The high court is weighing a case that could rewrite the rules of care in more than two-thirds of U.S. abortions, limiting access to a popular drug even in states where it remains legal.
The question before the justices is who should decide what medicines are safe and effective: courts or the FDA?
Mifepristone has been used more than 5 million times in the U.S. since its FDA approval in 2000. The Supreme Court will weigh a challenge to expanding its access.
As the Supreme Court weighs limiting access to mifepristone, here are some of the numbers on abortion pill usage in the U.S. and California.
The number of tuberculosis cases in 2023 rose by 15% in California compared to the previous year. That's the highest year-over-year increase in 35 years.
Could JPL's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission use the long-troubled, massively over budget, but ultimately successful James Webb Space Telescope as a guide?
The video announcement by Catherine, Princess of Wales, about her cancer diagnosis was short on specifics. Here's a look at what we know.
Using machines that measure brain activity, scientists were able to show that dogs understand that words refer to some of their favorite objects.
A power outage that forced patients to be evacuated at a Boyle Heights hospital after the massive storm Hilary was the result of lapses in maintaining the facility, state investigators found.
When conventional farms are bordered by organic crops, conventional growers use more pesticide to keep insects at bay, study says.
Richard Ebright and Bryce Nickels of Rutgers have labeled leading virologists fraudsters, perjurers, felons and murderers. Is this how scientific debate is supposed to be conducted?
Giving clean syringes to people who inject drugs has been found to curb the spread of disease. But syringe programs are being banned in many California communities. The state is fighting back.
Marin County and other areas with too-low vaccination rates have shown that vaccine skepticism can be reversed.
SpaceX's giant Starship rocket, intended to take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars, blasts off successfully from a Texas launchpad.
A parasite that sickened 10 dogs and killed another in Southern California was found in the Colorado River in Blythe, its first known presence in the state.
More than 11% of high school seniors said in a national survey that they had used delta-8 THC, a psychoactive compound that is derived from hemp, in the last year.
More parents are choosing to delay childhood vaccinations, such as the MMR vaccine. Doctors worry toddlers remain vulnerable as measles spreads.
Microplastics draw scrutiny as potential risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Bringing back samples from the Red Planet would help us beat the Chinese, send humans into space and learn about how planets form. Congress, where's the money?
With a final 2024 budget for NASA in place, the space agency has directed JPL not to cut any more staff working on the Mars Sample Return mission.
The litigation is part of a national crusade by right-leaning advocacy and legal groups against DEI initiatives in healthcare.
The Alabama Supreme Court says frozen embryos created through IVF are children. Will clinics be required to maintain them forever? Do they have a right to be born?
Legislation to require a 'science of reading' curriculum oversimplifies the process of learning to read. It would be particularly bad for English learners.
Steve Barajas is a mechanical engineer on NASA-JPL's Europa Clipper 2024, the mission looking for an ocean beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
San Francisco is following the lead of more conservative California counties, launching an investigative unit to target fentanyl deaths as homicide cases. That means drug dealers could be charged with murder.
Most California kids rely on Medi-Cal for vital preventive care, but many are missing necessary health screenings because of trouble accessing its services.
Much of the United States will experience a total solar eclipse, when for just a few minutes the moon completely blocks the sun, on April 8.
Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings are more common in Black patients than non-Black ones. It was a problem that could be ignored a until COVID-19 hit.
The anti-aging industry is booming, but hype and hope won't make you younger, so skip the 'fountain of youth' claims and embrace healthy living.
Scientists have created a synthetic molecule that appears capable of attacking a broad range of bacteria that have become dangerously resistant to workhorse medicines.
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