This athlete's favorite part of the Olympics? Free health care.
Pap smear? Check. Dentist appointment? Check. Bronze medal? Check.
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IUD insertion is painful. For the first time, the CDC issued guidance for physicians.Federal health officials are urging doctors to counsel patients about pain management before the procedure.
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States have increased anti-abortion center funding by nearly $500M since Roe was overturnedThe centers, which are not regulated as health facilities, offer services like free ultrasounds or diapers, and typically attempt to discourage people from terminating their pregnancies.
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Are patients from Florida going elsewhere for abortions — or staying pregnant?It’s been three months since the state passed a strict six-week abortion limit. That's affected access to care in ways that are just starting to show.
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Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harderRising temperatures mean dehydrated, exhausted kids, and teachers who have to focus on heat safety instead of instruction.
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This county has dealt with pregnancy disparities for decades. Their solution? Adopt-A-MomGuilford County, North Carolina detected racial and insurance-based inequities in maternal care. Then it sought to change outcomes.
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The race to understand — and profit from — period bloodA growing wave of companies and research initiatives are doing something science has neglected for thousands of years: treating menstrual blood as an important trove of information about the bodies it comes from.
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Supreme Court dismisses Idaho case, allows abortions in medical emergenciesThe high court had been asked to decide if Idaho’s strict abortion ban trumps EMTALA, a federal law requiring hospitals to provide stabilizing care — which can include abortions.
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Gun violence is now a public health crisis. What does that actually mean?Experts say a surgeon general's warning is a key step in keeping kids safe.
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Teens say they learn more in school about frogs’ bodies than their ownA California bill would require public schools to cover menstrual health as part of their comprehensive sex ed curriculum.