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'I’m here by myself': Grappling with chronic pain in a …

Details: Now, Thomas lives in an apartment alone in Birmingham, Alabama, so she can be closer to family. Before moving, she hadn’t seen her family for a year. After pandemic-induced isolation and struggling to secure medical …

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Women in health care are at a breaking point — and …

Details: Women in health care suffered steeper job losses during the pandemic and are recovering at a slower rate than men. Compared to January 2020, there are still 480,000 fewer …

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New anti-trans laws target autistic youth and those with …

Details: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which sets global standards to health care providers on gender-affirming care, has its own …

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Biden campaigned on universal health coverage. Will his …

Details: The 19th thanks our sponsors. Become one. To cover those gaps, experts are urging Biden to act on another campaign promise: to introduce a public option — a …

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Forced sterilization is legal in 31 states, new report shows

Details: The majority of people in the United States impacted by forced surgical sterilization — permanent procedures such as hysterectomies and tubal ligation — are under …

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Environmental advocates ask EPA to take stand on …

Details: In November, Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international nongovernmental organization, sent an open letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed by 28 …

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Most home care workers aren’t required to get the COVID …

Details: President Joe Biden declared last month that nursing homes must require their staff to get vaccinated, or they risk losing their Medicaid and Medicare funding. But that …

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Details: Activists want the agency’s new office for environmental justice to make the health of pregnant people, which is threatened by a changing climate and pollutants, an explicit …

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In Florida, Black women health professionals are fighting …

Details: Rebekah Barber is a 2022-2023 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper editorial fellow. As Florida has tightened its abortion laws and passed policies that restrict access to reproductive …

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LGBTQ+ Americans report more discrimination at the doctor

Details: When LGBTQ+ people go to the doctor, they are more likely to be refused medical services, blamed for their health problems and discriminated against than cisgender and …

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Biden signs a 'Momnibus' bill adding to maternity care for veterans

Details: November 30, 2021, 9:23 a.m. PT. President Biden on Tuesday signed into law an act that creates a $15 million program to support maternal care at the Department of Veterans …

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Medicaid disenrollment: Who will be most impacted — and when

Details: Between February 2020 and November 2022, 20.5 million new people were enrolled in Medicaid coverage . Among those most impacted by the continuous enrollment …

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$785 million of pandemic relief will support communities of color

Details: The Biden administration announced Wednesday that $785 million of the American Rescue Plan will go toward the communities that were hit hardest by the pandemic, …

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Transhealth wants to revolutionize care for transgender people

Details: Transhealth is the first rural transgender health clinic in the nation. It’s also one of the first health care organizations to be led entirely by transgender people to focus exclusively …

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Women may be more worried about COVID-19 vaccines. Experts …

Details: Health. Women may be more worried about COVID-19 vaccines. Experts say addressing their fears is essential. Women typically play a big role in helping their family …

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Firefighters’ careers could be impacting their reproductive health

Details: The latest study, released in December in the peer-reviewed Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, showed that women firefighters had a 40 percent …

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GENECIS, a trans youth health center in Texas, shuts down

Details: GENECIS’ closure also comes after Save Texas Kids, a local activist group that has protested against critical race theory, organized protests outside the home of at least one …

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Colorado to expand insurance for gender-affirming care

Details: The 19th thanks our sponsors. Become one. State and federal officials announced Tuesday that the state will expand its gender-affirming health care under essential benefits …

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How the sports world failed when 3 Black women needed help

Details: McNeal, who had qualified for her second stint on the U.S. Olympic team after placing first in the 100-meter hurdles in 2016, told The Times and The 19th that her appeal …

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The pandemic strained nursing homes. What happens if they …

Details: More than 1.5 million women lost or left their health care jobs, including in nursing homes, in the first month of the pandemic alone, many citing burnout. Now, about 94 percent …

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Florida aims to ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care

Details: The agency responsible for overseeing Florida’s Medicaid program announced last week that it plans to end Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care, like hormone treatment …

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Florida weighs restricting care for trans adults and banning care …

Details: Published. August 11, 2022, 12:42 p.m. PT. Share. Florida’s board of medicine has begun weighing restrictions on transgender health care in response to pressure from the …

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