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Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Get Birth Control on Some College Campuses
By Mara Santilli Published on Oct 9, 2024 at 2:30 PM For many college freshmen, the fall semester marks not only their first time being away from home, but also the first time managing their own healthcare, including sexual wellness essentials such as condoms, birth control, and pregnancy tests. Eighty-one percent of sexually active college students…
Changes in abortion access are shifting how doulas help patients
by Sarah Boden for Spotlight PA | Oct. 8, 2024 When caring for people undergoing abortions, Pittsburgh-based doula Alicia Vervain often reassures them their experience is normal. How she provides this support depends on the client. In addition to answering questions, she sometimes prepares herbal teas or chats about recipes. Once, someone asked Vervain to sing “Helpless,” a swoony, upbeat…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…