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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Isabel Coronel, 76, walked into a hospital for the first time in almost 30 years last month.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Drawers opened and shut. Garbage bags filled with clothes, birthday cards and pocketbooks. They had to go.

Doctors in Sri Lanka are urging their patients not to fall ill or get into accidents as the country's economic crisis leaves its trusted health care system without medicines and other vital supplies

WASHINGTON — The state laws enacted since the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization have come in rapid succession: A doctor in South Dakota accused of inducing an abortion could be guilty of a Class 6 felony punishable by two years in prison.

Ukraine is getting an additional $1.7 billion in assistance from the U.S. government and the World Bank

Abortion decision leaves some doctors concerned that treating miscarriages will put them at risk of criminal prosecution.

Investors seem to show renewed interest in the healthcare sector as COVID-19 cases rise worldwide and portfolio resiliency amid the uncertain macro environment. So, fundamentally strong healthcare stocks Cigna Corp (CI), Centene Corp (CNC), and Humana (HUM) might be solid buys now. Read on.

Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety standards, leaving health care workers with a greater risk of infection than advertised.

The expiration of subsidies approved as part of a COVID-19 response package passed last year is expected to also drive up health care costs.