March 31, 2023
(NPR) – Mental illness can be part of the story of how a person ends up homeless — or part of the price of survival on the streets, where sleep and safety are scarce. Unsheltered residents in Portland die thirty … Read More
March 30, 2023
(Associated Press) – A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday that requires most insurers to cover preventive services that include … Read More
March 30, 2023
(New York Times) – Ms. Bluestein, who was diagnosed with late-stage fallopian tube cancer, said that if chemotherapy stopped working, she intended to make use of a Vermont law that allows certain people to seek and self-administer a lethal dose … Read More
March 24, 2023
(CNN) – The governor of Utah signed a controversial bill on Thursday that will require minors to obtain the consent of a guardian before joining social media platforms, marking the most aggressive step yet by state or federal lawmakers to … Read More
March 23, 2023
(Axios) – From IT failures that cost patients a chance at a life-saving organ to doctors salvaging kidneys from a battered box with tire tracks on it, the nation’s organ transplant system has come to be defined by harrowing anecdotes. … Read More
March 23, 2023
(Wall Street Journal) – Track and field’s international governing body will enact a ban on transgender female athletes competing in women’s events, becoming the most prominent sports federation yet to significantly tighten its eligibility criteria for elite competitors. World Athletics … Read More
March 20, 2023
(Axios) – Wyoming became the first state to ban abortion pills this week after Gov. Mark Gordon (R) signed the controversial bill into law on Friday. Why it matters: The demand for abortion pills has surged since the Supreme Court … Read More
March 17, 2023
(Kaiser Health News) – To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against health care staffing agencies that substantially raise their prices during a declared emergency. A New York bill includes a cap … Read More
March 17, 2023
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 388, no. 4, 2023) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Fundamentals of Health Law: Regulating Reproductive Medicine in a World without Roe” by K. Mutcherson “Intention to Treat: Covid Vaccines — … Read More
March 15, 2023
(Kaiser Health News) – Born of an effort to fight the nation’s overdose crisis, the guidance led to legal restrictions on doctors’ ability to prescribe painkillers. The recommendations left many patients grappling with the mental and physical health consequences of … Read More
