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One day after Republicans withdrew support to stall a bill that would have offered more health care for veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits, advocates regrouped to vent and find a way forward.

Executives at a Rockville biotech firm urge Congress to act swiftly on legislation that would boost the FDA and Maryland’s life sciences industry.

To help inflation-plagued and struggling families ease the burden of buying necessities, several states are scrapping the sales tax on infant and adult diapers.

The U.S. House voted mostly along party lines Thursday to send the Senate legislation that would guarantee people the right to use contraception without…

Abortion

The U.S. House passed legislation Friday that would reinstate access to abortion, though it’s highly unlikely the two bills approved on mostly party-line votes…

Advocates told Congress on Thursday that a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning a landmark abortion rights case is likely only the beginning, and could…

Democrats and Republicans on a U.S. Senate panel sharply disagreed over how Congress should respond to confusion among doctors about compliance with state abortion bans.

Food

The lack of a stable food system contributes to declining public health outcomes.

Maryland abortion clinics are “facing an overload of patients” after the Supreme Court’s reversal Roe v. Wade, a Montgomery County clinic administrator said this…

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra pledged Tuesday to work to preserve abortion access in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s…