A number of new laws took effect starting Jan. 1. Act 112, from a bill introduced in 2023 by state Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, a Puna Democrat, makes Hawaii a part of the Interstate Medical Licensure ...

At the beginning of 2025, a suite of fifteen Washington bills became law, transforming key areas from health care to workers' ...

Source: Gold panners blamed for surge in HIV infections in Mazowe – The Standard THE Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has ...

Health officials overseeing the city of Wuhan in China have been forced to stop HIV clinics from uploading results to a new digital system for test sharing after two HIV positive patients were refused ...

Our Public Health Act was first enacted in 1921, and despite multiple amendments, it largely remains a colonial relic that has never been customised to speak to the Kenyan context ...

A new law that allows minors between 14 and 17 years old to consent to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases went ...

New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people possibly exposed to HIV. These are among the changes in ...

Washington state lawmakers passed roughly 340 bills during the 2024 legislative session, which wrapped up in March. Most took ...

The NSW premier, the local federal member and the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies have condemned Islamophobic graffiti that has appeared under a bridge in Western Sydney.

The Delhi High Court orders Lok Nayak Hospital to treat a HIV positive transwoman without identity proof. Justice Sanjeev ...

This update will apply to most healthcare facilities starting January 1, 2025. However, the new definition will take effect on July 1, 2025, for specific facilities, including critical access ...