April 24, 2025
(NBC News) – Attorney General Pam Bondi said existing U.S. laws against female genital mutilation prohibit doctors from providing certain care to transgender youths. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo this week seeking to further curtail access to transgender … Read More
April 24, 2025
(Axios) – Food and Drug Administration databases that physicians and public health experts rely on for key drug safety and manufacturing information have been neglected due to DOGE-directed layoffs, leaving health professionals flying blind on basic questions about certain drugs … Read More
April 22, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Can an Alabama health clinic survive Musk’s “chainsaw for bureaucracy”? People called the clinic Cahaba, which was short for Cahaba Medical Care, a larger system that was managing to get doctors into some of the poorest, sickest, … Read More
April 22, 2025
(The Guardian) – Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal Most of 51 brands of toothpaste tested for lead contained the dangerous heavy metal, including those for children or those marketed as green. The … Read More
April 22, 2025
(Axios) – President Trump has called himself the “fertilization president,” but DOGE-directed cuts this month decimated Centers for Disease Control staff who track the safety, cost and outcomes of the nation’s fertility clinics. Why it matters: The CDC had been … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Axios) – Five years of legal battles over the Affordable Care Act’s preventative services mandate will come to a head at the Supreme Court on Monday, in a case that will decide if millions of Americans will continue to have … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Axios) – At least half a dozen states are weighing new restrictions aimed at limiting pharmacy benefit managers’ ability to influence drug prices, including prohibitions on steering business to affiliated pharmacies. Why it matters: With Congress gridlocked on PBM legislation, … Read More
April 21, 2025
(New York Times) – Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate. The White House has been hearing out a chorus of ideas in recent … Read More
April 21, 2025
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 50, no. 3-4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Decision follows a yearslong legal battle over protections for women and female-only spaces Britain’s top court ruled only those born female can be considered women, a landmark judgment that excludes transgender women from the legal definition … Read More
April 16, 2025
(Axios) – The number of clinician-provided abortions in Florida declined last year more than in any other state, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: The data shows just how much the six-week ban that went into effect last … Read More
April 15, 2025
(Wired) – Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), four current … Read More
April 14, 2025
(Axios) – A new round of workplace violence in hospitals and clinics is lending urgency to efforts to create a first-ever federal standard for protecting nurses, social workers and others in the medical system. Why it matters: Health care workers … Read More
April 11, 2025
Clinical Ethics (vol. 20, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 10, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 11, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 9, 2025
(Axios) – More than 20 bills focused on menopause care have been introduced across at least 13 states so far this year. Why it matters: Menopause education isn’t just having a moment. Changes that could permanently reshape insurance coverage and … Read More
April 9, 2025
(Axios) – Idaho will enforce a first-in-the-nation ban on vaccine mandates in businesses and schools this summer after legislators on the last day of their session passed a revised “medical freedom” bill. Why it matters: The ban reflects a growing … Read More
April 8, 2025
(New York Times) – While it was known that some staff members devoted to H.I.V. prevention in other countries had been lost, The New York Times has learned that all such experts have now been terminated or are awaiting reassignment … Read More
April 7, 2025
(BBC) – April was born with spina bifida and was later diagnosed with tumours at the base of her spine which she says have left her in constant, debilitating pain. She’s been taking strong opioid painkillers for more than 20 … Read More
April 3, 2025
(BBC) – Wayne sits in a reclining chair where he spends most of his days. Terminally ill, he is too weak to leave the house. He has invited BBC News to witness his death under California’s assisted dying laws – … Read More
April 3, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – That eyebrow-raising encounter reinforced Padilla’s concern that AI companion bots, which can hold personal conversations with users and even form relationships, pose safety risks for minors, he said in a phone interview Monday. Now Padilla … Read More
April 3, 2025
(ABC News) – A unanimous Supreme Court on Wednesday backed the Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to authorize the sale of kid-friendly flavored e-cigarettes and vapes, including the flavors “Killer Kustard Blueberry,” “Rainbow Road,” and “Pineapple Express.” Justice Samuel Alito, … Read More
April 3, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 10, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 2, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 1, 2025
(Wired) – Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die. Thousands of federal employees at the US Centers … Read More
