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Big Employers Are Offering Abortion Benefits. Will the Information Stay Safe?
In response to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Americans’ constitutional right to abortion, large employers thought they had found a way to help workers living in states where abortions would be banned: provide benefits to…
How Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public
Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that has long dogged those who buy insurance:…
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A World Without ‘Roe’
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It’s been less than a week since the Supreme Court struck down the…
Montana’s Blackfeet Tribe to Use Dogs to Sniff Out Disease and Contaminants
BROWNING, Mont. — Kenneth Cook used a mallet and a chisel to crack into a pig’s skull in the gravel driveway outside his home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana.
Cook planned to use the pig’s brains in…
California May Require Labels on Pot Products to Warn of Mental Health Risks
April Dembosky, KQED
Liz Kirkaldie’s grandson was near the top of his class in high school and a talented jazz bassist when he started smoking pot. The more serious he got about music, the more serious he got about pot.
And…
Bajo las nuevas reglas para abortos, es más difícil lidiar con resultados de pruebas genéticas
Ann estaba embarazada de 15 semanas de su cuarto hijo cuando llegaron los resultados de la prueba genética prenatal, en agosto pasado. El resultado sugirió que a su hija, a quien ella y su esposo planeaban llamar Juliet, le…
Watch: Crossing State Lines for Abortion Care
June 29, 2022
Since last week’s Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, one state after another has outlawed abortion. Illinois is one of the few states in the middle of the country where people can…
Overdose Deaths Behind Bars Rise as Drug Crisis Swells
LJ Dawson
Annissa Holland should be excited her son is coming home from prison after four long years of incarceration. Instead, she’s researching rehab centers to send him to as soon as he walks out the gate.
She doesn’t…
What You Need to Know About Monkeypox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkMgHzcLbgY
The World Health Organization said June 25 that monkeypox wasn’t yet a public health emergency of international concern. More than 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide, with more…
Three-Year Abortion Trends Vary Dramatically by State
A recent survey from the Guttmacher Institute documented an 8% rise in the number of abortions performed in the U.S. from 2017 to 2020, reversing what had been a nearly three-decade decline in women opting to terminate…