Healthcare providers often have a detailed policy outlining when a minor may consent to care and when a parent or legal guardian’s consent ...

A new dataset captures more than 170 years of US state laws governing minors' legal capacity to independently consent to ...

As Louisville embarks on this path toward police reform, the community’s involvement will be crucial in shaping the outcome.

An Alabama Senate committee gave favorable approval to a bill relaxing the process allowing K-12 students to be exempt from ...

SINGAPORE – In a move to strengthen mental health services, Singapore will be working towards registering psychologists, amid concerns raised by practitioners over client safety if the sector remains ...

Mayor Rick Blangiardi has requested a bigger budget for the next fiscal year. The proposed operating budget is $3.9 billion – ...

Sen. Heather Gustafson, DFL-Vadnais Heights, speaks about her anti-stealthing bill in front of the Judiciary and Public ...

The FDA has said the changes will have “benefits in the form of health care advances” because studies that would not have been possible if patient consent were required — can now be done.

Travis Bell's motion hearing was held Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 26, during which both parties argued their sides and the ...

The two-year consent decree forces the Federal Bureau of Prisons to institute widespread reforms for nearly 500 inmates formerly housed at the troubled prison.

When a person is given the vaccine, the immune system (the body's natural defense system) will produce its own protection in the form of antibodies against the smallpox and mpox viruses. Recent ...