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Federal threats to gender-affirming care add fear for future of access for minors
After Supreme Court ruling, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors parallel abortion bans enforced post-Dobbs By: Lindsey Toomer July 23, 2025 4:00 am Efforts at the federal level to restrict access to gender-affirming care, particularly for minors, have resulted in growing demand in Colorado from out-of-state families seeking care for their transgender children. The U.S.…
White coats and brotherhood: Young Doctors Project is empowering Black youth to pursue careers in health, medicine
Julian B. Kiganda July 16th, 2025 This summer on Howard University’s campus, there is a group of high school-aged Black youth from the DMV, Roanoke, Va., and New York City who are settling into one of the dorms for the next six weeks to learn, serve, and bond as part of a very special brotherhood.…
Exclusive: US considered charging Minnesota judges, lawyers in immigration crackdown, sources say
By Sarah N. Lynch July 16, 2025 5:32 AM CDT Summary FBI eyed judges, defense lawyers over virtual hearings for defendants in country illegally, sources say Status of early-stage probe into judges, defense lawyers remains unclear Virtual hearings common post-COVID, seen as routine by defense attorneys WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department…
ICE bars detained immigrants from getting bond hearings
Under new Trump administration guidance, millions of immigrants who entered the U.S. without legal authorization would have to fight their deportation cases in detention. July 15, 2025, 3:53 PM CDT By Nicole Acevedo, Didi Martinez and Gabe Gutierrez The Trump administration wants to make millions of immigrants who entered the United States without legal authorization…
Medical groups sue HHS, RFK Jr. over ‘unlawful’ vaccine changes
The groups say Kennedy unlawfully cut COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. By Mary Kekatos July 7, 2025, 1:51 PM Several major medical organizations filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday over what they are calling “unlawful, unilateral vaccine changes.” The six groups — including the American…
States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts
Hospitals stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars under the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. By: Anna Claire Vollers July 7, 2025 5:00 am The giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend includes the biggest health care spending cuts in U.S. history. In response, states are scrambling to…
Idaho banned abortion. Three years later, minors and seniors struggle to get routine care.
By: Kelcie Moseley-Morris July 4, 2025 5:00 am Editor’s note: This report examines the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal right to abortion three years ago. Of all the outcomes Rachel Castor could have predicted from Idaho’s abortion ban, her teenage son being denied hospital admission during an asthma attack…
Medicaid cuts could be devastating for the Delta and the rest of rural America
The ‘big, beautiful bill’ would cause 11.8M more Americans to become uninsured by 2034. By: Shalina Chatlani and Kim Krisberg, Public Health Watch July 3, 2025 5:00 am LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. — East Carroll Parish sits in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, along the winding Mississippi River. Its seat, Lake Providence, was a thriving agricultural center…
“Big, beautiful bill” cuts to Medicaid could be devastating for nursing home residents
By Caitlin Huey-Burns July 1, 2025 / 7:52 PM EDT / CBS News Jason Barrett visits his 94-year-old grandmother, Ruth Raney, at the Martinsburg Healthcare Center in West Virginia as often as he can. Medicaid will soon be covering the cost of Raney’s care, putting her among the 77% of West Virginia nursing home residents…