Oral and Emergency Contraceptive Use Fell in States With Abortion Bans Researchers call for better access to emergency contraceptives in abortion-restrictive states Jun 26, 2024
SCOTUS Appears Poised to Allow Emergency Abortions in Idaho for Now, Report Says Documents briefly posted online suggest a delay in resolving the case for good Jun 26, 2024
Report: Healthcare Needs to Diversify Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities "Inequities are baked into our healthcare system," says one expert Jun 26, 2024
Rising Share of New HIV Cases in Young Latinos Leads to Call for Targeted Funding CDC data show much lower rates of PrEP coverage among Latinos than among white Americans Jun 26, 2024
Surgeon Ousted for Speaking Up; Steward Corruption in Malta? Misleading Clinic Names This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 26, 2024
What Should Be Done About Long-Term Care? Experts disagree on whether the private insurance market can provide the answers Jun 25, 2024
Lung Transplant Graft Outcomes Relate Back to Donor Care Setting Longer graft survival reported for lungs from hospital-based units Jun 25, 2024
State Sues Two PBMs, Accusing Them of Fueling Opioid Epidemic Arkansas AG says Express Scripts, Optum, and their subsidiaries benefited from the opioid crisis Jun 25, 2024
Telehealth for Medication Abortion Worked as Well as In-Person Visit With Ultrasound Strategies were equally effective, with low rates of serious adverse events Jun 24, 2024
Supreme Court Will Take Up State Bans on Gender Care for Minors: Here's What to Know Half of U.S. states have enacted laws banning certain healthcare services for transgender kids Jun 24, 2024
Infant Deaths Increased After Texas Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy Estimates for neonatal deaths showed a similar pattern Jun 24, 2024
How Institutions Can Support Ob/Gyns in Abortion-Restricted States A Q&A with ob/gyn Kavita Arora Jun 24, 2024
D-Day: A Starkly Moving Reminder With Lessons for the Future This historic event can provide inspiration for improving public health Jun 24, 2024
Court: Some Employers Can Exclude PrEP, Cancer Screenings From Insurance Coverage Not all preventive care recommended by the USPSTF is threatened by the narrow ruling, however Jun 24, 2024
Who Is 'Engaged in the Business' of Selling Firearms? A changing landscape for background checks could help limit gun violence Jun 23, 2024
A Closer Look at Medetomidine and Its 'Unusual' Patient Presentations Another drug has entered the drug supply Jun 22, 2024
Health Groups Have High Hopes for the Latest Prior Authorization Bill "We believe the bill is poised for adoption this year," said one expert Jun 21, 2024
FDA Authorizes First Menthol E-Cigarettes Meanwhile, HHS still has not issued a final rule banning menthol-flavored tobacco cigarettes Jun 21, 2024
FDA Warns Yet Another Birth Tissue Company Agency says Neobiosis amniotic fluid, umbilical cord products should be regulated as drugs Jun 21, 2024
Medicare Pay, Prior Auth, and More: A Q&A With the AMA's President-Elect Bobby Mukkamala, MD, also says he wants to improve medical record interoperability Jun 20, 2024
'We're Flying Blind' on H5N1: Experts See Repeat of CDC's Missteps on COVID Testing Agency not moving fast enough to remove barriers blocking clinical labs from testing, critics say Jun 20, 2024
CMS Is Making It Easier to Report EMTALA Complaints. Here's What Might Change. The new webpage has the potential to make EDs safer Jun 19, 2024
Texas Doc Accused of Illegally Accessing Child Health Records Eithan Haim, MD, reportedly outed hospital for continuing gender-affirming care program Jun 19, 2024
Quantifying Alcohol's Death Risk; NDAs Hide Docs' Mistakes; H5N1 Pandemic Prep This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 18, 2024
CMS Star Ratings Unreliable for Surgical Quality? Higher ratings tied to better surgical outcomes, but variability was high even within star groups Jun 18, 2024
Lawmakers Sharply Question Experts About COVID's Origin "Lab leak" versus natural origin in the spotlight at hearing Jun 18, 2024
Fix What's Broken in Healthcare Is New AMA President's Priority That includes raising Medicare reimbursement and lessening prior authorization, says Bruce Scott Jun 17, 2024
Health System Eliminates Noncompetes for Primary Care Physicians Policy change follows new rules from state and federal players Jun 17, 2024
'Alternative Facts' Should Not Guide Reproductive Decisions Personal agendas have no place in healthcare Jun 17, 2024
Surgeon General Calls for Social Media to Carry Cigarette-Like Warning Labels Labels should alert that social media has not been proven safe for adolescents, says Murthy Jun 17, 2024
I Tried to Protect My Mother From Dying in Pain. The Law Robbed Her of That Dignity. It's time to clear the roadblocks to Medical Aid in Dying in the U.S. Jun 16, 2024
Community-Based Interventions for Opioid Overdoses Fail to Reduce Deaths in Trial "Game plan" established to get evidence-based practices into the real world, researcher says Jun 16, 2024
Clear the Air: Protecting Expectant Mothers From the Hazards of Pollution We must address this invisible risk to maternal health Jun 15, 2024
The Next Big Challenges for Medication Abortion Anti-abortion states continue to fight; a possible Trump victory opens door to new strategies Jun 14, 2024
FDA Took Months to React to Complaint About Abbott's Formula Factory, Audit Finds Several infants were hospitalized, and two died Jun 14, 2024
Increase $$ for Physicians, Institute Site-Neutral Payment, MedPAC Report Suggests Inadequate payments could force some docs to stop accepting Medicare patients, commission warns Jun 13, 2024
Health Groups, Others React to SCOTUS Decision on Mifepristone But the battle over abortion is far from over, they say Jun 13, 2024
Tanning Salons Are Overdue for a Regulatory Burn In the meantime, don't forget to educate patients on the risks Jun 13, 2024
Stolen Corpse Arrest; Gender Care Leak Indictment; NFL Doc Sues for Discrimination A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 13, 2024
AMA's House of Delegates Says Yes to Drug Decriminalization "We need to move to something different ... something that actually works," one member said Jun 12, 2024
