“Devastasting”: Ripple Effects Being Felt as Alabama Halts In Vitro Fertilization
The Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos are "extrauterine children" is already causing chaos for families.
Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. Could it Get Worse?
A lack of oversight and standards for pregnancy care in jails is becoming more problematic as the number of incarcerated women rises and abortion restrictions put medical care further out…
States That Restrict Abortion Have Higher Rates of Intimate Partner Homicide
“here’s an epidemic of preventable violence that disproportionately affects vulnerable populations,” one study finds.
As a Girl In Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
I received my first Pap smear shortly after being incarcerated as a teenager. It was excruciating — and a sign of worse things to come.
New Orleans Nurses Fight for a New Union as Hospitals Merge and Revenues Soar
Concerns over working conditions and patient care amidst hospital consolidation drove Louisiana’s largest union victory since 1993.
Public Pharma for Europe, a Game-Changer for Access to Medicines
A growing number of organizations in Europe is demanding a complete overhaul of regional pharma policies in order to protect people’s health over profits
Lack of Access to Health Care Is Partly to Blame for Skyrocketing HIV Rates Among Gay Black Men
By Deion Scott Hawkins / The Conversation Over the past 20 years, people living with HIV in the United States have seen a drastic improvement in their overall quality of…
Women and People of Color Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Hundreds of thousands of Americans become disabled or die each year because of a diagnostic error. But some patients are at higher risk than others.
More ‘Navigators’ Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes / KFF Health News Chloe Bell is a case manager at the National Abortion Federation. She spends her days helping people cover the cost of an…
Supreme Court Sets March Date for Arguments on Abortion Drug Mifepristone
“Restricting access to mifepristone impedes patient autonomy,” a physicians’ group said in defending current standards.
Chris Hedges: The Silence of the Damned
Our leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity.
Silencing the Messenger: How Power Creates and Entrenches Health Inequities
How Power Creates and Entrenches Health Inequities
Executed in Their Sleep: How Israeli Forces Assassinated Three Palestinians in a Raid on a West Bank Hospital
Israeli forces disguised as hospital workers and civilians entered Jenin’s Ibn Sina Hospital and assassinated three Palestinians as they slept. The brazen killing marks an unprecedented escalation in Israel’s war…
Most State Abortion Bans Have Limited Exceptions − but It’s Hard to Understand What They Mean
By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter / The Conversation More than a year after the Supreme Court found there is no fundamental right to get an abortion, 21 states have…
Rising Suicide Rate Among Hispanics Worries Community Leaders
The suicide rate for Hispanic people in the United States has increased significantly over the past decade.