The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America

Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day

British lawmakers have backed legislation that would see the legal age to buy tobacco increase by one year every year until it's eventually banned.

Celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton is backing California lawmakers’ push to increase the transparency of residential teen therapeutic centers by requiring these programs to report the use of restraints or seclusion rooms in disciplining minors.“We shouldn’t be placing youth in

On a narrow street lined with row houses and an auto body shop in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Marsella Elie climbs a home’s front steps and knocks hard on the door.A middle-aged man appears with a wary look

Physical punishment at home can have a lasting impact and end in abuse, children's doctors warn.

The measures, championed by PM Rishi Sunak, pass despite opposition by several leading Conservative figures.

Democrats in the Arizona Senate cleared a path to bring a proposed repeal of the state’s near-total ban on abortions to a vote after the state’s highest court concluded the law can be enforced and the state House blocked efforts

The head of a specialty pharmacy will be sentenced in Michigan for 11 deaths more than a decade ago that were tied to tainted steroids

Several U.S. courts have ruled this week on state laws restricting the rights of transgender young people

UK MPs have just passed the Tobacco and Vapes Bill by a 383 to 67 vote. If the measure becomes law it will ban the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009. This is not just

The local council says it is aware of concerns over "experimental procedures" on autistic children.

A girl from Cheshire is receiving pioneering treatment for dystonia, a lifelong neurological condition.

The musician broke her back in eight places after giving birth, but struggled to be taken seriously.