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Doctors weren’t considered in Dobbs, but now they’re on abortion’s legal front lines
In a departure from earlier Supreme Court decisions on abortion, Justice Alito’s abortion opinion barely mentions medicine. This creates a perilous new legal reality for doctors, legal analysts say.
For doctors, abortion restrictions create an ‘impossible choice’ when providing care
Physicians must treat in line with patients’ wishes and standards of care. Some medical ethicists say that abortion bans will force doctors to disregard these obligations in order to follow the law.
COVID vaccines are finally here for young kids. But the logistics aren’t easy
NPR talks to Claire Hannan, who has helped navigate vaccine rollouts in all 50 states, about some of the challenges involved in quickly getting shots out to millions of young kids.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, what happens next? Your questions answered
After the leak of the draft opinion in which the Supreme Court appears ready to overturn Roe, we asked for your questions about the future of abortion care in the U.S. Here’s what our experts said.
The real COVID surge is (much) bigger than it looks. But don’t panic
Thanks to at-home testing, official reports are missing a lot of the COVID cases circulating now. Is the U.S. in the midst of an invisible surge? Here’s how to assess the situation where you live.
People of every age, race and class in every state get abortions
Abortion providers explain the myriad circumstances in which someone might end a pregnancy. Situations can be complex, plus, pregnancy can be risky.
Rachel Levine calls state anti-LGBTQ bills disturbing and dangerous to trans youth
The U.S. assistant secretary for health, who will speak at Texas Christian University, says physicians need to be more vocal in fighting politically motivated attacks on vulnerable trans youth.
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams calls for masking ‘compassion’
The U.S. needs to ensure everyone has an equitable chance to protect themselves, and if people don’t have that opportunity, they need to be able to rely on others to be compassionate, he says.
Despite effective treatments, HIV drags on. Experts warn COVID may face the same fate
HIV remains a problem in the U.S. because people don’t use life-saving prevention and treatments. COVID is heading down the same path. Here are insights from people fighting on the frontlines of HIV.
What the White House’s actions on medical debt could mean for consumers
The Biden administration announced new measures to ease the financial burden of high medical bills. Here’s how the measures can help and what’s still missing to protect patients.
