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US tuberculosis cases were at their the highest level in a decade in 2023

The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023
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This 2006 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which causes the disease tuberculosis. The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 was the highest in a decade, according to a report released by the CDC on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (Janice Carr/CDC via AP)
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As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth

As Kansas prepares to ban gender-affirming care for minors, students at the state's largest university taking action
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Kansas state Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, ponders the House's support for a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after urging his colleagues to vote against it, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawrence is home to the main University of Kansas campus, where students are pushing the college to add transgender rights language to their policies. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Some cancer patients can find it hard to tell family and friends

For some cancer patients, sharing the news can be a difficult decision
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This combination of 2023 photos shows Kate, Princess of Wales, left, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. For some cancer patients, sharing the news can be a difficult decision. Austin initially kept his prostate cancer quiet. Kate also waited to publicly disclose her cancer. (Ian Vogler/Pool via AP, AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
March 28

Michelle Yeoh to join business and political leaders at Global Citizen NOW summit to fight poverty

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced...
March 28
FILE - Michelle Yeoh arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday, March 28, 2024.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
March 28

Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal

Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them
March 28
In this image from Bristol Police Department body-camera video, Austin Hunter Turner, 23, lies restrained face down in an ambulance in Bristol, Tenn., on Aug. 29, 2017. In body-camera videos, from the moment police arrived, Turner was treated as a suspect resisting arrest – not as a patient who was having a seizure. An investigation led by The Associated Press in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and FRONTLINE (PBS) has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. (Bristol Police Department via AP)
March 28

This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn't supposed to be fatal

The federal government has struggled for years to track deaths that happened after police used force like physical restraints and Tasers that isn’t supposed to be lethal
March 28
Some of the documents obtained during the Lethal Restraint investigation by The Associated Press in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and FRONTLINE (PBS) are photographed in New York on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer's knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
March 28

Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill?

Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them
March 28
Tom Ware visits the grave of his son, Taylor Ware, on what would have been his 28th birthday, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. After Taylor Ware ran from a police officer during a manic episode caused by bipolar disorder, he was attacked by a police dog, jolted by a stun gun, pinned on the ground and injected with a sedative. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
March 28

Oxford coach blasts Thames pollution as a national disgrace ahead of Boat Race with Cambridge

The coach of Oxford’s crew taking part in the Boat Race has described the pollution in London’s River Thames as a “national disgrace.”
March 28
The Cambridge men's team pass under Hammersmith Bridge during a training session on the River Thames in London, Tuesday March 26, 2024. Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the annual Boat Race between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge. Now researchers say it comes with a health warning.(John Walton/PA via AP)
March 28

Biden is announcing a new rule to protect consumers who purchase short-term health insurance plans

President Joe Biden is announcing new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk
March 28
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at El Portal restaurant, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
March 28

Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

An international team of doctors was prepared for the worst before visiting a hospital in central Gaza
March 28
FILE - Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
March 27

Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature
March 27
A Mississippi State Senate Medicaid Committee member reviews a proposed Medicaid expansion bill during the committee's meeting, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
March 27

The dangers of disturbing videos: How to protect yourself and your family

Mental health experts suggest ways you can protect your mental health.
March 27
A view of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, March 26, 2024.
March 27

West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies

West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies
March 27
FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his State of the State address, Jan. 10, 2024, in Charleston, W.Va. Justice on Wednesday, March 27, broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
March 27

Steward Health Care strikes deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum

Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances
March 27
Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey called on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, for greater oversight of a deal that financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, at a press conference in his office at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston. Markey said Optum must show it can protect health care access by controlling costs and putting patients and providers first. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)
March 27

Being HIV-positive will no longer automatically disqualify police candidates in Tennessee city

A Tennessee city has agreed to update its civil service policies so that having HIV will no longer automatically disqualify someone from serving as a police officer or first responder
March 27
March 27

Over 500 dengue fever cases reported in US territory

At least 549 cases of dengue fever have been recorded this year, officials say.
March 27
An Aedes aegypti mosquito sucks blood from a person at a laboratory in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on March 26, 2024.
March 27

Rowers in England's university Boat Race warned over E.coli levels in the Thames

Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the annual Boat Race between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge
March 27
FILE - Members of the Oxford University rowing boat crew throw their cox Laurence Harvet into the River Thames as they celebrate their win against Cambridge University at the end of their 160th annual Boat Race on the River Thames, London, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the annual Boat Race between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge. Now researchers say it comes with a health warning. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
March 27

A Japanese supplement pill is recalled after two people died and more than 100 were hospitalized

Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have been ordered to be taken off store shelves in Japan
March 27
A factory of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., is seen in Osaka, Japan on March 26, 2024. Health supplement products believed to have caused a few deaths and sickened more than a hundred people have been ordered taken off store shelves in Japan. The products from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, billed as helping lower cholesterol, contained an ingredient called “benikoji,” a red species of mold.(Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP)
March 27

50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

Religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia
March 27
Men wearing altar-boy robes take part in a pro-life march in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, March 15, 2024. Scores of religious and neo-conservative groups in recent years have been building up pressure in the staunchly Catholic country, trying to force a ban on abortions. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
March 26

Lawsuit says Ohio's gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

Two families of transgender minors have filed a constitutional challenge to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming healthcare for youth under 18
March 26
March 26

Iowa attorney general not finished with audit that's holding up contraception money for rape victims

The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault
March 26
FILE - Iowa Republican Attorney General candidate Brenna Bird speaks during a Republican Party of Iowa election night rally, Nov. 8, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault despite having a completed draft in hand. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
March 26

Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time

Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case
March 26
FILE-The Holyoke Soldiers' Home is seen in this May 29, 2018 file photo, in Holyoke, Mass. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans' Home in Holyoke, is expected to change his plea and receive probation in connection with more than 80 COVID-19 deaths at the facility in 2020. (Patrick Johnson/The Republican via AP, File)
March 26

Controversial military reproductive health care travel policy was used just 12 times in 7 months

The Pentagon says a controversial policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member have to go out of state for reproductive health care — including abortions — was only used 12 times from June to December of las...
March 26
FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. A new Pentagon study that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century has found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence. That conclusion is consistent with past U.S. government efforts to assess the accuracy of claims that have captivated public attention for decades. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
March 26

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have sweeping implications for how the federal government approves scores of medications
March 26
Abortion rights activists unfurl a banner, created by the ACLU, filled with names of people who said they support the continued access to medication abortion, outside the Supreme Court, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake in Tuesday's arguments is the ease of access to a medication used last year in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
March 26

New concussion guidelines could get athletes back to exercise, school earlier

American athletic trainers are getting behind guidelines that could allow students who sustain a concussion to return to class and physical activity sooner
March 26
March 26

Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions

Republican legislators have approved a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to the state
March 26
March 26

Cancer rate among Air Force missileers prompts questions, concerns

Service members who worked at nuclear weapons facilities seek answers.
March 26
Bioenvironmental engineers from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and the 341st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., assess environmental factors in a launch control center, June 22, 2023.
March 26

Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been promoting their health care agenda during an appearance in Raleigh, North Carolina
March 26
Vice President Kamala Harris, left, shakes hands with President Joe Biden, right, after introducing him at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
March 26

Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone

The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago
March 26
Jessica Ellsworth, who represented the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a press conference outside the Supreme Court after the Court heard oral arguments, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court heard arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake in Tuesday's arguments is the ease of access to a medication used last year in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions.(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
March 25

Cancer rate among Air Force Missileers prompts questions, concerns

ABC News' Mola Lenghi reports on the mysterious threat potentially emerging for Missileers who believe there may be a link from their cancer diagnosis and their time spent working as Missileers.
March 25
VIDEO: Cancer rate among Air Force Missileers prompts questions, concerns
March 25

Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases

Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases
March 25
March 25

Dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas test positive for bird flu

Federal officials say milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu
March 25
FILE - Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
March 25

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether or not abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, has failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it
March 25
FILE - Operating room technician Nikki Jordan performs an ultrasound on a patient at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., on July 6, 2022. A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether or not abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, has failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson, File)
March 25

Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication

The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S. Abortion opponents want the high court in arguments Tuesday to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called...
March 25
File - The Supreme Court is seen on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion when it hears arguments Tuesday, March 26, 2024, over mifepristone, a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, for a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, the race for the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
March 24

Senior doctors in South Korea submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan

Senior doctors at major hospitals in South Korea have begun submitting their resignations in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions
March 24
Medical professors queue to submit their resignations during a meeting at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 25, 2024. Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea planned to submit their resignations Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions, their leader said.(Yoon Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)
March 24

Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is it?

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone
March 24
FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
March 24

Kate and William 'extremely moved' by support since the Princess of Wales' cancer revelation

Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William, are said to be “extremely moved” by the public’s warmth and support following her shocking cancer announcement as tributes continued to pour in from around the world
March 24
Newspaper front-pages are seen at a newsagent in London, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales's revelation she is undergoing treatment for cancer has sparked an outpouring of support and well wishes from around the world. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
March 23

Wyoming governor vetoes bill to allow concealed carry in public schools and meetings

Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in schools and government meetings
March 23
FILE - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon speaks during a news conference in Cheyenne, Wyo., Monday, June 3, 2019. Gordon, on Friday, March 22, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have repealed certain gun-free zones, allowing people to carry concealed firearms in schools and government meetings. (Jacob Byk/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP, File)
March 22

What to know about Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis

ABC News’ Victor Oquendo speaks with ABC News medical contributor Dr. Darien Sutton about the potential ramifications of Kate’s diagnosis.
March 22
VIDEO: What to know about Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis
March 22

Wyoming governor vetoes abortion restrictions, signs transgender medical care ban for minors

Wyoming’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have erected significant barriers to abortion, should it remain legal in the state
March 22
FILE - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon looks on during the opening of the Western Governors Association Winter Meeting, Nov. 6, 2023, in Teton Village, Wyo. On Friday, March 22, 2024, Gordon vetoed a bill that would have erected significant barriers to abortion, should it remain legal in the state, and signed legislation that bans gender-affirming care for minors. (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)
March 22

Using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care banned by GOP-led Idaho Legislature

Lawmakers in Idaho have passed a bill to ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid
March 22
March 22

Texas medical panel won't provide list of exceptions to abortion ban

A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state
March 22
March 22

What is known about Kate's cancer diagnosis

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer but hasn't said what kind
March 22
This grab taken from a video released by the BBC Studios on Friday March 22, 2024, shows Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales recording her message announcing that following her abdominal surgery in January "tests after the operation found cancer had been present." Kate, said Friday she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. (BBC Studios via AP)
March 22

AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults
March 22
This image provided by Earkick in March 2024 shows the company's mental health chatbot on a smartphone. A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults. But experts disagree about whether these chatbots are delivering a mental health service or are simply a new form of self-help. (Earkick via AP)
March 22

Heavy-smoking West Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban lighting up in cars with kids present

West Virginia has become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present
March 22
FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers of the state Capitol, Jan. 11, 2023, in Charleston, W.Va. Justice signed a bill Friday, March 22, 2024, that would ban smoking in cars with children present. West Virginia has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
March 22

Republican lawmaker says Kentucky's newly passed shield bill protects IVF services

A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky says a bill shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability is broad enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services
March 22
FILE - Republican Kentucky Sen. Whitney Westerfield testifies during a State and Local Government Committee meeting at the state Capitol, Feb. 19, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Republican lawmaker said that a bill shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability is broad enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)
March 22

The difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC

Dr. Alok Patel shares health advice on everything from THC to potty training.
March 22
VIDEO: The difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC
March 22

Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week

Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week
March 22
Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, March 22, 2024. Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government on Friday, saying it had failed to implement a raft of promises, including a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike during which people died from lack of care. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
March 21

Requiring ugly images of smoking's harm on cigarettes won't breach First Amendment, court says

A federal appeals court says a requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking does not violate the First Amendment
March 21
FILE - This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, shows proposed cigarette warning labels. A federal rule requiring that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking, including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and feet blackened by diminished blood flow, does not violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, March 21, 2024. (FDA via AP, File)
March 21

Allergy season arrived early in US. Here's how to keep pollen from ruining spring

Allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected
March 21
An oak tree with new leaf growth also shows pollen and a drop of water hanging among the branches at a park in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The 2024 allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected. There are three main types of pollen that cause seasonal allergies. Earlier in the spring, tree pollen is the main culprit. After that grasses pollinate, followed by weeds in the late summer and early fall. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)