The bill began as a bipartisan proposal to protect victims of sexual exploitation, but Republicans later tacked on a variety ...

The new law authorizes the adoptee, adoptive parents, the adoptee’s spouse, the adoptee’s children, and siblings within the adoptive family to obtain certified copies of the new birth certificate (con ...

Here's a look at several new bills that become law on Jan. 1, 2026.

Many Republicans see adoption as an alternative to abortion, and they want to see the practice get more federal and state support. This summer's Republican tax and spending bill included an expanded ...

There are more federal tax cuts in the works for people who adopt children. Birth mothers say they also want financial support so they don't have to place their infants up for adoption. Many ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - A group of vaccine advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will vote on whether to delay the initial dose of hepatitis B vaccine to 2 months of age for the ...

Costco has sued the US government to ensure it will receive refunds if the Supreme Court rejects President Donald Trump’s bid for sweeping authority to impose tariffs. In a complaint filed Friday in ...

Kobi Ajayi founded and remains affiliated with EDEN Foundation, Nigeria, a local non-profit organization with a mission to improve preterm infant outcomes. Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a ...

New Yorkers who were adopted from a foreign country by state residents can get a birth certificate even if they are now adults, after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a related bill into law Friday. The ...

Government researchers are heading back to work, but questions about the size of research-budget cuts will extend into next year. The shutdown began on 1 October owing, in part, to a Congressional ...

After more than 40 days, an end to the longest government shutdown in history appears to be in sight. On Nov. 9, the Senate voted 60-40 to advance a bipartisan deal that would fully reopen the ...