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Health Care Archive

Archives for October 2021

Covid-19
The US is about to make the same pandemic preparedness mistake — againThe US is about to make the same pandemic preparedness mistake — again
Covid-19

Democrats’ plans for public health funding fall far short of what experts say is necessary.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
Pfizer’s clinical data puts the US one step closer to a Covid-19 vaccine for younger kidsPfizer’s clinical data puts the US one step closer to a Covid-19 vaccine for younger kids
Politics

A Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could be authorized by early November.

By Ellen Ioanes
Covid-19
Who should get a Covid-19 booster shot right now?Who should get a Covid-19 booster shot right now?
Covid-19

Three big questions about booster shots, answered.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
The Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explainedThe Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explained
Politics

The Court still won’t stop Texas from banning abortions, but it wants to bring this saga to a final resolution quickly.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Democrats’ winnowing health care ambitionsDemocrats’ winnowing health care ambitions
Politics

Fixing Obamacare is near the top of Democrats’ health care priorities, but other proposals may have to be cut.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.Texas’s anti-abortion law is back at SCOTUS. Here’s what’s different this time around.
Politics

The Biden administration’s last-ditch bid to restore abortion rights in Texas, explained.

By Ian Millhiser
Culture
How TV lied about abortionHow TV lied about abortion
Culture

For decades, dramatized plot lines about unwanted and unexpected pregnancies helped create our real-world abortion discourse.

By Tanya Melendez
Can the US cut drug prices without sacrificing new cures?
Politics

The big unanswered question at the heart of Democrats’ health care agenda.

By Dylan Scott
Startups are betting on a psychedelic gold rush
Technology

A startup called Field Trip is opening clinics to administer ketamine treatments. Others may follow.

By Rebecca Heilweil
Politics
Texas’s anti-abortion law was halted. Then, suddenly, it wasn’t.Texas’s anti-abortion law was halted. Then, suddenly, it wasn’t.
Politics

A week of uncertainty didn’t end up changing much for SB 8.

By Ellen Ioanes
The best- and worst-case scenarios for Covid-19 this winter
Explainers

Why this winter should be better than the last one.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
The Supreme Court takes a lie detector testThe Supreme Court takes a lie detector test
Politics

The justices say they are nonpartisan. Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center puts that to the test.

By Ian Millhiser
Why people who don’t trust vaccines embrace unproven drugs
Covid-19

Inside the upside-down world where Covid-19 vaccines are dangerous and ivermectin is saving lives.

By Dylan Scott