Health

U.S. births bumped up last year, but the number of babies born was still lower than before the coronavirus pandemic. The 1% increase was a bit of a rebound from 2020.

The state health department said late Monday in an emergency order that it would no longer record the category of “gender” on people's birth certificates.

The CDC said they have a stockpile of a smallpox vaccine that is effective in treating monkeypox.

A small number of COVID-19 patients are relapsing after taking Pfizer's antiviral pill, raising questions about the drug at the center of the U.S. response effort.

A patient who traveled to Europe and came back to Sacramento most likely has monkeypox; the first known case in California.

No other candidate challenged WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the pandemic.

Business groups have warned that if the bill passes, social media companies would most likely cease operations for children in California rather than face the legal risk.

Washington health officials said Monday they were investigating a presumptive case of monkeypox in the state. It's one of less than ten confirmed or suspected monkeypox cases in the U.S.

Pfizer says it plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.

Some Facebook employees are not happy about the company's policy that bans them from talking about abortion on the job.

CDC officials last week said they are now looking into 180 possible cases across the U.S. Most of the children were hospitalized, at least 15 required liver transplants and six died.

By the year 2099, hotter “suboptimal temperatures” may reduce sleep by 50 to 58 hours per person each year, according to a new study of adults from around the world.

The Supreme Court issued opinions on Monday, and once again, the Court did not include a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the highly-anticipated abortion case that could overrule Roe v. Wade.

A doctor says the leading theory to explain the more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including the U.S. was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves in Spain and Belgium.

The flight was the first of several to provide “some incremental relief in the coming days” as the government tries to address a critical baby formula shortage.

John Driskell Hopkins, who's been with the band since the beginning, said he's noticed some balance issues and stiffness in his hands over the past several years.

The U.S. reported its first confirmed monkeypox case this week.