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By THALIA BEATY, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM - Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on…

By VALERIE GONZALEZ - Associated Press HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood…

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of a an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared to have a seizure and died on her…

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — An 8-year-old girl who died last week in Border Patrol custody was seen at least three separate times by medical personnel on the day of her death — complaining of vomiting, a stomachache and later…

AP PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee signed a bill into law Thursday that would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire House gave preliminary approval Thursday to making the state’s expanded Medicaid program permanent, rejecting attempts to set another expiration date or otherwise change it.The lengthy…

By TOM MURPHY - AP Health Writer Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment.After six miscarriages, Tincopa…

By TOM MURPHY - AP Health Writer Jessica Tincopa may leave the photography business she spent 14 years building for one reason: to find coverage for fertility treatment.After six miscarriages, Tincopa…

By LISA RATHKE - Associated Press BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Brittany Plucas, 29, and her boyfriend will likely sleep in her car when they have to leave the Hilltop Inn on the first of June. The couple both…

By AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that advanced-practice registered nurses can continue to provide abortion care in the state,…