A new poll finds the majority of American voters, including Republicans, support protecting access to abortion for women who are experiencing pregnancy-related emergencies, such as miscarriages.
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Meet the public health researchers trying to rein in America’s gun violence crisis
After the 1996 Dickey Amendment halted federal spending on gun violence research, a small group of academics pressed on, with little money or support. Now a new generation is taking up the charge.
Primary care physician shortage: a reason Nevada is one of the unhealthiest states
NPR’s A Martinez visits a clinic in Reno to explore the issues residents of northern Nevada face accessing health care.
After years in conflict zones, a war reporter reckons with a deadly cancer diagnosis
Rod Nordland was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most lethal form of brain cancer, in 2019. He writes about facing mortality from war and cancer in his new memoir, Waiting for the Monsoon.
Why a financial regulator is going after health care debt
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession of 2007-09, has increasingly started policing the health care system.
Doctors in South Korea walk out in strike of work conditions
A walk-out by South Korean doctors has hobbled the country’s medical system. Most of them have defied a government ultimatum to return to work by Thursday.
Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend
The CDC said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months has passed since their last shot.
Florida’s response to a measles outbreak endangers children, experts say
A measles outbreak in a Florida elementary school flummoxes public health experts, who say the state surgeon general’s response contradicts established public health measures to contain the virus.
A string of for-profit hospitals in Massachusetts might close — a danger for patients
A string of Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care are deep in debt and in danger of closing. The situation threatens patients in Massachusetts and other states where Steward operates.
The Science of IVF: What to know about Alabama’s ‘extrauterine children’ ruling
Why are so many frozen embryos created? And how is the Alabama Supreme Court ruling likely to affect IVF in the future? Here’s what you need to know.
