Apr 02 Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak amid flooding after Cyclone Freddy By Tom Gould, Associated Press Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 6:48 How FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan sales affects the opioid crisis By John Yang, Andrew Corkery This week, the FDA approved nationwide over-the-counter sales of Narcan, the brand name version of the generic overdose reversal drug naloxone. Overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., driven in large part by opioid use. Dr. Continue watching
Mar 31 Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid increasingly hostile legislation By Wilson Ring, Associated Press Thousands of people are rallying across the country as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility in support of the rights of transgender people and their resilience amid what many denounced as an increasingly hostile environment. Continue reading
Mar 31 A new ruling could chip away at the Affordable Care Act. Most in the U.S. see health care as a basic right By Laura Santhanam After more than a decade of political and legal turmoil swirling around the ACA, the vast majority of U.S. adults – eight out of 10 – say all Americans have a basic right to health care coverage, according to the… Continue reading
Mar 31 Drag performers on what Tennessee's ban on public performances means to them By Matt Rasnic, Rachel Liesendahl Under the new law, a first offense would be classified as a Class A misdemeanor — punishable by up to nearly one year in jail and a fine of $2,500. Subsequent offenses would be classified as a Class E felony… Continue reading
Mar 31 Missouri Planned Parenthood sues state AG over transgender care investigation By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press Missouri’s state attorney general is investigating gender-affirming care provided by Planned Parenthood, according to a lawsuit filed by the St. Louis health provider. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 5:18 Federal judge rules against key preventative care requirements of Affordable Care Act By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris A federal judge in Texas ruled that employers can not be required to cover key preventative health care benefits under the Affordable Care Act. It jeopardizes free coverage of a wide range of preventative services for some 160 million Americans. Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 7:34 D.C. phases out its COVID-era hotel housing program for homeless people By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Layla Quran, Henry Brannan At the start of the pandemic, we were all urged to stay at home and avoid crowds. But for homeless people, packed shelters made COVID transmission nearly unavoidable. Many cities used federal money to house people in vacant hotels to… Continue watching
Mar 30 Judge's ruling undercuts Affordable Care Act preventive screenings By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press A federal judge in Texas who has previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law. Continue reading
Mar 29 West Virginia governor signs ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth By Leah Willingham, Associated Press West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors. With the Republican's approval, West Virginia joins at least nine other states that have enacted laws restricting treatments for transgender youth. Continue reading