The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now officially recommends "individual-based decision-making" for women deciding whether to give the hepatitis-B to their newborns within 24 hours of birth, as opposed to universally recommending that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine.

New York Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday that she intends to sign the Medical Aid in Dying Act into law early next year, which would make New York the latest U.S. state to allow terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to request life-ending medication from physicians.