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A newborn baby boy yawns as he sits with his mother at Emerson Hospital in Massachusetts.

CDC reports drop in US fertility rate

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 20, 2024 at 1:34pm
Banners along Michigan Avenue welcome the 2024 Democratic National Convention to Chicago.

Harris faces hurdles to build on momentum at convention

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 16, 2024 at 5:00am
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, arrive at an event Thursday at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Thank you, Joe’: Biden begins long goodbye after five decades in spotlight

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 15, 2024 at 3:27pm
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are expected to discuss the new drug prices Thursday at an event in Maryland.

CMS announces Medicare prices for first negotiated drugs

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 15, 2024 at 10:46am
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appears outside the Capitol on June 14. She has introduced a measure that would make it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to minors.

Trans care debate influenced by misinformation, doctors say

By Nina Heller
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:30am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., participates in a news conference n the Capitol on March 14.

NIH reorganization unlikely to happen this Congress, analysts say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:00am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, right, and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speak to the cameras outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on April 26, 2022. Paxton is challenging President Joe Biden's nursing home staffing rule.

Texas sues Biden over nursing home staffing mandate

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 14, 2024 at 4:16pm
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 23.

Surgeon general hones dual focus on mental health, gun violence

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 14, 2024 at 9:43am
President Joe Biden speaks at a Biden Cancer Moonshot Event at Tulane University in New Orleans on August 13, 2024.

Biden announces $150 million ‘Cancer Moonshot’ investment

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 13, 2024 at 5:53pm
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz. on April 15. Officials in Arizona and Missouri certified proposed amendments in the states this week.

Arizona and Missouri greenlight abortion rights amendments

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 13, 2024 at 4:54pm