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At Supreme Court, Tennessee Seeks to Expand Reach of Dobbs to Ban Health Care for Transgender Youth
Case: L.W. v. Skrmetti Affiliate: ACLU of Tennessee October 8, 2024 3:55 pm WASHINGTON – In their brief defending the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has asked the Supreme Court to expand its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and allow the state to target transgender people’s autonomy over their own bodies, too.…
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FDA’s promised guidelines on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
By Arthur Allen Updated on: October 7, 2024 / 11:31 AM EDT / KFF Health News To watch video report, Click Here. Oakland, California — The patient was in his 60s, an African American man with emphysema. The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88% blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of organ…
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It’s harder to pay and travel for abortion care, and support funds are struggling
Updated October 3, 202410:19 AM ET By Stephanie Colombini, Elissa Nadworny Getting an abortion can cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, especially if a patient must leave a state with a strict abortion ban. But the organizations that provide financial support, sometimes known as abortion funds, are struggling financially and slashing their budgets, unable to…
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Here Is the 2025 Pay Raise for Disabled Veterans and Military Retirees
Military.com | By Amanda Miller Published October 10, 2024 at 10:26am ET Military retirees and disabled veterans will receive 2.5% increases to their monthly paychecks for 2025, thanks to the annual Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, tied to inflation. While 2.5% may look low compared to recent years’ COLA adjustments of 3.2% (2024), 8.7% (2023) and 5.9% (2022), it’s…
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NYC schools aren’t meeting needs of students with disabilities, lawsuit alleges
By Doug Williams October 9, 2024 / 6:35 PM EDT / CBS New York To watch video report, Click Here. NEW YORK — The New York City Department of Education is facing a new lawsuit from the Legal Aid Society and a group of city public school parents. It alleges that kids in need of special education programs…
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A look at reproductive rights ahead of the 2024 election
Updated: 5:00 PM EDT Sep 26, 2024 Megan Camponovo, Sarah Connor Women’s reproductive rights have become a major topic of conversation during the 2024 presidential race. After Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, many are concerned about how reproductive rights may change depending on who is elected president. Since then, the debate has widened…
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Breast cancer mortality is down but cases are up. North Texas health experts weigh in
KERA | By Kailey Broussard Published October 7, 2024 at 5:00 AM CDT For North Texas health care professionals and advocates, new breast cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society provide both hope and a reminder of the work needed to improve early detection and access to screenings. Mortality rates for breast cancer have fallen by 44% since 1989,…
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Chicago Teachers Union holds “walk-ins” at 150 schools to demand more funding for CPS
By Marissa Perlman September 30, 2024 / 10:09 AM CDT / CBS Chicago To watch video report, Click Here. CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Teachers Union staged “walk-ins” at more than 150 schools on Monday as part of a nationwide movement to call for more funding for public education. The demonstrations came as approximately $200 billion federal COVID…
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Baltimore Women’s March advocates enshrining reproductive rights in state constitution
By Hannah Gaskill | [email protected] UPDATED: September 20, 2024 at 11:32 a.m. More than 100 women gathered in the backroom at Checkerspot brewery Wednesday evening with three goals: to elect Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Angela Alsobrooks; to make Vice President Kamala Harris the first female president; and to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution. At the Baltimore Women’s…
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