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Anti-doping law nets first prison sentence for therapist who helped sprinters get drugs
NEW YORK (AP) — The first person charged for violating a 2020 law that forbids conspiracies to taint international sports events through performance-enhancing drugs received a three-month prison sentence.
Feb 22, 2024 1:30 PM
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Planned Parenthood asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to find 1849 abortion law unconstitutional
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a 174-year-old state law that conservatives have interpreted as an abortion ban. It's the second legal challenge to the statute since the U.S.
Feb 22, 2024 12:41 PM
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Polish lawmakers OK morning-after pill for ages 15 and over in a first step to ease reproductive law
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted on Thursday to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for ages 15 and above in a step to liberalize Poland’s strict reproductive law inherited from the previous nationalist conservativ
Feb 22, 2024 11:21 AM
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Sex ed classes in some states may soon watch a fetal development video from an anti-abortion group
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Baby Olivia isn't a real baby. It's an animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video that has become a new front in state-level abortion politics.
Feb 22, 2024 11:15 AM
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Home chef Ella Mills offers some plant-based recipes for anyone tempted by a healthier way to eat
Ella Mills knows we all want to eat healthier. But the English food writer and businesswoman also knows we're busy and we want everything to taste good. And she understands many of us are nervous about the idea of committing to no meat.
Feb 22, 2024 10:10 AM
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Nova Scotia Health drops proof of COVID-19 vaccination for its employees
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s health authority says it is lifting a requirement for its employees and on-site hospital staff to submit proof of COVID-19 immunization, beginning Monday.
Feb 22, 2024 9:32 AM
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Amid fentanyl crisis, Oregon lawmakers propose more funding for opioid addiction medication in jails
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kendra Sawyer spoke with her dad from the Deschutes County jail and told him she loved him. Six hours later, in the throes of opioid withdrawal, the 22-year-old took her own life.
Feb 21, 2024 11:12 PM
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How AI health care chatbots learn from the questions of an Indian women's organization
NEW YORK (AP) — Komal Vilas Thatkare says she doesn't have anyone to ask about her most private health questions. “There are only men in my home — no ladies," said the 32-year-old mother and housewife in Mumbai. "I don’t speak to anyone here.
Feb 21, 2024 11:07 PM
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Alabama hospital puts pause on IVF in wake of ruling saying frozen embryos are children
MONTGOMERY, Ala.
Feb 21, 2024 10:28 PM
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Dozens of Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing there since abortions were banned, study says
BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report.
Feb 21, 2024 8:46 PM
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