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Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg, who lost her transgender son to suicide in 2022, is consoled by former state legislator Patti Minter, left, and Rep. Tina Bojanowski after SB 150 passed the Senate on Feb. 16, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky.

Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law

5:01am April 01, 2023

by Divya Karthikeyan

This week, GOP lawmakers overruled Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto and passed a sweeping law limiting the rights of transgender youth across the state, both at school and in their personal lives.

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ShantaQuilette Develle Carter-Williams, 44, was prescribed Ozempic after a stroke put her life in danger. The drug worked wonders — until she couldn't get it.

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'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

5:00am April 01, 2023

by Stacey Vanek Smith

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

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Millions may lose free preventive health care after ruling by federal judge in Texas

6:14pm March 31, 2023

by Will Stone

Millions of Americans may lose access to free preventive health care services. Insurers have been required to cover those services under the ACA, but a federal judge in Texas struck that down.

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Governor Cooper signs Medicaid expansion

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What expanded Medicaid does and does not mean for North Carolinians

5:01pm March 31, 2023

by David Ford

This week, North Carolina became the fortieth state to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act. House Bill 76 is projected to increase coverage to hundreds of thousands of people and pave the way for billions of dollars in federal government support.

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People walk past the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, where victims were taken after a shooting at the Covenant School.

At a Nashville hospital, the agony of not being able to help school shooting victims

4:22pm March 31, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

A pediatric surgeon and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center had prepared for a mass casualty event, but the victims of Monday's shooting had already died by the time they arrived.

A homeless encampment along a street in Skid Row on Dec. 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Two days earlier, LA Mayor Karen Bass declared a state of emergency regarding homelessness in the city, where an estimated 40,000 residents are unhoused.

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When homelessness and mental illness overlap, is forced treatment compassionate?

3:25pm March 31, 2023

Democratic leaders in California and Oregon are becoming more open to using involuntary psychiatric commitment to combat homelessness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness.

Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Saturday

1:11pm March 31, 2023

by Sylvia Poggioli

The pope will leave the hospital on Saturday, three days after he was hospitalized for respiratory problems. He was diagnosed with bronchitis. Francis will be present for Palm Sunday ceremonies.

Bats congregate in the Bat Cave in Queen Elizabeth National Park on August 24, 2018. Scientists placed GPS devices on some of the bats to determine flight patterns and how they transmit Marburg virus to humans. Approximately 50,000 bats dwell in the cave.

There's a second outbreak of Marburg virus in Africa. Climate change could be a factor

12:30pm March 31, 2023

by Fran Kritz

The first outbreak this year was in Equatorial Guinea, which has seen 20 deaths already. Now there are cases reported in Tanzania as well for this infectious disease with a high fatality rate.

The future terrified Nancy until a doctor gave her life-changing advice

5:00am March 31, 2023

by Laura Kwerel

Nancy and her husband, Tom, were terrified after Tom had fainting incidents and doctors couldn't give them answers. That was until one doctor gave them some advice that continues to help them today.

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Pro-abortion rights advocates march in Boise, Idaho following the publication of a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade in May 2022.

Idaho lawmakers pass a bill to prevent minors from leaving the state for abortion

6:27pm March 30, 2023

by James Dawson

The first of its kind in the country, the Idaho legislature has passed a bill allowing criminal charges for those who help a minor get an abortion out of state. The bill now goes to Gov. Brad Little.