Rep. Leigh Finke, Minnesota's first openly trans legislator, arrives to cheers from supporters just before before the Minnesota Senate introduced the trans refuge bill at the state capitol building in Saint Paul in April 2023. Transgender rights may come up in the vice presidential debate on Tuesday. Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Maryland State House on May 11, 2023, in Annapolis, MD. Brian Witte/AP hide caption
Nicole Fahey, six months pregnant, receives a Pfizer vaccination from a nurse on Nov. 3, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag/Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
A new scientific report finds that the gap between federal and state regulations on cannabis is leading to emerging problems with public health Jim Mone/AP hide caption
The Food and Drug Administration approved Cobenfy, a twice-a-day medication that is a new kind of treatment for schizophrenia in adults. Steve Belkowitz/Bristol Myers Squibb hide caption
Veronica, 17, drove with her mother nearly four hours from her home in Iowa to visit a doctor in Minneapolis in September. Iowa banned gender-affirming care for youth in March 2023.
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A doctor shows what a 3D image of the breast using tomosynthesis (3D mammography) looks like on a screen. South China Morning Post/Getty Images hide caption
Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg (D-Louisville), is consoled by colleagues after SB 150 passed the Senate, 29-6, at the Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort on Feb. 16, 2023. Berg's transgender son died by suicide in December 2022. Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Debra Ragoonanan, a nursing assistant, says she has endured PTSD after COVID killed dozens in 2020 at the Massachusetts veterans facility where she still works. The state agreed to a $56 million settlement for veterans and their families, but caretakers have gotten little assistance. Amy Maxmen/KFF Health News hide caption
Some employers are giving workers contributions to buy their own health care plans on the individual marketplace. It can mean a better plan option for some, though critics note it moves the complex process of choosing a good plan from staff to employees. ljubaphoto/Getty Images/E+ hide caption
Jason Mazzola walks to work at The Residence at Natick South, an LCB Senior Living community in Natick, MA. August 22, 2024.
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Ravi Coutinho took a picture of himself on May 22, 2023, hoping to mark the beginning of his recovery from alcohol use disorder. Webber Coutinho family hide caption
A "ghost network" is when a health plan lists providers in its network who are not actually available. The problem is rampant in mental health care, reporting by ProPublica shows. Stone RF/PM Images/Getty Images hide caption
Plastic wrap used on cucumbers has been found to contain phthalates. J Rosello/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption
Rats and people have long coexisted. Now research may find out a lot more about them Gary Hershorn/Getty Images hide caption
In August, Mary Collins and daughter Rory were both still recovering after Collins experienced severe high blood pressure in her pregnancy, which led to Rory’s premature delivery. Thom Bridge for KFF Health News hide caption
As his stem cells are collected, DeShawn “DJ” Chow talks about his upcoming sickle cell gene therapy treatment with pediatric hematologist-oncologist Leo Wang at City of Hope Children’s Cancer Center on May 22. City of Hope hide caption
In recent years. more cancers are being detected but treatments and outcomes are also improving. megaflopp/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption
Anti-abortion protesters march past the Planned Parenthood in Bloomington, Ind., after the Rally for Life march in January 2023. The facility offers birth control and testing for sexually transmitted diseases now that abortion is banned in Indiana. Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Light enters the compound eye of the fly, causing hexagonally arranged photoreceptors to send electrical signals through a complex neural network, enabling the fly to detect motion. Siwanowicz, I. & Loesche, F./HHMI Janelia Research Campus, Lappalainen, J.K. / University of Tübingen hide caption
After the Change Healthcare cyberattack wreaked chaos in the health care system, members of the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from Andrew Witty, chief executive officer of UnitedHealth Group, Change Healthcare's parent company. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption