Lawsuits have now been filed by at least three local districts, claiming social media platforms are prioritizing profits over student wellbeing.

Across the country, schools are reporting rising cafeteria debt, and fewer kids are enrolling in their free and reduced price programs. Many states are moving to make meals free for all kids again.

Five Oklahoma families with transgender children and a doctor who treats transgender youths are challenging the state’s recently enacted ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, arguing the new law discriminates against transgender people and violates the right to parental autonomy guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. In a lawsuit filed late Tuesday in federal court, the families of...

Chatbots are just as accurate as doctors at answering patient questions and do it with more empathy, new study finds.

Healthcare

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With her insurance about to run out and Republicans in her home state of Missouri ramping up rhetoric against gender-affirming health care , Erin Stille nervously visited a foreign pharmaceutical site as a “last resort” to ensure she could continue getting the hormones she needs.

Democratic state attorneys general are finding successes that eluded them for years.

More than one in five U.S. adults who do not have a car and have limited access to public transit said in a recent poll they have forgone needed health care in the past year. The poll from the Urban Institute found that 21 percent of those without access to a car or reliable public…

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug combination that can end a pregnancy. It can also be used to manage a miscarriage.