Health Policy
An Idaho woman who documented her 19-day miscarriage on TikTok blames the state's near-total abortion ban for her 'horrific' experience
Carmen Broesder’s miscarriage lasted 19 days, she said. She visited three separate emergency rooms before receiving a pap procedure and medic...
Thousands of trans people enrolled in Medicaid do not have coverage for gender-affirming care
A new report from the Williams Institute has found that 276,000 transgender adults are enrolled in Medicaid. That’s about 21 percent of the estimat...
Nine states seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in 2023
In the coming year, nine states will introduce legislation to block transgender youth from seeking gender-affirming care, The Hill reports.
The sta...
Senator Markey Joins Senators Brown, Booker, Padilla in Reintroducing Resolution Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis
Washington (December 20, 2022) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Alex Padilla ...
Racism raises Alzheimer’s risk for non-white Americans, HHS says
“Entrenched systemic racism” is a significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in non-white Americans, the Department of Health and...
Murkowski Leads Senate Passage Of Land Transfer Legislation To Improve Alaska Native Health Care Access
12.20.22
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved H.R.441, the Don Young Alaska Native Health Care Land Transfers Act of 20...
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