Lawmakers in at least seven states are filing more than a dozen bills to expand abortion access.
Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
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Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds
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The probe found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation.
Donald Trump’s choice to lead HUD has a history of voting against protections for poor tenants. And Trump’s choice to lead the IRS once pushed to abolish the agency entirely.
Revisit ProPublica’s reporting on some of Trump’s key appointees:
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-appointments-cabinet-propublica-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Government #Housing #Tax #Environment #Business #Health
Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked
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Reproductive rights are now enshrined in the state constitution, but Missouri’s main abortion provider is fighting legal hurdles to resume offering the procedure. Meanwhile, anti-abortion lawmakers strategize to prevent a return of abortion services.
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What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
#News #Health #Healthcare #Medicine #Genetics #Biotech #Science
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
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Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
Montana Renews Accused Cancer Doctor’s License Despite Criminal, Civil Inquiries
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Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practice.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.
“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year
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Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Newborn babies have been exposed to measles at a Texas hospital and are receiving antibodies to protect them, NBC reports. The virus was brought into the University Medical Center Children's Hospital by a mother in labor — doctors didn't realize until after her admission that she was infected, and it's unclear when she tested positive. The immunoglobulin injections have been given to babies as young as three days old. A 2021 study found this therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns who are too young to be vaccinated. Emergency masking procedures have also been implemented.
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National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
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Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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After Vernor’s breathing machine stopped working, a Lincare representative promised his mother a company respiratory therapist would stay in contact “until we get him a new machine.”
But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law
The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.
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The inspection comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that drugs made at the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals plant accounted for an outsized share of U.S. recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly and could harm people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-inspection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
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Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
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The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/national-institutes-health-nih-canceled-grants-research
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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
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The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science
Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
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The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
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The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
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“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/baby-formula-abbot-sturgis-michigan-shortages-unsanitary-conditions-workers-say?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills.
But the insurer did make some exceptions. On several occasions, Blue Cross executives signed deals to pay for their wives’ treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-louisiana-insurance-lawsuit-breast-cancer-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
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While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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