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A new Texas bill is coming after online abortion pills
The 43-page measure, introduced Friday, may be the most meaningful attempt this year to block the ordering and mailing of medication abortion.
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Kentucky Becomes Second Conservative State to Reject Anti-abortion Amendment This Year
Following this summer’s vote in Kansas, the race could strengthen an argument that abortion restrictions are a losing issue, even in conservative states.
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Abortion Providers are Trying to Open New Clinics as Close as Possible to States with Bans
Providers hope the new clinics can help serve the surge of patients now expected to travel for abortions.
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Republican State Lawmakers Prepare to Quickly Limit Abortion Access if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
Through the courts, new bills and special sessions, Republican state lawmakers are working to make sure they are ready to limit access as soon as is legally permissible.
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Idaho and Oklahoma Expected To Be First States To Pass Texas-inspired Six-week Abortion Bans
Clinics say they are preparing for bans to take effect as early as April. Texas offers a preview of what might happen if those bills go into effect.
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Parents Are Vaccinated, Kids Can’t Be. That Complicates the New Masks-off Guidance
"He won’t wear one if I don’t wear one": Some parents may keep masking and taking precautions until a Covid-19 vaccine is approved for children under the age of 12.
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CDC: 4 in 10 Transgender Women Tested Positive for HIV in Major Cities
The report shows the unequal toll HIV still exerts — with particular consequence for Black women and Latinas.
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A First-of-its-kind Investment in Home Care is in the Works. But Will it be Enough?
The American Jobs plan would allocate $400 billion to assist in home health care, a historic investment, but one expert says it may not be enough.
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Biden Administration Kills Food Stamp Restriction That Could Have Affected 1.3 million Americans
The restriction would have particularly affected Black women and Latinas, who remain disproportionately affected by the recession.
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What Else is in the Covid Relief Package? The First Major ACA Expansion.
Defenders argue new additions to the health law, which expanded health care access for key groups, could once again benefit women and LGBTQ+ people.
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What Does ‘Reopening Schools’ Mean? Here’s What the Biden Administration Has Said
The president’s powers to reopen schools during the pandemic are limited, but Biden has said it is a priority.
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In 2021, States Are Poised to Tighten Abortion Restrictions
The more conservative Supreme Court will likely embolden lawmakers to pass restrictions that could run afoul of Roe v. Wade.
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During the Pandemic, Teachers’ Mental Health is Suffering in Ways They’ve Never Experienced
The burden is most acute for teachers who are mothers, and steering both their students and their own children through online learning.
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Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear. Some Still Died.
Since March, thousands of COVID-related complaints regarding health care facilities have poured into the nation’s network of federal and state OSHA offices.
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Conflicting Covid Messages Create Cloud Of Confusion Around Public Health And Prevention
As the nation reopens for business and retreats from protective stay-at-home orders, widely circulating lies could prove deadly.
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Insurers Sank Connecticut’s ‘Public Option.’ Would A National Version Survive?
The health insurance industry’s fear: If the average American could weigh a public option against commercial plans on the market, they might find the latter wanting.
Digital Government
Latest snag in ACA sign-Ups: Those who guide consumers are hitting roadblocks
HealthCare.gov navigators are hitting snags completing a mandatory certification course, experiencing more technical glitches and getting less help from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Digital Government
Alert fatigue: Health IT system reminders overwhelm users
Research on this human-computer interaction is looking at whether excessive reminders may cause more risk than the benefits the alerts produce.
