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Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women’s rights to IVF
BY MARY CLARE JALONICKUpdated 7:01 PM CDT, September 17, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue. The Senate vote was Democrats’ latest attempt to force…
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A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban
Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period. Sept. 20, 2024, 4:49 PM CDT / Updated Sept. 21, 2024, 7:07 AM CDT By Erika Edwards, Zinhle Essamuah and Jason Kane To watch video report, Click Here. The number of women in Texas who died…
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USCIS Extends Green Card Validity Extension to 36 Months for Green Card Renewals
09/18/2024 Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents who file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card. Lawful permanent residents who properly file Form I-90 to renew an expiring or expired Green…
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‘Just lose weight’: Women with PCOS are going untreated due to ‘weight-centric health care’
70% of women affected by PCOS remain undiagnosed worldwide as women report experiencing delayed diagnosis and undertreatment due to “weight-centric healthcare.” Alyssa Goldberg September 10, 2024 As a teenager, Pamela Everland suffered from irregular and excessively heavy periods that lasted for six to eight weeks. At 19-years-old, a gynecologist finally placed her on birth control to regulate her periods,…
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Squeezed by inflation and politics, a Texas food bank gets creative to keep people fed
KERA | By Jayme Lozano Carver | The Texas Tribune Published August 27, 2024 at 9:21 AM CDT LUBBOCK — Just a short walk behind the South Plains Food Bank lies an uncommon sight in the parched region — thousands of lush trees covered in apples, persimmons and other fresh fruit. The 15-acre orchard has its roots…
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New report predicts health care worker shortages in Colorado, with less populated areas suffering more
By John Daley Sep. 10, 2024, 4:00 am If you’re a nurse practitioner or some other health care occupation, you can expect to be in high demand in Colorado and many other states in the coming years. That’s according to a new report from Mercer, a global consulting firm, which examines labor markets around the U.S. in a…
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Maternity care deserts are growing
Caitlin Owens September 11, 2024 Half of U.S. counties don’t have a hospital that provides obstetric care and more than a third lack a single obstetric clinician, according to a new report by March of Dimes. Why it matters: Access to care is getting worse even as America’s maternal mortality rate is more than double that of some other high-income…
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White House announces rule that would cut insurance red tape over mental health and substance use disorder care
By Carma Hassan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Updated 3:43 PM EDT, Mon September 9, 2024 The Biden administration announced a final rule on Monday meant to expand access and lower costs for care for mental health and substance use disorders. Most provisions in the rule will apply to group health plans and health insurance issuers for plan years starting…
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More Women Underwent Surgical Sterilization After Fall of Roe v. Wade
By HealthDay Sept. 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m By Ernie Mundell As fears of the consequences of an unintended pregnancy rose after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, rates of surgical sterilization rose in those states most affected by the decision, new research shows. Rates of tubal sterilization — tying, cutting or removing the fallopian…
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