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Conservative Justices Stir Trouble for Republican Politicians on Abortion
Rachana Pradhan
Abortion opponents have maneuvered in courthouses for years to end access to reproductive health care. In Arizona last week, a win for the anti-abortion camp…
California Health Workers May Face Rude Awakening With $25 Minimum Wage Law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly a half-million health workers who stand to benefit from California’s nation-leading $25 minimum wage law could be in for a rude awakening if…
Why Opioid Settlement Money Is Paying County Employees’ Salaries
More than $4.3 billion in opioid settlement money has landed in the hands of city, county and state officials to date — with billions more on the way. But instead of…
Paris Hilton apoya ley en California que exige a la “industria de los jóvenes…
Paris Hilton, heredera de la cadena hotelera y celebrity, está respaldando el impulso de legisladores de California para aumentar la transparencia de los centros…
‘Smoke-free generation’ bill passes in U.K. House of Commons
LONDON — Britain is poised to launch a world-leading project to create a “smoke-free generation,” after the House of Commons passed a bill Tuesday banning the sale of cigarettes to…
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries
A pair of heart devices linked to hundreds of injuries and at least 14 deaths has received the FDA’s most serious recall, the agency announced Monday.
The recall…
To Stop Fentanyl Deaths in Philadelphia, Knocking on Doors and Handing Out Overdose Kits
On a narrow street lined with row houses and an auto body shop in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Marsella Elie climbs a home’s front steps and knocks…
6 Signs of Cervical Cancer That Can Be Too Easy to Miss
As Diana Pearre, MD, a gynecologic oncologist at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California, tells SELF, it’s really difficult to tell cervical…
Native Americans Have Shorter Life Spans. Better Health Care Isn’t the Only Answer.
HISLE, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young.
Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule…
Italy lower house passes law allowing anti-abortion activists into clinics
ROME — Italy’s lower house has passed an amendment, part of the right-wing government’s new health-care package, that would open the way for antiabortion activists to enter family…