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News Articles: Health

Sean Saifa Wall

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  • Health

Where gender-affirming care for youth is banned, intersex surgery may be allowed

Some states that ban gender-affirming care for trans youth do allow intersex surgeries.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Jojo Macaluso
A federal judge in Texas ruled that U.S. Food and Drug Administration improperly approved an abortion pill over 20 years ago, testing the agency's authority.

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  • Health

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

A medical ethics expert says a Texas abortion pill ruling is unprecedented because a federal judge "standing in" for regulators could have far-reaching implications beyond mifepristone.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
President and CEO of the Phoebe Putney Health System, Scott Steiner, holds a mock-up of the housing project against his office window. He hopes the partnership will encourage more nursing students to stay in Albany, G.a., and grow the workforce both at Phoebe Putney and in the region.

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  • Health

A South Georgia hospital hopes to ease the nursing shortage with a new housing development

The partnership between Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and a local technical college aims to encourage student nurses to live, and one day work, where they’re trained.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Mifepristone was approved more than 20 years ago to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.

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  • Politics

With abortion pill access uncertain, states strike deals to stock up

California, Washington state, New York and Massachusetts are stockpiling misoprostol and mifepristone, both of which are used in abortion regimens.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Women pause at a memorial at a vigil honoring the victims of a shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif.

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  • Health

More than half of Americans have dealt with gun violence in their personal lives

A national poll finds that a majority of Americans have felt the effects of gun violence in their personal lives.

April 11, 2023
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Georgia Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce, right, testifies in favor of a bill that would slow the flow of children into foster care on Feb. 16, 2023, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Broce has said that the insurer managing care for Georgia's foster children is denying too many requests for mental health care.

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  • News

Georgia Medicaid insurer denied psychotherapy for thousands

A newspaper finds that the insurance company that manages medical care for many Georgia children has denied or partially denied more than 6,500 requests for psychotherapy between 2019 and mid-2022.

April 11, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Dr. Shelly Tien hands a patient the initial abortion inducing medication at Trust Women clinic in Oklahoma City, U.S., December 6, 2021. Of the 20 abortions performed that day, 17 of the patients came from Texas. Picture taken December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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  • Health

Georgia doctors on mifepristone rulings: 'This is not going away. It is just changing'

A federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to rescind its approval for the abortion drug, mifepristone. The ruling was set to go into effect on Friday, but it could be put on hold after the Justice Department filed an appeal on Monday.

April 11, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Global Health

The dream of wiping out polio might need a rethink

When public health specialists look at the annual case counts, some see a trend that raises questions about how realistic the goal of a polio-free world might be.

April 10, 2023
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  • Jason Beaubien
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Documents in abortion pill lawsuit raise questions about ex-husband's claims

A Texas man is suing three women he says helped his ex-wife obtain an abortion "without even his knowledge." Experts say documents related to the case suggest he might have known ahead of time.

April 10, 2023
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  • Sarah McCammon
Access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication, is in jeopardy after a pair of conflicting court rulings on Friday.

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  • Law

What's next for the abortion pill mifepristone?

Access to mifepristone, a medication that is used in about half of all abortions nationwide, hangs in the balance of two contradictory court rulings. A date with the Supreme Court is all but certain.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Sarah McCammon
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

The future availability of abortion pills remains uncertain after conflicting rulings

A conflicting and confusing set of federal court rulings Friday is leaving abortion providers in the U.S. uncertain about the future availability of abortion pills.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon and
  • A Martínez
Some Amoxicillin products are hard to find on pharmacy shelves as a nationwide shortage continues.

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  • Health

Strep is bad right now — and an antibiotic shortage is making it worse

Strep throat is more prevalent this year, and amoxicillin manufacturers didn't make enough of the antibiotic to go around.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, a large safety-net provider, is seeing more Medicaid and uninsured patients who formerly used the nearby Atlanta Medical Center, which closed last year.

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  • News

Special Medicaid funds help most states, but prompt oversight concerns

Emanuel Medical Center in rural Georgia racks up more than $350,000 a month in losses providing health care for low-income and uninsured patients. But a new state funding proposal could significantly reduce those deficits, not just for the 66-bed Swainsboro facility, but for most rural hospitals in the state.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Andy Miller
Boxes of the drug mifepristone a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, AL.

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  • Politics

Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls Texas judge's abortion pill ruling 'shocking'

The future of access to abortion pills is uncertain after two federal judges issued a pair of conflicting rulings on Friday evening.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Jan Johnson
The iconic cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., reached their peak bloom on March 28 this season, earlier than most years. Mild winters lead to a longer pollen season and that is bad news for allergy sufferers.

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  • Health

More pollen, more allergies: Personalized exposure therapy treats symptoms

Some doctors prescribe sublingual immunotherapy, known as SLIT, a serum taken as drops under the tongue. Patients like it, but it is not FDA-approved, so insurance usually doesn't cover it.

April 10, 2023
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  • Allison Aubrey
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