The Texas law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, bans abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually at about six weeks.
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Refuse to get a vaccine? You might be hit with expensive medical bills, employer mandates
The unvaccinated could pay a larger share of their medical bills because insurers have dropped fee waivers and employers mandate testing for non-vaccinated workers.
The delta variant is ‘ripping through the unvaccinated’ and crowding hospitals in Florida, Texas
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths were up in nearly all 50 states last week, fronted by Florida and Texas, according to CDC data.
America’s fittest city is Arlington, Virginia – for the fourth straight year, study finds
America’s fittest cities report ranks the nation’s 100 most populous cities by 34 measures of personal health, outcomes and community indicators.
‘We were racing against time’: New Jersey family lives to tell of harrowing escape from collapsing Florida condo building
The Aguero family lives full-time in northern New Jersey and frequently visits the Florida condo for quick vacations and weekend getaways.
‘Creates more problems than it’s worth’: CDC eases COVID-19 testing recommendations for vaccinated people
The CDC now says vaccinated people without symptoms mostly don’t need to get tested – even if exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
No-prescription, rapid COVID-19 home tests to be sold at CVS, Walgreens and Walmart beginning this week
Consumers will be able to buy rapid coronavirus tests without a prescription beginning this week at CVS, Walgreens and Walmart. Some worry about cost.
‘More confidence about the results’: FDA authorizes two rapid COVID-19 tests for home screening
Consumers will soon be able to buy rapid COVID-19 tests at pharmacies and grocers without a prescription after the FDA authorized two home tests.
Consumers filed 106 injury claims from COVID-19 vaccines, ventilators and hydroxychloroquine. Here’s why none have been paid.
A federal program had 106 injury claims for vaccines, hydroxychloroquine and other COVID-19 treatments but had not decided any claim as of March 15.
‘Ludicrous’: Cheap, quick COVID-19 tests have been slow to gain FDA approval, a continuing point of frustration
Experts say the U.S. could speed up COVID-19 testing with inexpensive rapid tests, but companies have been unable to gain FDA authorization.