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Health Care
Some States Are Rationing Who Gets COVID Care Once Again
A shortage of resources, such as intensive care unit beds, has pushed some states into crisis mode.
Black Women Are Leading Efforts to Combat Rising Maternal and Infant Mortality
To improve Black maternal and infant health, professionals must focus on systems that directly impact Black families.
This Abortion Fund Is at the Front Lines of the Struggle for Access in Texas
Local abortion funds pair direct service with an organizing effort to defend and expand access to abortion.
Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers During Pandemic
Dozens of state-level bills have been inspired by ALEC model legislation limiting emergency public health powers.
Our For-Profit Health System Is Worsening a Nursing Shortage Amid Delta’s Surge
Low pay, poor working conditions and emotional burnout put both nurses and patients at risk.
Calls for Expanding Supreme Court Take on New Urgency After Texas Abortion Ban
The Texas law essentially banning all abortions was tacitly upheld by the Supreme Court, threatening Roe v. Wade.
As a Doctor, I Fight to Make My State Let Pharmacists Prescribe Birth Control
Having highly trained pharmacists dispense birth control would do away with the added costs of involving doctors.
We Must Fight Privatization of Medicare and Medicaid to Win Single-Payer
It’s time the U.S. had a health care system that operates as a public good, free from the demands of profit-making.
Missouri’s GOP Governor Forced to Expand Medicaid Access Following Court Ruling
Missouri now joins 37 other states and Washington, D.C. in expanding Medicaid access through the Affordable Care Act.
Thousands of People Were Given Heart Pumps Despite FDA Warnings of Defects
The FDA has relied on device makers to fix problems voluntarily rather than compelling them to do so.