18 Months After “Dobbs,” Here’s How Abortion Providers and Activists See Things
Abortion funds and logistical support groups are enabling people to travel out of state to obtain abortion care.
Inside the Pentagon’s Painfully Slow Effort to Clean Up Decades of PFAS Contamination
By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime / Kaiser Health News Oscoda, Michigan, has the distinction as the first community where “forever chemicals” were found seeping from a military installation into…
There Can Be No Holidays During a Genocide, Health Activists Warn
By Peoples Health Dispatch “There is a real danger that when world leaders return from their Christmas holidays, there will be no health system left in Gaza,” warned Melanie Ward,…
Private Equity Is Using Prison Phone, Food and Health Systems to Rack Up Profits
Private equity firms are capturing systems people in prison use and making them even more brutal and unaccountable.
How Abortion Bans are Undercutting Efforts to Prevent Domestic Violence
OB-GYNs are often the first or only doctors to learn if a patient is facing intimate partner violence. As they leave places with abortion bans, domestic violence victims are feeling…
‘Can You Hear the Screams?’ Physician Says Western Leaders Complicit in Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospitals
"When are you going to stop this?" Dr. Mads Gilbert asked U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of European nations.
Abortion Rights Keep Winning, and Democrats See a Lesson For 2024
Election results in Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky show the issue’s continued potency and give a boost to efforts to pass ballot measures in red and purple states next year.
Larry’s List: Israeli Leaders Propose Law for Revocation of Citizenship, Misguided Policy, Debunking Nasal Congestion and More
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a daily news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
The Battle for Virginia: Can the Last State in the South to Not Restrict Abortion Post-Roe Survive?
Millions of Americans’ ability to get an abortion hinges on Virginia’s Upcoming Election.
Larry’s List: Israel Silencing Internal Critics, Navigating Healthcare Costs, Palestine’s Obituary and More
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a daily news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
Dying Behind Bars — Another Form of Capital Punishment
The aging prison population has tripled in the past two decades. These facilities, which offer poor medical care and a stressful environment, are ill-equipped to handle their graying population.
Domestic Violence Calls About “Reproductive Coercion” Doubled After the Overturn of Roe
Those experiencing domestic violence are facing a reality where an inability to receive reproductive care is also further endangering their lives, new data shows.
‘For Shame’: Pfizer to Charge $1,390 for Lifesaving Covid Drug That Costs Just $13
"Pfizer treats Paxlovid like a Prada handbag; a luxury for the few rather than a treatment for the many," said one consumer advocate.
Kaiser’s Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong Message to Providers That Ignore Patient Needs
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.
Philadelphia Considers First US Bill to End Unlawful Medical Deportations
Philadelphia considers first US bill to end unlawful medical deportations.