The loss of revenue could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
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Three years ago, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority enabled states to severely restrict abortion or ban it outright. Since then, 17 states have enacted such limits; infant and maternal mortality have risen in many of them. But the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade extends far beyond medical catastrophes. It […]
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Across the country, women seeking addiction treatment are being harassed and assaulted by men in positions of power. The problem is so pervasive that it has a name among those in the industry: the 13th Step. “I fell right into it, right into it. You know, it’s like, it’s just, you’re so vulnerable,” says a […]
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An ultra-conservative federal judge in Texas has lobbed another hand grenade in his long-running battle to limit access to reproductive healthcare around the country—this time by vacating a privacy rule intended to shield abortion seekers and providers from criminal and civil state investigations. In a sweeping ruling late Wednesday, US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of […]
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Texas Judge Throws Out Biden Rule Protecting Medical Privacy on Abortion Read Post »
Physicians are taking joint actions and figuring out how to give patients reliable information amid the uncertainty.
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RFK Jr. Poses a Threat to Vaccine Policy. Here’s How Doctors Are Preparing. Read Post »
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a highly effective, injectable drug to help prevent the transmission of HIV, according to its manufacturer, Gilead Sciences. The drug, lenacapavir, will be sold under the name Yeztugo. “This is a historic day in the decades-long fight against HIV,” Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day said in a press […]
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FDA Approves “Breakthrough” HIV Drug Read Post »
Medications that otherwise would’ve been banned went to unsuspecting patients across the US, including some with cancer.
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The FDA Allowed Contaminated Factories to Send Drugs to the US Read Post »
Three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion, the justices have decided to let states ban another politically controversial form of health care—this time, gender-affirming medical treatments for minors. In a major ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning transgender kids, but not cisgender […]
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Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Read Post »
The Senate Finance Committee text goes even further than the House version in its attacks on the program.
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Senate GOP Budget Draft Proposes Even Bigger Cuts to Medicaid Funding Read Post »
Doctors can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on marital status, party affiliation, or union activity.
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New Rules Let Veterans Affairs Doctors Refuse to Treat Democrats, Unmarried Vets Read Post »
People who use Medicaid make up half of the total patient volume nationwide for the clinics’ health care services.
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GOP Budget Puts at Least 200 Planned Parenthood Clinics Nationwide at Risk Read Post »
At least six people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. José is worried that he could be next.
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Man Says ICE Isn’t Treating His Cancer — and His Isn’t the Only Case of Neglect Read Post »
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