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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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Ceasefire Talks Will Be Null Without Lifting of Gaza Blockade, Surgeon Says

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Surgeon Feroze Sidhwa discusses Netanyahu’s US visit, Israel’s attacks on health care workers and facilities, and more.

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Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Impacting Routine Care for Seniors and Kids

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Three years after “Dobbs,” states that were already struggling with physician shortages say they’re getting worse.

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Republican Lawmaker Dumped Medicaid-Related Stock Before Voting to Gut Program

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Elizabeth Warren said Robert Bresnahan protected his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million.

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Republican Governors Quiet Amid Plans to Slash Medicaid Spending in Their States

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They’re saying little publicly in the face of cuts that will punch multibillion-dollar holes in their states’ budgets.

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The Senate’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Will Create a Disaster for Rural Mothers and Babies

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The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which cleared the Senate Tuesday afternoon and is returning to the House, is generally terrible for families. But women and babies who live in areas that voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump are likely to suffer some of its most sweeping and damaging effects. The historically brutal Medicaid cuts—a staggering $930 […]

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Senate Votes to Cut $930 Billion From Medicaid

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On Tuesday, Senate Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s intensely contested budget bill for the coming fiscal year, returning it to the House in a form that would slash $93 billion from annual federal Medicaid spending across the next decade, require states to implement Medicaid work requirements for adults (with limited exemptions), and strip health insurance […]

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Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous

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Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.

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