Health Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER
Health A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids’ social transitions By JOHN HANNA
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Health South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors’ group over protracted strikes By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Health 17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion By ANDREW DeMILLO
Health New York City to require warning labels for sugary foods and drinks in chain restaurants By Associated Press
Health Selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York is now illegal By MAYSOON KHAN
Health Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US with a $15 per-pack minimum By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Health UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza By EDITH M. LEDERER
Health Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help By FRED OOKO and DESMOND TIRO
Health US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say By MIKE STOBBE
Health US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Health Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers By JAMIE STENGLE
Health Jill Biden launches bike ride for wounded service members, stresses need to support vets By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Health Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California By SOPHIE AUSTIN
Health More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here’s what that means By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR
Health More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren’t more people getting help? By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Health Missouri House backs legal shield for weedkiller maker facing thousands of cancer-related lawsuits By DAVID A. LIEB
Health Dairy cattle must be tested for bird flu before moving between states, agriculture officials say By JONEL ALECCIA
Health She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump By LAURAN NEERGAARD
Health Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Health Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc help the White House unveil its national suicide prevention strategy By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Health What’s EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments? By AMANDA SEITZ
Health Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalized By NICOLE WINFIELD
Health Biden blames Trump for Florida’s 6-week abortion ban, says women nationwide face health crisis By SEUNG MIN KIM
Health New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Health Seattle hospital won’t turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas By JAMIE STENGLE
Health The pandemic exposed staff shortages at nursing homes. A new White House push aims for a remedy By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Caribbean Life New leaders take on Haiti’s chaos as those living in fear demand swift solutions to gang violence
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