Health Care
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Is going straight to voters the way to fix America’s medical debt crisis?
Without accurate data on disease and outcomes, policymakers can’t make good public health decisions.
Wegrzyn is the first head of the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, which aims to generate game-changing advances in medicine.
A controversial new study involving an engineered version of Covid’s omicron variant raises new questions about research oversight.
Can she break Democrats’ losing streak in North Carolina?
Nearly 7 million women of childbearing age live somewhere with limited or zero access to maternity care.
America’s STI crisis is actually a maternal care crisis.
The future of video games is about more than just fun.
The anti-vaccine movement is gaining strength even after 1 million Americans have died of Covid-19.
Republicans are laying a path to gut abortion rights after Election Day.
Medicaid expansion is 6-for-6 with voters on ballot initiatives. South Dakota could make it seven in a row.
Why Latino voters have such a misunderstood stance on abortion.
A new study found uninsured survivors of sexual violence were charged an average of $3,673 for visiting the emergency room.
This 15-week proposed ban isn’t about “late-term” abortions.
Ahead of the midterms, severe abortion restrictions are coming up against public opinion — and people’s real lives.
The return of the doctor house call isn’t a comeback. It’s a harbinger.
Judge Reed O’Connor’s latest decision is more nuanced than his previous work, but it is still a disaster for public health.
The Shark Tank investor and Dallas Mavericks owner takes inspiration where he can get it.
Preliminary data suggests that enthusiasm is up among women and young voters in the midterms.
A telehealth company called Done wants Gen Z’s attention.
The “male friendship recession” is having dire consequences.
The Reproductive Freedom for All Act reveals deeper debates about post-Roe America.
Why it’s spreading like an STI through gay men’s sexual networks, why women are at risk — and why condoms might help.
Monkeypox is a viral disease that’s a much milder cousin of smallpox.
Accurate data is critical for public health, and the US doesn’t have it.
How a polio case in New York — and genetic evidence of under-the-radar spread — affects US risk and global eradication efforts.
It’s easy to secure court orders blocking major policies when you can choose your own judges.
This researcher interviewed dozens of writers, creators, and showrunners about onscreen abortion. Here’s what she learned.
Ballot measures could shore up — or obliterate — abortion rights.
Historically, the Court has tended to align with popular sentiment. But what happens when US elections do not produce democratic results?
The enthusiasm for requiring kids to get their shots has mostly evaporated.
We have safe, effective options — but in short supply.
Covid-19 cases are rising again, but redesigned vaccines are on the horizon.
More people turned out than in any primary in Kansas history — and that could happen elsewhere, too.
Kansans have voted against a constitutional amendment that said there is no right to an abortion.
A federal law requires ERs to care for patients with medical emergencies. The DOJ wants that enforced for abortion patients.
Democrats say the reason is over unrelated pending bills.
The “Value Them Both” amendment is the first time voters will weigh in on abortion post-Roe.
The Constitution doesn’t tell us which rights it protects, and now the power to decide that question rests with people like Samuel Alito.
Public health leaders are weighing significant trade-offs to ACAM2000, including the vaccine’s side effects.