Category: Public Health

Texas Abortion Law Harms Survivors of Rape and Incest, Activists Say

While anti-abortion activists say abortion exceptions are a “punishment” to “innocent human life,” social workers say Texas’ new abortion law rigidly curtails options for rape and incest survivors at a moment when they need the “power and control” of choice to begin healing.

California Plans for a Post-Roe World as Abortion Access Shrinks Elsewhere

While other states dramatically restrict abortion and the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court weighs Roe v. Wade, California is preparing to absorb the country’s abortion patients.

NIH embarks on long-term study of COVID-19’s effect on children

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AMA moves to remove politics from public health decisions, empower health officials

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For the 2nd time, a person is cured of HIV without treatment, scientists report

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Cities, states expanding COVID-19 vaccine booster eligibility 

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3 states where COVID-19 cases have jumped 40%+ in last 2 weeks

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Quarantine and Tracing Rules Are All Over the Map for Students

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers guidance but calls for localities to set quarantine rules for unvaccinated children exposed to someone with covid-19. That’s led to a pandemic patchwork of rules.

‘More ill, more desperate’: How hospitals are responding to changing mental health trends

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Majority of physicians worried signs of addiction missed amid pandemic, report finds

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