[ad_1] Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, California, Aug. 15, 2022. Rich Pedroncelli | AP More than 60,000 health-care workers on Thursday voted to authorize a strike against Kaiser Permanente if an agreement is not reached when their current contract expires Sept. 30. Members of SEIU-United Healthcare…
[ad_1] In this photo is the Madison South Health Center that is owned and operated by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Kevin Wang | AP Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin next week, after a state court ruled that a 174-year-old criminal law does not ban the procedure. Abortion services will resume on Monday at…
[ad_1] Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage. Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty Images The drug company Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review the case challenging the legality of the abortion…
[ad_1] Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in their isolation room on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S., January 4, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Covid hospitalizations are increasing substantially across much of the U.S. for the first time this year, just as students are…
[ad_1] Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, right, shakes hands with Judge Thomas Rose of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio after taking his oath of office, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Cedarville, Ohio. John Minchillo | AP A federal judge on Friday withdrew from a case that could block Medicare from negotiating over drug…
[ad_1] Hurricane Idalia barreled toward southeastern Georgia after hitting Florida’s Gulf Coast with life-threatening storm surges, leaving two dead and hundreds of thousands without power. Idalia made landfall in the morning as a catastrophic category 3 storm at Keaton Beach on the Big Bend coast, less than 90 miles southeast of the state capital of…
[ad_1] A street gang in Milwaukee allegedly stole millions of dollars in Covid-19 pandemic relief money that was then used to carry out a murder and purchase guns and drugs, among other items, according to a federal indictment. The 43-count indictment charges 30 members of the “Wild 100s,” also known as the “Shark Gang,” with…
[ad_1] A general view shows damage in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 15, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Hawaii Gov. Josh Green is warning developers from the mainland United States and around the world not to buy up land in the wake of catastrophic wildfires…
[ad_1] A container holding boxes of Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, though the ruling will not have an immediate impact. The…
[ad_1] An aerial view of a wildfire in Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, U.S., August 8, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Clint Hansen Of Maui Real Estate | Via Reuters President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed immediate assistance for Maui residents who have lost loved ones and their homes in…
