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He’s Suing His Girlfriend’s Doctor for Prescribing Abortion Pills. Could This Gut Access Everywhere?

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In a case squarely aimed at breathing new life into the federal Comstock Act—and at thwarting the efforts of abortion-friendly states to protect providers and patients—a Texas man has sued a California doctor for allegedly mailing abortion pills to his girlfriend and is asking the court to prevent the woman, who is currently pregnant, from […]

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The Plot Against Vaccines

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The seeds of a court case that has lasted for more than 20 years were planted in February 2001, when the parents of 11-month-old Yates Hazlehurst took him to the doctor for a routine measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. Soon after, his family would allege in a court hearing, Yates became “wild,” “very hyperactive,” […]

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The FDA Held a Misinformation Fest About Antidepressants in Pregnancy

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long railed against antidepressants, and now he has very practical ways to attack them. As my colleague Kiera Butler has written, Kennedy has claimed, without evidence, that they can cause addiction and school shootings. He even proposed sending people who take them to “wellness farms,” […]

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Unpacking the MAHA Mirage: Trump Guts Healthcare While Preaching Wellness

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More than 100 million Americans are obese, 38 million are diabetic, 116 million are hypertensive, and 26 million suffer from asthma. Whether or not you’re among the 60 percent of Americans whose medical chart lists a chronic illness, everyone suffers from them: They keep people out of work and in pain and contribute to skyrocketing […]

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Underpaid, Overworked Medical Residents Who Keep Hospitals Afloat Want a Union

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Unionization will lead to better and safer patient outcomes, says one medical resident.

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Trump Admin to Restrict Waivers That Let States Help Kids Stay on Medicaid

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This comes less than two weeks after Trump signed into law the largest Medicaid cuts in US history.

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Trump’s New Tax Law Could Create Insurmountable Hurdles for LGBTQ Health Care

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Roughly 1.8 million LGBTQ adults in the US use Medicaid as their primary health insurance.

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Pregnancy Is a Minefield When You’re Disabled

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“Are you sure you’re going to be able to do this?” a doctor asked Heather Watkins shortly after she gave birth to her daughter. Watkins, who has muscular dystrophy, had developed preeclampsia and had to be induced at 39 weeks—exhausted after 26 hours of labor, she didn’t give the remark much thought. Years later, a […]

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Federal Judge Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood in Trump-GOP Budget Law

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Planned Parenthood welcomed the decision to issue a temporary injunction but stressed that the legal battle is not over.

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How the World Bank Left African Hospital Patients “Detained” and in Crushing Debt

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This story was produced in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Jacob Njagi’s newborn son could barely breathe when he arrived in an ambulance at the emergency ward of an Avenue Group hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, in the early hours of the morning. It was June 2022—Covid-19 cases were surging—and Njagi and his […]

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