Selena Simmons-Duffin

The case involves just one abortion, but it’s likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.

The health care giant and the coalition of unions that walked out for three days earlier this month announced a contract deal that averts another strike.

A new Guttmacher study shared exclusively with NPR shows surprisingly little agreement among Americans about the definition of the word “abortion.”

A survey of 2,000 people found no shared definition of the word “abortion,” researchers at the Guttmacher Institute report.

Patients and doctors in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma are taking legal action against state abortion bans. Women told dramatic stories of dangerous pregnancies and delayed care.

For the first time ever, nursing homes may soon have to guarantee a registered nurse is working 24/7 in every facility.

The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won’t take effect until 2026. In the meantime, drug makers are fighting the negotiations with lawsuits.

Starting Sept. 1, limited abortion care will be legal in Texas in two pregnancy circumstances. Getting that through the conservative Texas legislature required “masterful and discreet” lawmaking.

Dr. Austin Dennard is an OB-GYN who is going to give birth very soon. She also had to leave Texas to terminate a previous pregnancy because the fetus had a fatal condition.

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead NIH’s infectious diseases institute. Colleagues say she has a wide breadth of knowledge and a joyful demeanor.