This court program helps at-risk youth with autism avoid juvenile detention
In Las Vegas, a first-of-its kind specialty court program provides an alternative to juvenile detention for at-risk youth with autism.
Health & Safety
Biden and Haley spar over abortion after Alabama court rules embryos are 'children'
Nikki Haley seemed to side with the Alabama court's decision, telling NBC News, "Embryos, to me, are babies." President Biden has seized the opportunity to call for enshrining Roe.
After his wife died, he joined nurses to push for new staffing rules in hospitals
Nurses have been telling lawmakers that hospital understaffing is putting patient lives at risk. They want Michigan to follow California and Oregon and institute mandatory staffing ratios.
They came to clinics in Mexico for cosmetic surgery and got a deadly fungal meningitis
The risks of medical tourism are depicted in a study of U.S patients who traveled to two clinics for procedures like tummy tucks and butt lifts — and were exposed to a virulent fungal meningitis.
Study's findings demonstrate the sweeping effects of America's drug overdose crisis
A recent study finds that nearly half of American adults know someone who died from an overdose. The RAND Corporation study was published Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health.
A hospital is suing to move a quadriplegic 18-year-old to a nursing home. She says no
The young North Carolina woman has refused to go to a nursing home in another state. While she wants to leave the hospital, she asks to live in her own home, close to family and her school.
Morning news brief
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley sharpens her critique of Donald Trump. House GOP forges ahead with Biden impeachment inquiry. Study shows how far and wide the U.S. opioid crisis has spread.
A hospital is suing a quadriplegic 18-year-old to make her go to a nursing home
A young North Carolina woman has refused to go to a nursing home in another state. While she wants to leave the hospital, she asks to live in her own home, close to family and her school.
An ambitious NIH study has brought new attention to chronic fatigue syndrome
Long COVID has brought new attention to how complex chronic illnesses can develop in the aftermath of a viral infection. Prior research may help forward clinical trials to test possible treatments.
University of Alabama in Birmingham pauses IVF procedures due to embryo ruling
The University of Alabama at Birmingham health system said it is pausing in vitro fertilization procedures after the state Supreme court ruled that frozen embryos have the same rights as children.