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Health Care Archive

Archives for June 2024

What two years without Roe looks like, in 8 charts
Explainers

Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.

By Nicole Narea
The Vox guide to extreme heat
This number can measure how dangerous a heat wave is for youThis number can measure how dangerous a heat wave is for you
The Vox guide to extreme heat

What is the wet bulb temperature? And why is it so important?

By Umair Irfan
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s abortion pill case is only a narrow and temporary victory for abortionThe Supreme Court’s abortion pill case is only a narrow and temporary victory for abortion
Supreme Court

The decision is unanimous, but it leaves open two routes Republicans could take to pull mifepristone from the market.

By Ian Millhiser
Future Perfect
MDMA’s federal approval drama, briefly explainedMDMA’s federal approval drama, briefly explained
Future Perfect

MDMA looked like it was on a fast track for PTSD treatment. Now, an FDA committee is advising otherwise.

By Oshan Jarow