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Escaping an abortion desert isn’t as simple as crossing state lines

April 10, 2022, 6:05am Health

As states like Texas and Oklahoma restrict abortion access ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court decision, Americans are being forced to travel farther from home to access care. But leaving town to escape restrictive laws is neither an easy solution nor an equitable one. Read story

According to survey results, 62% of 847 clinicians surveyed had personal knowledge of other primary care clinicians who retired early or quit during the coronavirus pandemic.

Panic attacks, fatigue: Some doctors say they’ll quit over COVID stress, study finds

According to survey results, 62% of 847 clinicians surveyed had personal knowledge of other primary care clinicians who retired early or quit during the coronavirus pandemic.

April 10, 2022, 6:05am Health

A quarter of doctors who participated in a February survey said they plan to leave their primary care jobs within the next three years because of stress over COVID-19, according to researchers. Read story

‘The danger is still there’: As omicron lurks, native Americans are wary of boosters

April 10, 2022, 6:05am Health

When COVID-19 vaccines first became available, Native Americans acted swiftly and with determination to get their shots — as though they had everything to lose. Read story

Study finds that greater exposure to the outdoors leads to better mental health.

Study: Mental health boosted by outdoors

Study finds that greater exposure to the outdoors leads to better mental health.

April 10, 2022, 6:00am Health

A recent study out of the University of Colorado at Boulder provides empirical proof to claims heard widely at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: The outdoors were a guard against anguish. Read story

Supporters of Dr. Paul Marik gather along St. Pauls Boulevard outside of the Norfolk, Virginia, courthouse on Nov. 18, 2021. Dr. Marik, a critical care specialist, sued Sentara Healthcare over its ban of the use of ivermectin in COVID-19 patients. Legislators in at least half the states are trying to protect medical providers from disciplinary action for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 or promoting unproven treatments, which some medical authorities say endanger the public.

States weigh shielding doctors’ COVID misinformation, unproven remedies

Supporters of Dr. Paul Marik gather along St. Pauls Boulevard outside of the Norfolk, Virginia, courthouse on Nov. 18, 2021. Dr. Marik, a critical care specialist, sued Sentara Healthcare over its ban of the use of ivermectin in COVID-19 patients. Legislators in at least half the states are trying to protect medical providers from disciplinary action for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 or promoting unproven treatments, which some medical authorities say endanger the public.

April 9, 2022, 6:02am Health

The controversy began in September, more than a year into the pandemic, when the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners issued a warning to doctors in the state: Spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines could land them in big trouble with the board, including the possible revocation of their medical licenses. Read story

FILE - Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" Broadway opening night at the Hudson Theatre on Monday, March 28, 2022, in New York. Both Broderick and Parker have tested positive for COVID-19. The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it's like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.

Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

FILE - Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" Broadway opening night at the Hudson Theatre on Monday, March 28, 2022, in New York. Both Broderick and Parker have tested positive for COVID-19. The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it's like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.

April 8, 2022, 8:02pm Health

The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what it’s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars. Read story

FILE - This June 8, 2017, photo shows the Idaho Supreme Court building in Boise, Idaho. A regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over a new law that bans nearly all abortions by allowing potential family members of the embryo to sue abortion providers. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky operates health centers across six states. It filed the lawsuit with the Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law

FILE - This June 8, 2017, photo shows the Idaho Supreme Court building in Boise, Idaho. A regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over a new law that bans nearly all abortions by allowing potential family members of the embryo to sue abortion providers. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky operates health centers across six states. It filed the lawsuit with the Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

April 8, 2022, 6:36pm Health

The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a new state law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allow the law to be enforced through lawsuits. Read story

FILE - This June 21, 2013 image shows a map at Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, N.M., that depicts food distribution points across New Mexico. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. A weaker safety net pattern isn't consistent for all measurements, with some Democratically controlled states, like New Mexico, that have less restrictive abortion laws also measuring poorly in some categories.

Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

FILE - This June 21, 2013 image shows a map at Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, N.M., that depicts food distribution points across New Mexico. States with some of the nation's strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. A weaker safety net pattern isn't consistent for all measurements, with some Democratically controlled states, like New Mexico, that have less restrictive abortion laws also measuring poorly in some categories.

April 8, 2022, 6:03am Health

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor, according to an analysis of federal data by The Associated Press. Read story

Seattle product designer’s card game nudges men to discuss mental health

April 8, 2022, 6:03am Health

“Cards Against Humanity meets your therapist” is how Weston Karnes describes his new card game designed to spark conversations between men about their mental health. Read story

Oregon sues COVID test company, millions of dollars pocketed

April 7, 2022, 4:02pm Health

The state of Oregon sued an Illinois-based COVID-19 testing company on Thursday, saying its owners took millions of dollars in federal funds and insurance money for themselves and boasted about buying a mansion and expensive sports cars. Read story