Health

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court began hearing arguments Wednesday over whether state abortion bans enacted after its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade can extend to medical emergencies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart.

The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced on Wednesday an investigation into whether China is using unfair methods to deprive companies in Europe of access to its market for medical devices ranging from hypodermic needles to high-tech scanners.

OTTAWA — The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows .

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services is warning about the "significant health risk" associated with uninspected meat products purchased from eight Calgary food businesses.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S.

U.S. health officials issued a warning Tuesday about counterfeit Botox injections that have sickened 22 people. Half of the individuals have ended up in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion , the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies.