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Push To Move OB-GYN Exam Out of Texas Is Piece of AGs" Broader Reproductive Rights Campaign
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (380+ words) Following a petition from Democratic state attorneys general, the American Medical Association adopted a position that medical certification exams should not be required in person in states with restrictive abortion policies. The action's success was hailed as a win for…...
Idaho's OB-GYN Exodus Throws Women in Rural Towns Into a Care Void
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (666+ words) Idaho's law criminalizing abortion drove a high-profile exodus of OB-GYNs from the state more than a year ago. Now, two years after the U. S. Supreme Court rolled back abortion protections enshrined by Roe v. Wade, patients in rural Idaho are forced to…...
Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1123+ words) President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680, 000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company. On May 14, the federal government released…...
A Danish Couple's Maverick African Research Finds Its Moment in RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Policy
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1750+ words) In 1996, Guinea-Bissau seemed like an ideal research post for budding pediatrician Lone Graff Stensballe. Her supervisor, a fellow Dane named Peter Aaby, had spent nearly two decades collecting data on 100, 000 people living in the mud brick homes of the West…...
Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1021+ words) For nearly 15 years, the feds have had oversight of Georgia's treatment of people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Observers say the state still jeopardizes some of its most marginalized residents by not meeting the terms of its settlement with…...
To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (539+ words) A proposed work requirement would make Medicaid expansion enrollees prove they're working or meet other criteria. Most already work, but millions are expected to lose coverage if the provision passes, many from red tape. A Missouri mother who cares for…...
Kids Keep Getting Stuck in Hospitals, Even After Being Cleared for Discharge
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (1042+ words) Across the country, the practice of allowing children to remain hospitalized "beyond medical necessity" has become a costly problem, and states have struggled to address the issue. Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage…...
Journalists Talk Southern Health Care: HIV Drug Access, Medicaid Expansion, Vaccination Rates
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (24+ words) KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here's a collection of their appearances....
Journalists Unpack Drug Prices, Threats to Medicaid, and the Fluoridation of Water
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (24+ words) KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here's a collection of their appearances....
Journalists Unpack Latest on Vaccines, Vaping, and Trump Rx
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (124+ words) KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national media recently to discuss topical stories. Here's a collection of their appearances. Journalists Unpack Latest on Vaccines, Vaping, and Trump Rx KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal…...