July 25, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 24, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Public Policy
July 24, 2025
Bill Would Force Hospitals to Warn If They Aren’t Equipped to Save Premature Babies
(Wall Street Journal) – A Wall Street Journal investigation found parents were told nothing could be done for their infants even when other nearby hospitals could offer care Hospitals would be required to disclose how they make key decisions regarding … Read More
July 23, 2025
States Pass Privacy Laws To Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices
(KFF Health News) – More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning. … Read More
July 22, 2025
The Perverse Economics of Assisted Suicide
(New York Times) – In June, lawmakers in my native country, Britain, approved plans to legalize assisted suicide. If the bill becomes law, England and Wales will join more than a dozen countries and 11 U.S. states in permitting medically … Read More
July 22, 2025
Perspective: It’s time to hold the line against the culture of death
(Desert News) – Behind the veneer of “freedom of choice,” there is an ideology that distinguishes those “worthy of life” from those whose lives allegedly “aren’t worth living.” Whether it is communicated explicitly or only hinted at, the elderly and … Read More
July 18, 2025
I worked for 20 years for the HHS office that safeguarded people in research studies. DOGE gutted it
(STAT News) – The Office for Human Research Protections’ work is critical — and now has less support than ever Deciding whether to participate in a clinical research study can be difficult, especially for people who are newly diagnosed with … Read More
July 18, 2025
Cloverdale-Langley City MP Jansen asking for support on MAID bill
(Cloverdeal Reporter) – Tamara Jansen, MP for Cloverdale-Langley City, has brought forth a private member’s bill regarding Medical Assistance in Dying and mental illness. She introduced Bill C-218 in Parliament June 20. The legislation seeks to block the Liberal Government’s … Read More
July 18, 2025
China’s New Plan to Encourage More Births: $500 a Year
(Wall Street Journal) – Local governments in China have tried mostly in vain to lift the country’s shrinking birthrate with perks, cash rewards and housing subsidies. Now, the central government is stepping in. Beijing plans to pay a basic national … Read More
July 18, 2025
What Is Planned Parenthood Fighting For?
(Wall Street Journal) – Facing government pressure and massive budget shortfalls, the group is increasingly torn between its healthcare mission and progressive advocacy. As it faces this potentially dire future, Planned Parenthood is also contending with an identity crisis that … Read More
July 11, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine AI Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 10, 2025
Why the AI Moratorium’s Defeat May Signal a New Political Era
(MIT Technology Review) – It’s almost certainly the case that the moratorium’s breadth, as well as its decade-long duration, helped opponents marshall a diverse coalition to their side. But that breadth isn’t incidental—it’s related to the very nature of AI. … Read More
July 7, 2025
How Abortion Bans Are Affecting Where Women Live and Work
(Wall Street Journal) – Abortion is now banned or heavily restricted in about one-third of U.S. states, and some women of childbearing age say that has introduced a new calculus about where to live and work. Though migration patterns are … Read More
July 4, 2025
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues
(AP via Medical Xpress) – Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions. It’s unclear exactly … Read More
July 3, 2025
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state’s 1849 near-total abortion ban
(NBC News) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically retaken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights. In a 4-3 decision that came down along ideological … Read More
July 3, 2025
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
(ProPublica) – Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening … Read More
July 1, 2025
Defeat of a 10-Year Ban on State A.I. Laws Is a Blow to Tech Industry
(New York Times) – The defeat early Tuesday of a ban on state laws for artificial intelligence dealt a major blow to the tech industry on the verge of a policy victory. In a 99-1 vote, the Senate voted overwhelmingly … Read More
June 30, 2025
SCOTUS upholds Obamacare free preventive care coverage
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to a section of the Affordable Care Act that designates a federal task force to recommend which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients. Why it matters: … Read More
June 27, 2025
US supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutional
(The Guardian) – The US supreme court has ruled that a key provision of “Obamacare”, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, is constitutional. The case challenged how members of an obscure but vital healthcare committee are appointed. The committee, … Read More
June 27, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 21, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 26, 2025
Supreme Court Rules Planned Parenthood Cannot Sue Over S. Carolina Defunding Effort
(New York Times) – The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Planned Parenthood and one of its patients may not sue South Carolina over its effort to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, reasoning that the relevant federal statute does not … Read More
June 25, 2025
N.I.H. Memo Pauses Cancellations of Medical Research Grants
(New York Times) – In the wake of two court rulings taking issue with the axing of medical research grants by the Trump administration, a senior official at the National Institutes of Health has directed agency staff members not to … Read More
June 25, 2025
California’s Much-Touted IVF Law May Be Delayed Until 2026, Leaving Many in the Lurch
(KFF Health News) – California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date … Read More
June 25, 2025
Criminalizing Pregnancy: A Record Number of Women Were Prosecuted the Year After Dobbs
(Mother Jones) – They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws. The Dobbs decision didn’t just unleash a raft of laws restricting and banning abortion—it also seems to have made authorities more skeptical … Read More
June 24, 2025
The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds
(ABC News) – The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday. The latest report from … Read More
June 24, 2025
Liberals show no signs of limiting MAID despite ‘extremely concerned’ UN report
(National Post) – There is a lot of concern internationally within the disability rights community about what’s happening in Canada around euthanasia,’ a Conservative MP said (Read More)
