Health
Murphy to sign bill allowing medically assisted suicide
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday he will sign legislation allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending medication.
Mar 25, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Updated data show sharp increase in laws limiting state and local authority in public health emergencies
There are now 19 states with laws limiting governors' or state health officials' authority during the COVID-19 pandemic or other emergencies, according to newly updated data published today on LawAtlas.org. This is an increase ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Health
Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon
A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications, out of ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Health
Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws
A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions in Arkansas minutes before they were set to take effect Wednesday, including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state's only surgical abortion clinic ...
Jul 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NYC begins registering travelers at COVID-19 checkpoints
New York City opened new traveler checkpoints Thursday to register visitors and residents returning from checkpoints don't involve the police, but the city's Sheriff's Office, which enforces civil law, said it would pull ...
Aug 6, 2020
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Addiction
Overdose prevention sites not associated with increase in crime, according to study
An analysis co-led by a Brown public health researcher has found that the nation's first two government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers were not associated with significant changes in crime.
Nov 13, 2023
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Health
Obama's budget targets high cost of cutting-edge drugs
With patients facing greater exposure to the high cost of new medications, President Barack Obama on Monday called for government to use its buying power to squeeze drug companies for lower prices.
Feb 2, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Ripple effects of abortion restrictions confuse care for miscarriages
As the Supreme Court appears poised to return abortion regulation to the states, recent experience in Texas illustrates that medical care for miscarriages and dangerous ectopic pregnancies would also be threatened if restrictions ...
May 16, 2022
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Health
Health co-op failure in NY leaves doctors owed millions
The sudden collapse of the largest nonprofit insurance cooperative created by President Barack Obama's health care law is causing headaches in New York, especially for medical providers owed millions of dollars for treating ...
Nov 24, 2015
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Health
Radical new law needed to ensure the Smokefree 2025 goal
Sweeping changes to the Smokefree Environments legislation are proposed by University of Otago researchers in a newly published article in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
Aug 5, 2016
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