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Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court on 24 June in response to the court?s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade

26 US states are likely to ban abortion to the fullest extent possible

27 June 2022

After the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, abortion bans in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee won't include exceptions for cases of rape or incest

Chelsea Lydell holds her son, Joseph, 4, as she joins hundreds of others waiting to get into a legislative committee to oppose a proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. The bill, by state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a pediatrician, said his legislation would give state health officials the tools they need to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles

California's strict vaccination laws may only have a small effect

4 November 2019

In the wake of measles outbreaks, California enacted stricter laws governing vaccine exemptions – but loopholes mean many children still go without vaccinations

There have been more than 1000 cases of measles in the US this year

30 July 2019

Measles cases are rising in the US at an alarming rate. There have now been 1164 this year, which is the highest year on record since 1992

NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to

21 June 2019

Most people in the US don’t support going to the moon or Mars, according to a recent survey, but about half say they’d take a trip to orbit Earth if given the chance

Stalled jet stream has caused two weeks of tornadoes in the US

29 May 2019

A warming Arctic has stalled the jet stream over the Pacific ocean, leading to severe weather across much of the US, including a record-breaking run of tornadoes

NASA picks Maxar to build the first piece of its lunar space station

23 May 2019

NASA chose Maxar Technologies to build the power and propulsion element of the Gateway lunar space station, which will be an outpost for going to the moon and Mars

Activists protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the March for Life in WashingtonMarch For Life, Washington, USA - 18 Jan 2019

Alabama’s extreme new law could lead to an end of US abortion rights

16 May 2019

A wave of extreme abortion laws in the US has started a fight that could end with federal courts overturning abortion protections in place for nearly 50 years

The US wants to send astronauts to the moon’s south pole in 2024

26 March 2019

Vice president Mike Pence has announced that NASA’s newest goal is to land astronauts on the south pole of the moon by 2024, in an effort to beat Russia and China

The US has started burning recycling but it should only be temporary

1 March 2019

Last year China banned imports of foreign waste, temporarily disrupting US recycling efforts. In the meantime, some US communities are burning their waste