Author: Abigail Adcox, Washington Examiner

Democratic governors in 20 states are forming a coalition aimed at addressing ways to expand and protect abortion access in the country as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt abortion restrictions following the Supreme Court’s decision last year to overturn Roe v. Wade, giving states the power to determine limits on terminating a pregnancy.…

An outbreak of avian influenza that’s already infected more than 58 million poultry and 6,000 wild birds in the United States has recently begun to spill over to mammals, including humans in rare cases, spurring some fears that the virus could evolve and pose a greater risk to humans. While only a few isolated cases…

A number of colleges and universities across the country are offering emergency contraception pills to students at subsidized rates, an initiative that has gained attention following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last year. George Washington University joined a growing number of universities that have installed vending machines for emergency contraception last month, providing…

A Democratic lawmaker is pushing the Biden administration to defy any court ruling that would take an abortion medication involved in half of the abortions nationwide off the market. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration should ignore any decision that cuts off access to mifepristone, the first of two…

The South Carolina House passed a Republican bill that would place a near-total ban on abortions for the second time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. The state House approved the legislation in an 83-31 vote on Wednesday, largely along GOP party lines, that would prohibit abortions from conception with exceptions…

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that an opioid overdose reversal drug should be made available over the counter for the first time. The Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously that Emergent BioSolutions’s naloxone nasal spray, also known as Narcan, should be allowed…

The World Health Organization denied reports Wednesday that it abandoned an investigation into the origins of COVID-19, though it admitted that the agency’s efforts have been stalled due to a lack of cooperation from China. WHO officials said they will continue to push for answers as to how the virus that spurred a global pandemic…

A major anti-abortion group is committing at least $100,000 to back a conservative judge running in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race that will determine the ideological balance of the court, which would shape rulings regarding abortion in the state. A political action committee associated with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is dedicating six figures to…

Several states are using the Medicaid program as a tool to address food insecurity with the approval of the Biden administration, directing funding to pay for groceries and offer nutritional counseling. Arkansas, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Oregon have all recently been approved to use funding from the public health insurance program for low-income residents toward initiatives…

The country’s largest pharmaceutical chains have found themselves at the center of the national debate over abortion rights, as anti-abortion advocates zero in on abortion medication in the fallout from the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision. Anti-abortion groups are calling on people to protest and boycott their local CVS or Walgreens locations in response…