Health

Supreme Court agrees to hear bid for new defense of Kentucky abortion law

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Kentucky’s attorney general, who wants to be allowed to defend a restriction on abortion rights that lower courts had struck down.

WATCH: CDC director has feeling of 'impending doom' amid new spike

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Speaking during a virtual White House briefing, Dr. Rochelle Walensky grew emotional as she reflected on her experience treating COVID-19 patients who are alone at the end of their lives.

AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID-19

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely.”…

Arkansas governor signs bill allowing medical workers to refuse treatment to LGBTQ people

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

The new law won't take effect until late this summer. The measure is among several targeting transgender people advancing through Arkansas' legislature.

WATCH: Harris discusses child poverty and education with Secretary Miguel Cardona

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The expansion of the child tax credit, along with other measures, will cut childhood poverty in half this year, according to an analysis done by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University.

COVID isn't over, but Congress is starting prep for the next pandemic

By Rachel Cohrs, STAT

Congress is gearing up to write legislation to prevent the next pandemic, and a former Trump official is returning to the Hill to help.

Birx joins air-cleaning industry amid land grab for billions in federal COVID relief

By Christina Jewett, Lauren Weber, Kaiser Health News

The former top White House coronavirus adviser under President Donald Trump, Dr. Deborah Birx, has joined an air-cleaning company that built its business, in part, on technology that is now banned in California due to health hazards.

Study asks if vaccinated people can still transmit virus, Fauci says

By Associated Press

Dr. Anthony Fauci said at the White House coronavirus briefing Friday that a large trial is under way involving 12,000 college students at more than 20 universities.

WATCH: Harris swears in Becerra as health secretary

By Associated Press

The position Xavier Becerra fills is key position in the administration's coronavirus response and its ambitious push to lower drug costs, expand insurance coverage, and eliminate racial disparities in medical care.

WATCH: White House COVID task force names 3 cities as mass vaccination sites

By Associated Press

The U.S. is now vaccinating an average of 2.5 million people a day, a pace that allows the nation to meet the new goal President Joe Biden announced Thursday.