Health
The global push for paid menstrual leave
Many women have painful periods, but only a handful of countries, most of them in Asia, allow them to take time off work to recover.
Feb 16, 2023
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News tagged with law
Surgery
Massachusetts bill would let prisoners donate organs in exchange for shorter sentence
Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.
Feb 9, 2023
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Medical economics
National study of hospitals finds low adherence to the federal price transparency mandate
In January 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) passed a federal law that requires hospitals to make the costs of standard healthcare services transparent. Investigators at the Brigham systematically ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Health
Minor consent laws for STI/HIV services increased across US, but limitations persist
As of 2021, all 50 states and Washington, DC allow youth to consent independently to some or all of these services, but the laws remain complex and varied, and confidentiality protections are rare.
Feb 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Feds say cyberattack caused suicide helpline's outage
A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation's new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials told The Associated Press Friday. Lawmakers are now calling for the federal agency that oversees ...
Feb 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The ethical dilemmas behind plans for involuntary treatment to target homelessness, mental illness and addiction
Over the past year, cities across the United States have unveiled new policy plans to address homelessness amid rising concerns about health and crime—for homeless people themselves, as well as for surrounding communities. ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
A baby spent 36 days in an in-network NICU. Why did the hospital next door send a bill?
Brenna Kearney was seven months pregnant in December 2019 when she experienced what she thought were bad flu symptoms.
Feb 1, 2023
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Voluntary assisted dying will be available to more Australians this year—here's what to expect in 2023
By the end of 2023, eligible people in all Australian states will be able to apply for voluntary assisted dying as the final three states' laws will become operational this year.
Jan 27, 2023
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Health
Data shows legislators introduced over 1,500 bills to change authority of state and local officials in 2021 and 2022
In the legislative sessions spanning January 1, 2021, through May 20, 2022, U.S. state legislators introduced 1,531 bills to change the scope and allocation of emergency health authority, according to new data released today ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Other
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli in trouble again for forming new drug company
"Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli may have violated a judge's order banning him from being involved in the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Friday.
Jan 23, 2023
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