Biden signs executive order on advancing study of women's health while chiding 'backward' GOP ideas
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order aimed at advancing the study of womenโs health by strengthening data collection and providing better funding opportunities for biomedical research.
Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care
Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid.
Arizona legislation to better regulate rehab programs targeted by Medicaid scams is moving forward
A Navajo state senator in Arizona says she's hoping for final approval of her bill to tighten regulations for rehab facilities amid widespread fraud that has bilked hundreds of millions in Medicaid dollars.
Judge mulls third contempt case against Arizona for failing to improve prison health care
A federal judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizonaโs prisons is considering whether to launch a third contempt-of-court proceeding against the state for failing to improve prisoner care.
College swimmers, volleyball players sue NCAA over transgender policies
Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022.
Bill shelved that sought changes to Iowa law outlining penalties for terminating a pregnancy
A bill that sought to change wording in an existing Iowa law outlining the penalties for terminating a pregnancy has been shelved by a Republican lawmaker amid debate about its implications for in vitro fertilization.
EPA tightens limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, citing cancer risk
The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at facilities that use ethylene oxide to clean billions of devices including catheters and syringes.
South Korea criticizes senior doctors for threatening to resign to support their juniors' walkouts
South Koreaโs government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations.
Frustrations over staffing levels may lead ER workers at Ascension St. John to strike
After a prolonged period of six months, marked by what they claim to be fruitless contract negotiations, the doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who have formed a union at Ascension St. John are on the brink of resorting to a strike vote, a move that could significantly disrupt patient care.
What to know about Alabama's fast-tracked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization clinics
Alabama lawmakers have passed legislation that was quickly signed by Gov. Kay Ivey to protect clinics that provide in vitro fertilization from lawsuits in response to a ruling last month from the State's Supreme Court that frozen embryos have the rights of children under the stateโs wrongful death law.
Michael Bloomberg tops the Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of Americaโs biggest donors in 2023
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, gave the most to charitable causes last year, followed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, and Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropyโs exclusive list of the 50 Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year.
As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access
France has become the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution and other Europeans wonder whether a rollback of rights like the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision could happen in their countries.
France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
French lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in Franceโs constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a womanโs right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.
Indigenous women in Greenland sue Denmark over involuntary contraception in the 1960s and 1970s
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly $6.3 million).
South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts
South Koreaโs government has begun steps to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have disrupted hospital operations.
South Korean doctors hold massive anti-government rally over medical school recruitment plan
Thousands of senior doctors have rallied in the South Korean capital to express their support for junior doctors who have been on strike for nearly two weeks over a government plan to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions.