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What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

What do weight loss drugs mean for a diet industry built on eating less and exercising more?

NEW YORK (AP) — Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220.
US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

US births fell last year, marking an end to the late pandemic rebound, experts say

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there's barely any sex ed. Experts say it's a problem

Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there's barely any sex ed. Experts say it's a problem

PUTUCUAL, Venezuela (AP) — Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth contro
Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help

Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help

MIGORI, Kenya (AP) — As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. Her sister Winnie Akinyi, the guardian to Awuor’s orphaned son, fell to the ground, wailing.
US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. One iteration of the issue was back before the U.S.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to let Arizona doctors provide abortions in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Arizona doctors could give their patients abortions in California under a proposal announced Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom to circumvent a ban on nearly all abortions in the neighboring state.
New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers

Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers

DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients
Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

Key moments in the Supreme Court's latest abortion case that could change how women get care

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first test on Wednesday of state abortion bans that have been enacted since the court upended the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to abortion.
Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools

Tennessee lawmakers join movement allowing some teachers to take guns into schools

Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state's capital city stirred impassioned debate about the best ways to curb such violence.
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