A vaccine candidate for Lyme disease is moving through the clinical pipeline, as the tick-borne disease spreads to new areas. Here, a tick is seen at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An emergency declaration frees up resources to help fight the monkeypox outbreak. There are currently more than 6,600 cases in the U.S. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
A woman cools off at a fountain at the Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy, on July 13. You can do a lot to look out for those who are at higher risk of heat-related illness. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
Reagan Gaona stands beside the Unfillable Chair memorial in front of Santa Fe High School in Texas. The memorial is dedicated to the eight students and two teachers killed in a May 2018 shooting. To the left is a sign displaying solidarity with Uvalde, Texas, a city that experienced a similar school shooting in May 2022. Renuka Rayasam/Kaiser Health News hide caption
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out new guidance for the national response to COVID-19 on Thursday. Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A room in a Planned Parenthood of Illinois clinic in Waukegan, where abortion providers from Wisconsin are helping to provide access to more patients from their home state now that abortion is nearly banned there. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ hide caption
Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails. Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR hide caption
Michigan Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Michael Buck/AP hide caption
After multiple nights of abortion-rights protests, security fences and barbed wire surround the Arizona Capitol, Monday, June 27, 2022, in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. John Hanna/AP hide caption
Political signs for the state constitutional amendment vote on abortion rights in Kansas sit near each other in yards in Overland Park, Kan., July 16, 2022. Dylan Lysen/Kansas News Service hide caption
A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs is dropped off for disposal during the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 24, 2021 in Los Angeles. Patrick T. Falon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In a photo from Jan. 17, 2020, the Michigan Hall of Justice is seen in Lansing, Mich. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Protesters who oppose a state constitutional amendment that would remove the right to abortion in Kansas march around the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. Dylan Lysen/Kansas News Service hide caption
Michigan Republican candidates for governor Ryan Kelley, from left, Garrett Soldano, Tudor Dixon and Kevin Rinke appear at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6, 2022. Michael Buck/AP hide caption
The Biden administration plans to offer updated booster shots in the fall. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
The Montana Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a case at the University of Montana's Jane and George Dennison Theatre in Missoula, Mont., on April 15. Freddy Monares/Montana Public Radio hide caption
An image provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows examples of a lead pipe, left, a corroded steel pipe, center, and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate. The EPA is only now requiring water systems to take stock of their lead pipes, decades after new ones were banned. Environmental Protection Agency hide caption
People under 50 might have a chance at a second booster shot the summer depending what federal health officials decide. Those 50 and older have been eligible for the shots since March. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. birth rate went up in 2021. Here, a baby is seen in a hospital in McAllen, Texas in 2020. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Since the US Supreme Court ruling that overturned the right to abortion, there's been an increase in demand for contraceptives. "Birth control," "IUD" and even medical sterilization have all jumped in internet search trends, and some retailers and drugstore chains have limited purchases of emergency contraceptives to cope with demand. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption