Year: 2023

Many health care workers cite staffing problems and burnout, despite being buoyed by their mission. View original article Contributor: Dudley M. Brooks

I’ll never forget a video I saw as a nutrition student. Infants were given a taste of tart, bitter and sweet water on their tongues. Their little faces puckered up … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Sun spots, melasma and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation are common types of skin discoloration that occur when excess melanin — the pigment that gives skin its color — is produced. While laser … Click to Continue » View original article Contributor:

Missouri has imposed sweeping rules to limit health care for trans adults. Other states have banned Medicaid coverage or introduced bills outlawing care for young adults. View original article Contributor: Azeen Ghorayshi

The people at the dog park, the bank teller, the regular waiter — these casual relationships may be “weak ties,” but they’re also a key to well-being. View original article Contributor: Paula Span

The Supreme Court is facing a self-imposed Friday night deadline to decide whether women’s access to a widely used abortion pill will stay unchanged or be restricted while a legal challenge to its Food and Drug Administration approval goes on. The justices are weighing arguments that allowing restrictions contained in lower-court rulings to take effect … Read more

The order halts lower court rulings that would have restricted the drug as an appeal moves forward in a case with profound implications for abortion access and the F.D.A.’s regulatory authority. View original article Contributor: Abbie VanSickle

The battle over whether to permanently restrict mifepristone, and whether the FDA properly approved use of the drug more than 20 years ago, continues. View original article Contributor: Robert Barnes

States with abortion bans have seen a 10.5 percent drop in applicants for OB/GYN residencies from the previous year, according to new data. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil

As the prisoners age, their physical and mental health needs are increasingly challenging, the leader of a visiting delegation said. View original article Contributor: Carol Rosenberg