Protests against China’s restrictive COVID-19 measures appeared to roil in several cities Saturday night, in displays of public defiance fanned by anger over a deadly fire in the western Xinjiang region

Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region have opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city’s draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months

Residents of some parts of China's capital are overwhelming delivery apps as the city government orders faster construction of quarantine centers and field hospitals

Malta’s government has introduced legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley ambition that veered into deceit

Abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade filed a lawsuit Friday that takes aim at medication abortions

A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining U.S. hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections

The Indian Health Service says all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment, when appropriate

TikToc's Mom Friend, Cathy Pedrayes shares tips on having that talk with your children about online safety. More and more technology is being put into the hands of our children and making sure they know how to use the internet safely is becoming increasingly important.

A senior health official says two days of tribal fighting in Sudan’s south has killed at least 220 people, marking one the deadliest bouts of tribal violence in recent years

The Biden administration says the worst-of-the-worst nursing homes will now face tougher penalties if conditions don’t improve at their facilities

A young Ukrainian boy with disabilities is now an orphan after his father was taken by cancer in the devastated eastern city of Izium

Free vasectomies will be available next month at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade

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The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly established