Georgia ban on transgender healthcare is challenged in lawsuit
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Four Georgia families sued the state in federal court on Friday to stop a law…
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Indiana’s top court allows near-total abortion ban
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The Indiana Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law banning nearly all abortions in the…
U.S. Supreme Court won’t weigh gender dysphoria’s status under disability law
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned away a dispute involving a…
Consumers, food-makers face choice as WHO cancer agency set to warn on aspartame sweeteners (June 29)
(Corrects June 29 story to remove reference to aspartame in Weight Watchers yoghurts in paragraph 6) By Richa Naidu and…
In parched Uruguay, tensions rise as water levels fall
CANELONES, Uruguay (Reuters) – At the Canelon Grande Reservoir, a major source of water for Uruguay’s thirsty capital Montevideo, water…
Trump, DeSantis allies drive a 2024 election spending spree
By Jason Lange and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two groups allied with former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor…
Hold the Ozempic before surgery, US doctors say
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – People taking popular diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and…
US FDA approves BioMarin’s gene therapy for hemophilia A
By Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s gene therapy for severe hemophilia…
US conservative group led by billionaire Koch to spend big to beat Trump
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -The conservative U.S. political network led by billionaire Charles Koch has raised over $70 million to…
Canadian wildfire smoke spreads, 100 million Americans under air-quality alerts
By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) -Murky, dull skies loomed over tens of millions of Americans on Thursday as smoke from…