Wins at the Ballot Box for Abortion Rights Still Mean Court Battles for Access Bram Sable-Smith Before Ohio voters amended their constitution last year to protect abortion rights, the state’s attorney general, an anti-abortion Republican, said that doing so would upend at least 10 state laws limiting abortions. But those laws remain a hurdle […]

  Health Worker for a Nonprofit? The New Ban on Noncompete Contracts May Not Help You Harris Meyer Many physicians and nurses are happy about the Federal Trade Commission’s new rule banning the use of noncompete agreements in employment contracts. But they are disappointed that it may not protect those who work for nonprofit hospitals […]

  End of Pandemic Internet Subsidies Threatens a Health Care Lifeline for Rural America Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News FORT HALL RESERVATION, Idaho — Myrna Broncho realized just how necessary an internet connection can be after she broke her leg. In fall 2021, the 69-year-old climbed a ladder to the top of a shed […]

  ‘So Much Death’: Lawmakers Weigh Stricter Speed Limits, Safer Roads for Pedestrians Vanessa G. Sánchez LOS ANGELES — The party was winding down. Its young hosts, María Rivas Cruz and her fiancé, Raymond Olivares, had accompanied friends to their car to bid them farewell. As the couple crossed a four-lane main road back to […]

  After Grilling an NIH Scientist Over Covid Emails, Congress Turns to Anthony Fauci David Hilzenrath Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci has faced many hostile questions from members of Congress, but when he appears before a House panel on Monday, he’ll have something new to answer for: a trove of incendiary emails […]

  The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic Arthur Allen Even a peep of news about a new flu pandemic is enough to set scientists clucking about eggs. They worried about them in 2005, and in 2009, and they’re worrying now. That’s because millions of fertilized hen eggs are still the main […]

  Safety-Net Health Clinics Cut Services and Staff Amid Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Katheryn Houghton One of Montana’s largest health clinics that serves people in poverty has cut back services and laid off workers. The retrenchment mirrors similar cuts around the country as safety-net health centers feel the effects of states purging their Medicaid rolls. Billings-based RiverStone […]

  Presidential Election Could Decide Fate of Extra Obamacare Subsidies Andy Miller When Cassie Cox ended up in the emergency room in January, the Bainbridge, Georgia, resident was grateful for the Obamacare insurance policy she had recently selected for coverage in 2024. Cox, 40, qualified for an Affordable Care Act marketplace plan with no monthly […]

  An Obscure Drug Discount Program Stifles Use of Federal Lifeline by Rural Hospitals Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix a federal program created to keep lifesaving services in small towns nationwide. In Anamosa, Iowa — a […]

  Psychoactive Drugs Are Having a Moment. The FDA Will Soon Weigh In. Dawn Megli Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed herself and two others, Tipton said […]