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A number of states recently have dedicated more money to educating women and health care providers about the 99 percent effectiveness of long-acting, reversible forms of contraception, like the intrauterine device, or IUD — shown here.

Long-Term, Reversible Contraception Gains Traction With Young Women

Implants and intrauterine devices are endorsed by pediatricians, OB-GYNs and health officials as a way to help girls and women space their pregnancies and reduce the risk of having a premature baby.

New Research Zeroes In On Sources Of Methane-Emissions Uptick

New research reveals that the amount of methane from oil and gas operations is much larger than previously thought. But the recent uptick in methane emissions seems to be from agriculture.

On Waiting For A Nobel Prize Announcement

There's a certain pride that the world will pause and reflect on a scientific endeavor: Today, I'm learning about topological states of cold strange matter, says author and physicist Janna Levin.

People fill out applications at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla., in July. The presidential candidates will be watching Friday's monthly Labor Department report for talking points on the unemployment rate and new jobs.

Friday's Jobs Report Could Help Shape Election Outlook

If it shows steady unemployment and job growth figures, that would help Democrat Hillary Clinton. If the numbers get worse, that would give an edge to Republican Donald Trump.

People bike on the beach ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Atlantic Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. Droves of people in the U.S. have begun evacuating coastal areas ahead of the storm, which tracked a deadly path through the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water.

Millions Of Coastal Residents Warned To Flee Inland As Hurricane Nears Florida

Hundreds of people died as Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center says the hurricane conditions will affect eastern Florida through Friday.

Zanele Muholi Reflects On 10 Years Documenting LGBTI South Africa

In 2006, South Africa became the fifth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. While social justice activists around the world saw this...

Florida Department of Health workers at a temporary clinic set up in Miami Beach in September package up a urine sample to be tested for the Zika virus. Pregnant women in Texas and Florida have complained it can take as long as a month or more to get their Zika test results.

Public Health Labs Hope Federal Funds Will Speed Zika Test Results

But they'll have to wait a while. The portion of the $394 million Congress allocated to help pregnant women find out more quickly if they have Zika isn't expected to get to strained labs until 2017.

A game rancher near Port Elizabeth who couldn't afford the high cost of protecting his rhinos from poachers sold this one to a more secure operation. The rhino, blindfolded and wearing earplugs to calm it, will be sedated and accompanied by a veterinarian during the 20-hour truck journey to its new home.

Rhino Horn: The Most Valuable Appendage In Illegal Wildlife Trade

Journalist Bryan Christy estimates the wholesale market for rhino horn is a quarter of a billion dollars. Customers think the horn has healing powers. Criminal syndicates take the money.

Palm trees sway in high gusts of wind, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Vero Beach, Fla. Hurricane Matthew continues to make a path for Florida's east coast from the Bahamas.

Southeast NC Under Hurricane Warning As Matthew Moves North

Update 2:15 p.m. Friday, 10/7/16 The eye of Hurricane Matthew is now expected to come closer to the North Carolina coast than forecasters predicted. In...

U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein speaks outside the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on Nov. 12, 2010.

Prosecutor Leading NSA Secrets Case Is The Ultimate Survivor

Rod Rosenstein has served as U.S. attorney in Baltimore for 11 years, outlasting all of his counterparts in the Bush administration and most from the Obama years, too.

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