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Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks the State’s New Abortion Ban

Wyoming’s Constitution guarantees a right to make individual health care decisions. The new ban attempts to circumvent that right by declaring that abortion is not...

Lawyers to Face Off Before Judge in Closely Watched Abortion Pills Case

The first hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn F.D.A. approval of the pills takes place Wednesday morning in Texas.

Walgreens Says It Won’t Offer the Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Conservative States

The decision applies to 21 states whose attorneys general threatened Walgreens and other pharmacies with legal action if they dispensed the pill there.

12 States Sue F.D.A., Seeking Removal of Special Restrictions on Abortion Pill

The suit argues that rules applying to mifepristone unnecessarily limit patients’ access to medication abortion.

Helping Stroke Patients Regain Movement in their Hands

The results of an innovative study suggest electrical stimulation of the spinal cord could eventually help some of the many people disabled by strokes.

New Lawsuit Challenges State Bans on Abortion Pills

The case, brought by GenBioPro, a company that makes one of two abortion drugs, argues that it is unconstitutional for a state to bar access...

Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds

An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable...

The Father of the Abortion Pill

The 96-year-old scientist who came up with an idea for an “unpregnancy pill” decades ago has led an eventful life, from his teenage days in...

F.D.A. Approves New Treatment for Early Alzheimer’s

The drug, Leqembi, may modestly slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease but carries some safety risks. Still, data suggests it is more...

CVS and Walgreens Plan to Offer Abortion Pills Where Abortion Is Legal

The two chains said they would begin the certification process under a new F.D.A. regulation that will allow retail pharmacies to dispense the prescription pills...