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Doctors are using conscientious objection to turn down patients. Religious anti-abortion clinics are springing up. Advocates say abortion rights are under threat again in Romania.

The approach, sometimes funded by Medicaid, operates on the notion that fixing certain legal ills for patients can be a vital part of their medical care. Emerging evidence suggests that works.

After their brother died, two sisters faced down a barrage of misinformation, pandemic denialism, and blaming questions. Grief experts say that makes COVID the newest kind of “disenfranchised death.”

Although Portland has helped boost Oregon’s overall vaccination rate, rural areas lag far behind. That’s allowed the pandemic to rage in places like the Rogue Valley, where hospitals are overwhelmed.

Pastor Danny Reeves encouraged some members of his congregation to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but thought he didn’t need to get vaccinated himself. That changed after COVID-19 almost killed him.

Worries about waning immunity and talk of COVID booster shots has some Americans checking their antibody levels to see if they’re protected. But scientists warn blood tests don’t tell the full story.

To realign the man’s jaw and ease his chronic pain and high blood pressure, he would need two operations, the surgeon said. Both procedures went well, but the patient was shocked by the second bill.

The pandemic has meant many kids have put off doctor visits and recommended shots. Experts worry that means some pockets of the U.S. are now more vulnerable to outbreaks of measles and meningitis.

The FDA announced the Pfizer vaccine is the first in the U.S. that is now fully approved. Here’s what that means for vaccine mandates and convincing vaccine-hesitant people to get vaccinated.

A new survey by the National Alliance on Mental Illness finds that the pandemic has made people more open to seeking help for their mental health, but cost and quality of care are obstacles for many.