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Kamala Harris’ statistic is close even when counting just the populations of states with abortion bans at six weeks or less. When adding states with limits at 12 to 15 weeks, the number grows to about 40%.

Experts say there is no hard evidence that infection is greater in people who have had boosters.

Experts said that small DNA fragments found in the vaccines are not cause for concern. Cells are needed to make vaccines, and those cells contain DNA.

Swedish health officials in 2022 issued guidelines limiting the use of puberty blockers, hormones and mastectomies for minors to "exceptional cases." These are recommendations, not law.

Although the law is clear that physicians can be charged, whether pregnant women will face the same charge is ambiguous.

The point isn’t that Donald Trump managed drug shortages badly as president or that Joe Biden is handling them badly now, experts said. Many factors contribute to the problem.

PolitiFact Florida reviewed more than two dozen Gov. Ron DeSantis press releases and news conferences from 2020 and 2021 about the vaccine rollout.

Almost all Americans have some immunity against the virus, either through vaccination or prior infections. And hospitalizations, while increasing, are much lower than they were during past pandemic peaks.

In the political debate around gender-affirming care for youth, discussion of puberty blockers is often saturated with rhetoric, creating confusion and generating misinformation. PolitiFact answers some of the big questions around the drugs.

The Vermont senator sees beefing up the primary care workforce as a critical step in expanding Americans’ access to health care.