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Abortion rights face tectonic shift as lawmakers …

Hundreds of abortion-rights supporters rally outside the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C, on Saturday, May 13, 2023, to urge Republican legislators to sustain Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of new abortion restrictions. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

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Infertility is common in the US, but insurance coverage …

Jessica Tincopa and her husband, Rob Tran, stand for a portrait in Orange, Calif., Friday, May 5, 2023. Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment. After six miscarriages, Tincopa and her husband started saving for in vitro fertilization, which can cost well over $20,000, but the pandemic wiped out their savings and the state's health insurance marketplace doesn't cover things like IVF. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bird flu detected in 2 poultry workers in the UK; no transmission …

How the American Dream convinces people loneliness is …

FILE - People walk past an American flag inside the Oculus, part of the World Trade Center transportation hub, at the start of a work day in New York, Sept. 11, 2019. American lore is full of tales of a nation built on the foundations of individualism. In reality, loneliness in America can be deadly. In May 2023, the U.S. surgeon general declared it an epidemic, saying that it takes as deadly a toll as smoking. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious …

In this photo provided by the Templeton Prize in May 2023, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail sits for a portrait in London. Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and healthcare advocate who for decades has combatted female circumcision and strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa, was named Tuesday, May 16, 2023, as winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize, one of the world's largest annual individual awards. (Tim Cole/Templeton Prize via AP)

3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal …

FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Legal arguments over women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion move to a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in a case challenging a Food and Drug Administration decision made more than two decades ago.(AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Washington lawmakers reach deal on drug policy, avoid …

FILE - Patients line up to pick up medication for opioid addiction at a clinic in Olympia, Wash., on March 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Biden chooses cancer expert to lead National Institutes …

FILE - Dr. Monica Bertagnolli speaks at the University of California, San Francisco’s cancer center in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. President Joe Biden announced on Monday, May 15, 2023, that he plans to nominate Bertagnolli, a cancer specialist, to become director of the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool, File)

Vending machines are the latest tool for fighting …

This photo provided by Shaffer Distributing in May 2023, shows Marty Turner, director of vending sales for the company. Vending machines that have long been stocked with snacks are getting repurposed to distribute life-saving supplies to help fight the opioid epidemic. A growing number of cities and local governments are making so-called “harm reduction” items, including the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, available for free via machines. (Shaffer Distributing via AP)

A Texas woman was fatally shot by her boyfriend after …

This undated photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, in Texas, shows Harold Thompson. Thompson has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend, 26-year-old Gabriella Gonzalez. Thompson remained jailed, Friday, May 12, 2023. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Kansas governor vetoes measures to aid anti-abortion …

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference with former Kansas Teacher of the Year winners, Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. As conservative Republican lawmakers promote school choice proposals, the Democratic governor says the state should not "divert" its tax dollars to private schools. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in …

A young couple sit on the beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., Monday, May 8, 2023. For years, studies have shown a decline in the rates of American high school students having sex. That trend continued, not surprisingly, in the first years of the pandemic, according to a recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found that 30% of teens in 2021 said they had ever had sex, down from 38% in 2019 and a huge drop from three decades ago when more than half of teens reported having sex. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)