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Montana Designs New Hurdles for Abortion Clinics Ahead of Vote To Protect Access
HELENA, Mont. — Montana is proposing wide-ranging rules for licensing abortion clinics under a disputed state law, raising a new potential obstacle for patients even as a constitutional amendment to protect access appears headed…
Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests. It’s a Problem for All of Us.
A new study lends weight to fears that more livestock workers have gotten the bird flu than has been reported.
“I am very confident there are more people being infected than we know about,” said Gregory Gray, the infectious…
Copycat Weight-Loss Drugs Are Major Players With Consumers
As many as 1 in 8 American adults has tried one of the GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs, but a surprising number aren’t getting their supplies from pharma giants Novo Nordisk or Eli Lilly. Up to 30 percent of the market, by some…
Florida’s RSV Season Has Started, and It’s Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.
Many people have gotten used to rolling up their sleeves for flu and covid-19 vaccines.
New immunizations are also available to combat respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, for those at high risk of illness. Although the…
It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s a Medical Response Drone.
What if the first responder on the scene of a cardiac arrest were a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator?
When every second counts, public safety professionals are increasingly eyeing drones — which can fly 60…
California Lawmakers Debate Sending Local Health Inspectors Into Immigration Facilities
Vanessa G. Sánchez
Covid-19, mumps, and chickenpox outbreaks. Contaminated water, moldy food, and air ducts spewing black dust.
These health threats have been documented inside privately run immigration detention facilities…
Readers Weigh In on Abortion and Ways To Tackle the Opioid Crisis
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names.
Debunking Abortion Myths
I want to send a big THANK YOU to Matt Volz for…
En California, legisladores presionan para que inspectores de salud locales visiten instalaciones de…
Brotes de covid-19, paperas y varicela. Agua contaminada, comida con moho y conductos de aire que despiden polvo negro.
Estas amenazas a la salud se han documentado dentro de las instalaciones de detención de inmigrantes…
Maternity Care in Rural Areas Is in Crisis. Can More Doulas Help?
When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped dilating. After a few hours, doctors at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia,…
Why Many Nonprofit (Wink, Wink) Hospitals Are Rolling in Money
One owns a for-profit insurer, a venture capital company, and for-profit hospitals in Italy and Kazakhstan; it has just acquired its fourth for-profit hospital in Ireland. Another owns one of the largest for-profit hospitals in…