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After an alarming spike in 2021, maternal mortality numbers the next year went back down, according to a report released Thursday. CDC Director Mandy Cohen says the rates are still too high.

Health & Safety

The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike

1:54pm May 02, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.

Amazon and Target are among the latest big retailers to stop selling weighted infant sleepwear due to concerns about safety. Here, a woman pushes a stroller as the New York skyline is seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.

National

Amazon, Target and other retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear over safety fears

8:16am May 02, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

Federal regulators, medical experts and safe-sleep advocates have warned of the potential danger of weighted infant sleepwear, but manufacturers say their products have helped millions of families.

Instructions for a fingernail filing gadget for infants says, "Stay away from children." It's enough to make a new parent holler.

Health & Safety

Oh dear! Baby gear! Why are the manuals so unclear?

9:01am May 01, 2024

by Darius Tahir

Sure, new parents are an anxious lot. But instruction manuals for devices meant to keep the baby safe and healthy are daunting and add to the anxiety. Why are they so confusing?

Thousands of abortion rights protesters rallied in Tampa on Oct. 2, 2021.

Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, curbing access across the South

5:08am May 01, 2024

by Stephanie Colombini

Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.

The new guidelines were prompted by increased rates of breast cancer in women in their 40s. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40.

Mammograms should start at age 40, new guidelines recommend

2:19pm April 30, 2024

by Allison Aubrey

A rise in breast cancer among younger women prompted the U.S. Preventive Task Force to issue new screening guidelines. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40.

Voters take to the polls in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, during the 2022 Midterm Elections at Ladue City Hall in Ladue, Mo.

Abortion rights on the ballot may not be bad news for Republicans everywhere

5:01am April 30, 2024

by Jason Rosenbaum

More states than ever are gearing up to vote on abortion rights this fall, including Republican-led Missouri. There, voters could show the issue isn't a down-ballot Democratic dream everywhere.

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Siblings may not be obvious fodder for the therapist's office, but experts say maybe they should be. "People just don't perceive those relationships as needing the type of attention and tending one might bring to a spouse or child," says Kelly Scott of Tribeca Therapy in New York.

Health & Safety

All grown up, but still fighting? Why more siblings are turning to therapy, together

5:18am April 29, 2024

by Carrie Feibel

Plenty of people go to couples therapy — why not siblings therapy? Experts say the long, complicated relationships between siblings are worth exploring and tending to.

Got brothers or sisters? Warm sibling bonds help boost happiness as you age

10:44am April 27, 2024

by Allison Aubrey

Researchers have found that a warm, close bond with a sibling in early adult life is predictive of good emotional health later in life, with less loneliness, anxiety and depression.

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said he would "hate to think" hospital administrators are publicizing the number of emergency flights out of state "just to make a political statement."

Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply

6:08pm April 26, 2024

by Julie Luchetta/Boise State Public Radio

Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect.

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A dying father looks for the perfect family to adopt his son in 'Nowhere Special'

5:19pm April 26, 2024

by Bob Mondello

A young single dad is on a mission in the film Nowhere Special. With a terminal illness and no family to turn to, he's searching for the perfect adoptive family for his four-year-old son.