What to Know About Abortion Rulings, Bills, and Campaigns Across the U.S. Lawmakers in Wisconsin, Maine consider ballot measures Jan 23, 2024
What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Healthcare? A recap of the former president's record on healthcare Jan 21, 2024
Trump and GOP Rivals' Positions on Major Healthcare Issues Here's where the top candidates stand on abortion, the ACA, and gender-affirming care Jan 16, 2024
COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hall Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections" Jan 11, 2024
GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy The Affordable Care Act and healthcare competition also were discussed at the final GOP debate Dec 07, 2023
Pelosi vs Trump on ACA; Life Expectancy Rises; Legal Definition of Death Questioned Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 29, 2023
Trump Wants Dealers Executed; School Closures and Suicide; Double Uterus Pregnancy Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 13, 2023
GOP Candidates' Defense of Abortion Bans Cools in Debate After Election Day Three candidates take more centrist view, one adamant on 15-week ban Nov 09, 2023
Ohio Voters Back Constitutional Right to Abortion Amendment also protects right to contraception, miscarriage care Nov 08, 2023
Obamacare Makes Surprise Cameo in Second GOP Debate Fentanyl crisis, transgender care, and abortion also got some air time Sep 28, 2023
Results Mixed for Docs Running for Congress Incumbents did better than challengers; some races still up in the air Nov 14, 2022
Biden Promises to Codify Roe Protections Into Law if Democrats Win Midterms It will be "the first bill" I send to Congress in the new session, he said Oct 18, 2022
Rash of Heart Attacks After Biden-Trump Election Do major political events factor into cardiovascular risk? Apr 20, 2022
Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing Nov 18, 2021
Healthcare Fraudsters Among Those Pardoned by Trump Dozens of federal criminals receive clemency on president's last day Jan 21, 2021
Injury Count From Washington Melee Now in the Dozens One woman shot dead by police, another reportedly crushed to death Jan 06, 2021
Arkansas Ballot Issue Pits Ophthalmologists Against Optometrists Ophthalmologists want to undo law allowing lesser-educated rivals to perform some laser surgery Sep 11, 2020
Kamala Harris Introduces Bill on Uterine Fibroids More funding will "push the needle" on treatments for this disease, ob/gyn says Aug 20, 2020
Who Would Biden Put in Charge of Healthcare? Biden's picks will likely trend young and diverse, sources say Aug 12, 2020
CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates Oct 05, 2016
Clinton's Hypothyroid Medication Draws Interest Candidate is taking Armour Thyroid rather than levothyroxine Sep 26, 2016
Why We Cover Politics All politics may be local, but all medicine now has a political side Jul 21, 2016
RNC: Let's Keep Government Out of Healthcare, Price Says Trump is the right person to do that, according to Georgia lawmaker Jul 21, 2016 video
Romney Takes Daily Statin, Aspirin WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has hyperlipidemia and takes a statin and low-dose aspirin daily, according to a letter from his personal physician released Friday. Sep 21, 2012
