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Amid a years-long rise in maternal mortality rates in the United States, Idaho lawmakers decided to disband a committee created to investigate pregnancy-related deaths.
During pregnancy, workers often face hazardous circumstances, including breathing toxic chemicals. On June 27, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act began requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodations. But the new law has a big hole: Not nearly enough is known about which chemical exposures are dangerous for pregnant workers.
Montana, Alaska, Mississippi, Missouri, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming are among the latest states moving to provide health coverage for up to a year after pregnancy through the federal-state health insurance program for low-income people.
Doctors say they are reluctant to practice in abortion-banned states, where making the best decision for a patient could run afoul of the law. Even former President Donald Trumps surgeon general is concerned about the repercussions for womens health, writes 窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner.
Infant mortality rates across the South are by far the worst in the U.S. A look at South Carolina where multimillion-dollar programs aimed at improving rates over the past 10 years have failed to move the needle drives home the challenge of finding solutions, especially in rural communities.
A federally funded program in remote New Mexico has helped hundreds of pregnant mothers stay healthy, but its running out of time and money despite a growing national maternity care crisis. The four-year, nearly $3 million grant has provided telehealth, coordinated care, and social services to mothers in need.
Women are the fastest-growing group among U.S. veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs says it is working to meet their health needs, including pregnancy care.
At least two Idaho hospitals are ending labor and delivery services, with one citing the states legal and political climate and noting that recruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult as doctors leave.
Doctors rushed a pregnant woman to a surgeon who charged thousands upfront just to see her. The case reveals a gap in medical billing protections for those with rare, specialized conditions.
Pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage ends just two months after childbirth in Texas some advocates and researchers say that cutoff contributes to maternal deaths and illnesses in the state.
American women are more likely to deliver their babies prematurely than women in most developed countries. Its a distinction that coincides with high rates of maternal and infant death, billions of dollars in costs, and even lifelong disabilities for the children who survive.
Medi-Cal serves more than one-third of the states population offering a dizzying range of care to a diverse population. In the new Faces of Medi-Cal series, California Healthline will assess the programs strengths and weaknesses through the lives and experiences of its enrollees.
Lawmakers in 14 states have passed near-total bans on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But in some conservative-led states where court rulings determined their constitutions protect abortion, including Montana, politicians havent asked voters to weigh in.
The first installment of InvestigateTV and KHNs Costly Care series explores one California mothers experience struggling to get reimbursed for midwifery care and the differences between providers that may determine whether insurance covers them.
A private equity firm bought a birth center and then shut it down. The community brought it back as a nonprofit.
In Part II of this special two-part episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Varney of KHN join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how the abortion debate has evolved since the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022, and what might be the flashpoints for 2023. Also, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their most memorable reproductive health stories from the last year.
In Part I of this special two-part episode, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Sarah Varney of KHN join KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how the abortion debate has evolved since the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in 2022, and what might be the flashpoints for 2023. Also in this episode, Rovner interviews Elizabeth Nash of the Guttmacher Institute, about changing reproductive policies in the states.
Because morning sickness is common, severe nausea in pregnancy can be minimized by doctors or the patients themselves. Untreated, symptoms can worsen and delays lead to medical emergencies.
How one Louisiana woman experiencing a miscarriage sought care amid a climate of fear and confusion among doctors fueled by that states restrictive abortion law.
The public universitys health system is renewing contracts with outside hospitals and clinics even as some doctors and faculty say clearer language is needed to protect physicians performing abortions and gender-affirming treatments.
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