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Employers are required to make accommodations for pregnant women and new moms like time off for doctor's appointments. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
Menthol cigarettes are popular among Black and Latino smokers, and a Biden administration official cited civil rights as a reason the ban is being dropped. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Got brothers or sisters? Warm sibling bonds help booster happiness as you age
Employers are required to make accommodations for pregnant women and new moms like time off for doctor's appointments. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
What abortion politics has to do with new rights for pregnant workers
Menthol cigarettes are popular among Black and Latino smokers, and a Biden administration official cited civil rights as a reason the ban is being dropped. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback'
Katie Krimitsos is among the majority of American women who have trouble getting healthy sleep, according to a new Gallup survey. Krimitsos launched a podcast called Sleep Meditation for Women to offer some help. Natalie Champa Jennings/Natalie Jennings, courtesy of Katie Krimitsos hide caption
Former National Health Institute Director Francis S. Collins. Graeme Jennings - Pool/Getty Images hide caption
The Imvanex vaccine is one of two available vaccines that are used to protect against the mpox virus. Vaccines were widely used during the 2022 mpox outbreak. But currently no vaccines are available in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has reported thousands of cases so far this year. Alain Jocard /POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bird flu is spreading through U.S. dairy cattle. Scientists say the risk to people is minimal, but open questions remain, including how widespread the outbreak is and how the virus is spreading. DOUGLAS MAGNO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador said he would "hate to think" hospital administrators are publicizing the number of emergency flights out of state "just to make a political statement." Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply
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Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply
The Flint River water starts flowing to Flint, Mich. on April 25, 2014. Without corrosion control, lead leeched from the pipes. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images hide caption
10 years after Flint, the fight to replace lead pipes across the U.S. continues
An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood in March 2023. Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit on Thursday, challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Cows are seen on a dairy farm in Virginia on October 5, 2022. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case examining a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Dr. Jeffrey Stern, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, prepare the gene-edited pig kidney with thymus for transplantation. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health hide caption
A woman with failing kidneys receives genetically modified pig organs
Caitlynn Almance (wearing orange) poses for a portrait with family members at her parents' home in Odessa, Texas. "The bond my siblings have with each other — it's just the most beautiful bond ever," says Caitlynn, who was six months pregnant in this photo taken in early March. Danielle Villasana for NPR hide caption
How do you get siblings to be nice to each other? These Latino families have an answer
The Biden administration is establishing new standards for how much time each day a nursing home resident gets direct care from a nurse or an aide. picture alliance/Getty Images hide caption
Wildfire smoke from Canada caused dangerously unhealthy air quality in New York City and across much of the U.S. in 2023. While air quality has improved greatly in the U.S. in recent decades, wildfire smoke and other climate-influenced problems are endangering that progress. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case from Idaho that centers on abortion rights. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Supreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
The Supreme Court will hear another case about abortion rights on Wednesday. Protestors gathered outside the court last month when the case before the justices involved abortion pills. Tom Brenner for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption