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A decision from the Alabama Supreme Court has alarmed doctors, patients and reproductive rights advocates. The court ruled that frozen embryos, created through in vitro fertilization, are legally children and thus protected. The designation of personhood could have significant repercussions

For years, churches and nonprofits have banded together money to bail out people from jail, often in time for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. But these wide-scale initiatives could be significantly restricted, if not criminalized, under a recently passed Georgia

Getting the flu shot any time during respiratory virus season is better than not getting it at all. But vaccine protection wanes, so timing the shot properly can help antibodies peak when cases are highest. Researchers wanted to figure out

The realism of AI-generated video is one of the more remarkable, and potentially scary, developments we’ve seen so far with the technology. Oren Etzioni studies artificial intelligence and is the founder of truemedia.org, an organization that fights against AI-based disinformation.

United Nations agencies and aid groups say the ongoing hostilities, the Israeli military’s refusal to facilitate deliveries and the breakdown of order inside Gaza make it increasingly difficult to bring vital aid to much of the coastal enclave.

Alabama hospital pauses IVF treatments after court ruling on embryos  The Associated Press Days after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children, one facility pauses IVF treatment  CNN Read Alabama Supreme Court’s frozen embryo ruling: IVF in doubt if life

Broadbent, diagnosed at age 3, was one of the first generation of children born HIV positive, and known for raising awareness to lessen the stigma of the disease from a young age. She died Tuesday. (Image credit: Leon Bennett)

Suspect in Audrii Cunningham’s death is charged with capital murder after the girl’s body was found in a river tied to a rock  CNN Funeral arrangements announced for Audrii Cunningham  KHOU.com Body of 11-Year-Old Texas Girl Who Vanished on Way to School

Alexei Navalny is the latest in a string of critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin to die. So what is the future of Russian opposition? We hear about the challenges Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, will face in taking a leadership

Alexei Navalny is the latest in a string of critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin to die. So what is the future of Russian opposition? We hear about the challenges Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, will face in taking a leadership