Health

Health advice is all over social media; here’s how to vet claims

Health and wellness advice is available in abundance on social media — from trendy to informative to straight-up disinformation — and you're far from alone in seeing it. A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults — and around half of those under 50 — ...

Most abortions in Kansas use mifepristone; legal attacks could limit access

The legal battle over mailing the abortion drug mifepristone is affecting clinics in Kansas, where medication abortions are by far the most common method. The most recent data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows more than 70% of abortions in 2024 were by ...

Court restricts abortion access by blocking mailing of mifepristone

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone prescriptions. Friday’s unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is requiring that the ...