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RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with.
Many of the new members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices have been skeptical of vaccines.
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New state laws aim to clarify abortion bans. Doctors say it’s not so simple.
The risks of punishment have deterred physicians, hospitals and health systems from providing consistent care, even when needed.
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Abortion opponents are coming for mifepristone using what medical experts call 'junk science'
Using flawed studies and scientific journal publications, abortion opponents are building a body of research meant to question the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, a key target for the movement.
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A Texas bill to block abortion pills has died for now
The bill was poised to offer a blueprint for abortion restrictions nationwide.
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Thousands of people still get abortions in states with bans. This Texas bill aims to stop it.
The bill’s backers have said they intend to target the medical professionals mailing abortion pills, which could provide a blueprint for other states.
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People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy
The risk is greatest among Black women in states with abortion bans, according to a new report.
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She was tracking post-Roe abortions. The government just pulled her funding.
Diana Greene Foster, who was behind the landmark Turnaway Study, wanted to study the health and economic impacts of the loss of abortion access.
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State lawmakers are weighing bills that would treat abortion as homicide
None of the bills are likely to become law. But they illustrate a growing divide in the anti-abortion movement and could punish pregnant people.
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Reproductive health clinics are losing federal funding — and conservative states will be hit hardest
The Trump administration’s cuts to Title X could disrupt medical services for close to a million people, predominantly low-income Americans.