Health

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out Saturday at the World Health Organization after its leader said Beijing should have shared genetic information earlier.

The morning Greg Ritchie died, he was on his way to the grocery store to purchase cake mix in an effort to cheer up his brother and sister-in-law. Chantel Ritchie, his sister-in-law, said it was a tradition of theirs to bake together.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S.

SEATTLE (AP) — Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-central Washington state after testing found high levels of chemicals related to a dangero

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge in Washington state on Friday ordered U.S.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov.

A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.

Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani will be heading to prison later this month after an appeals court rejected his bid to remain free while he contests his conviction for carrying out a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover,

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas approved a plan early Friday to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth, capping a week of intensifying efforts to roll back LGBTQ rights.

TOPEKA, Kan.