2023-11-11 Ohio Voted on Abortion. Next Year, 11 More States Might, Too. Bram Sable-Smith UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — As activists parse the results of Tuesday’s vote to protect abortion rights in Ohio, Jamie Corley is already well on her way to putting a similar measure in front of Missouri voters next year. Corley, […]

    2023-11-10 Underdiagnosed and Undertreated, Young Black Males With ADHD Get Left Behind Claire Sibonney As a kid, Wesley Jackson Wade should have been set up to succeed. His father was a novelist and corporate sales director and his mother was a special education teacher. But Wade said he struggled through school even though […]

    2023-11-09 US to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs for Older Americans to Stem Spread of the Virus Michael Scaturro A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by offering free preventive medication, the latest effort to catch up to much of Europe and Africa in stemming the spread of the […]

    2023-11-08 Science Says Teens Need More Sleep. So Why Is It So Hard to Start School Later? Catherine Sweeney, WPLN NASHVILLE, Tenn. — High school classes start so early around this city that some kids get on buses at 5:30 in the morning. Just 10% of public schools nationwide start before 7:30 a.m., […]

    2023-11-07 As Transgender ‘Refugees’ Flock to New Mexico, Waitlists Grow Cecilia Nowell ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and where, Machado had heard, residents were friendlier to their transgender neighbors and gender-affirming health […]

    2023-11-06 States Reconsider Religious Exemptions for Vaccinations in Child Care Matt Volz More than half the children who attend Munchkin Land Daycare near Billings, Montana, have special needs or compromised immune systems. The kids, who range in age from 4 months to 9 years, have conditions that include fetal alcohol syndrome, cystic fibrosis, […]

    2023-11-05 Medicare Expands the Roster of Available Mental Health Professionals Judith Graham Lynn Cooper was going through an awful time. After losing her job in 2019, she became deeply depressed. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit, and her anxiety went through the roof. Then her cherished therapist — a marriage and family counselor — […]

    2023-11-04 Biden Pick to Lead Social Security Pledges Action on ‘Heartbreaking’ Clawbacks David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Social Security Administration on Thursday promised senators that he would address hardships the agency has caused by trying to recoup billions of dollars it mistakenly overpays […]

    2023-11-03 Medical Debt Is Disappearing From Americans’ Credit Reports, Lifting Scores Noam N. Levey The share of American consumers with medical debt on their credit reports has declined dramatically over the past year as major credit rating agencies removed small unpaid bills and debts that were less than a year old, according to […]

    2023-11-02 Medical School on Cherokee Reservation Will Soon Send Doctors to Tribal, Rural Areas Arielle Zionts TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Ashton Glover Gatewood decided to give medical school a second try after learning about a new campus designed for Indigenous students like herself. Gatewood is now set to be part of the first graduating […]