccine facility in Kenya, its first in Africa

By Associated Press

Moderna says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s government for the drugmaker's first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa.

Florida to recommend against COVID vaccines for healthy kids

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

In Florida, new virus policy recommendations discourage mask-wearing and direct physicians to exercise their own judgment when treating virus patients.

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes court-ordered mental health treatment for homeless people

By Don Thompson, Janie Har, Associated Press

California’s governor has unveiled a plan to create mental health courts that would mandate services to more homeless people with severe behavioral and addiction disorders.

Florida poised to limit abortions as Supreme Court mulls Roe v. Wade

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a 15-week abortion ban into law after Florida's legislature joined the trend of Republican-led states anticipating a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could sharply limit abortion rights in America.