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Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment
Hospitals and doctors around the country are facing harassment and even death threats over the medical care they offer to transgender kids. In many cases,… -
An $18,000 biopsy? Paying cash might have been cheaper than using her insurance
When Dani Yuengling felt a lump in her right breast last summer, she tried to ignore it.She was 35, the same age her mother had been when she received a… -
3 more states will enact abortion trigger bans this week
By the end of August, nearly all of the abortion trigger bans in the country will have taken effect. Thirteen states have legislation that was designed to… -
Encore: A love letter to — and scathing review of — the healthcare industry
Boston-based pediatrician Mark Vonnegut has seen a lot during his 40 years practicing medicine. -
Over-the-counter hearing aids will bring relief, but with some confusion
Medicare doesn't cover hearing aids; neither do most insurance policies. That's why advocates are welcoming a new federal rule allowing over-the-counter… -
Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies
ERIN, Tenn. — Kyle Kopec gets a kick out of leading tours through the run-down hospitals his boss is buying, pointing out what he calls relics of poor… -
Their mentor was attacked. Now young OB-GYNs may leave Indiana
Early on a Monday morning, a group of young obstetrics and gynecology residents gathered for a daily meeting. The young doctors, dressed in blue scrubs… -
New law ensures medication abortion access for public university students in Mass.
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Mass. House and Senate compromise on bill to improve oversight for veterans' homes
The legislation promotes the Department of Veterans' Services to a Cabinet level office following settlement from fatal 2020 COVID outbreak -
Mass. House and Senate pass reproductive rights bill, now on governor’s desk
The governor said he was “hoping that we'll be able to have a [signing] ceremony for that one.”
