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Trump disbands health equity panel examining Medicare and Medicaid
The committee was designed to reduce barriers to care for people of color, LGBTQ+ people and rural Americans. A new executive order deemed it "unnecessary."
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For families with sick kids, the rise of vaccine hesitancy could be life-threatening
Some parents are concerned about the recent confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a history of anti-vaccine views, to oversee the nation’s health department.
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Trump wants to make IVF more affordable. It's unclear how that would happen.
An emphasis on federal cost-cutting could create a complicated path forward for any effort to try to build out any new health care benefits.
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Childbirth can cause high-risk complications. Centering the mother can help.
Bringing a new baby into the world is often met with joy, but the wellbeing of the birthing person — and their postpartum experience — can go unnoticed.
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The 19th Explains: How Medicaid helps mothers, caregivers and children
The popular public health care program for low-income Americans covers nearly half of all births in America. Almost half of the nation’s children are also enrolled in the program.
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Two states are coming after a New York doctor for mailing abortion pills. Here’s what's next.
Cases from Louisiana and Texas represent the first test of a key law used to circumvent state abortion bans.
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Trump directive ‘dangerously’ conflates gender-affirming care with a human rights violation
Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as Trump’s health secretary
Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, will be able to shape federal abortion policy and has expressed openness to national restrictions.
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Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, would empower the Federal Trade Commission to regulate these often religiously affiliated centers.
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USAID’s reproductive health funding has saved millions of lives. Now it’s gone.
For decades, USAID’s family planning program was the main source for contraception and HIV treatment in some countries. Experts say without it, women and LGBTQ+ people will die.