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<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Watchdog Seats Have Gone Unfilled for Nearly a Decade

Medicare, Social Security public trustees are supposed to safeguard reports' accuracy

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>How Trump Could Reshape Healthcare; E. Coli Alert; Does Doctor's Gender Matter?

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Arizona Can Enforce 1864 Law Criminalizing Nearly All Abortions, Court Says

Only exception is for when the mother's life is at stake

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump Declines to Endorse a National Abortion Ban

Former president says decisions should be left to the states

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<乌鸦传媒>Physicians Are No More Likely to Be Politically Active Than Non-Physicians

Why physicians are not more politically involved should be further investigated, researchers say

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<乌鸦传媒>Are Trump Voters Predisposed to COVID Vax Side Effects?!

Well no, of course not, but they could be more inclined to report adverse events from the shots

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump Suggests He Would Support a National 15-Week Abortion Ban

At the same time, he said, "It shouldn't be a federal issue, it's a state issue"

A photo of Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at a Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota.

<乌鸦传媒>In a First, Vice President Harris Visits a Clinic That Performs Abortions

Harris blasted "immoral" restrictions, showcasing an escalating defense of reproductive rights

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<乌鸦传媒>Asked to Clear Up Abortion Bans, GOP Leaders Blame Confusion on Docs, Misinfo

Doctors and patients insist the laws' exceptions are dangerously unclear

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<乌鸦传媒>Biden's Annual Physical Results Will Be Closely Watched as Election Nears

Last year, doctors declared Biden "healthy, vigorous" and "fit"

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump, Biden, and Cognition

Diagnosing impairment requires careful assessment by trained clinician, says Jason Karlawish, MD

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<乌鸦传媒>Abortion Rights Opponents, Supporters Seize on Report That Trump Pushes 16-Week Ban

Trump's campaign called the report "fake news"

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<乌鸦传媒>Mental Health Exemptions Emerge in Abortion Rights Initiatives on State Ballots

While proposals in other states specifically exclude the exception

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<乌鸦传媒>What to Know About Abortion Rulings, Bills, and Campaigns Across the U.S.

Lawmakers in Wisconsin, Maine consider ballot measures

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<乌鸦传媒>What Would a Second Trump Presidency Look Like for Healthcare?

A recap of the former president's record on healthcare

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump and GOP Rivals' Positions on Major Healthcare Issues

Here's where the top candidates stand on abortion, the ACA, and gender-affirming care

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hall

Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections"

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<乌鸦传媒>GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy

The Affordable Care Act and healthcare competition also were discussed at the final GOP debate

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Pelosi vs Trump on ACA; Life Expectancy Rises; Legal Definition of Death Questioned

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Trump Wants Dealers Executed; School Closures and Suicide; Double Uterus Pregnancy

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>GOP Candidates' Defense of Abortion Bans Cools in Debate After Election Day

Three candidates take more centrist view, one adamant on 15-week ban

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<乌鸦传媒>Ohio Voters Back Constitutional Right to Abortion

Amendment also protects right to contraception, miscarriage care

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<乌鸦传媒>Obamacare Makes Surprise Cameo in Second GOP Debate

Fentanyl crisis, transgender care, and abortion also got some air time

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<乌鸦传媒>Results Mixed for Docs Running for Congress

Incumbents did better than challengers; some races still up in the air

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<乌鸦传媒>Biden Promises to Codify Roe Protections Into Law If Democrats Win Midterms

It will be "the first bill" I send to Congress in the new session, he said

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<乌鸦传媒>Rash of Heart Attacks After Biden-Trump Election

Do major political events factor into cardiovascular risk?

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<乌鸦传媒>Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress

Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing

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<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Fraudsters Among Those Pardoned by Trump

Dozens of federal criminals receive clemency on president's last day

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<乌鸦传媒>Injury Count From Washington Melee Now in the Dozens

One woman shot dead by police, another reportedly crushed to death

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<乌鸦传媒>Arkansas Ballot Issue Pits Ophthalmologists Against Optometrists

Ophthalmologists want to undo law allowing lesser-educated rivals to perform some laser surgery

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<乌鸦传媒>Kamala Harris Introduces Bill on Uterine Fibroids

More funding will "push the needle" on treatments for this disease, ob/gyn says

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<乌鸦传媒>Who Would Biden Put in Charge of Healthcare?

Biden's picks will likely trend young and diverse, sources say

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's

Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates

<乌鸦传媒>Clinton's Hypothyroid Medication Draws Interest

Candidate is taking Armour Thyroid rather than levothyroxine

<乌鸦传媒>Election 2016 Snapshot: Medicare

Trump and Clinton offer different visions for Medicare

<乌鸦传媒>RNC: Docs Protest as Trump Takes Stage

Fatima Fadlalla is an internist and activist

<乌鸦传媒>Why We Cover Politics

All politics may be local, but all medicine now has a political side

<乌鸦传媒>RNC: Let's Keep Government Out of Healthcare, Price Says

Trump is the right person to do that, according to Georgia lawmaker

<乌鸦传媒>Romney Takes Daily Statin, Aspirin

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has hyperlipidemia and takes a statin and low-dose aspirin daily, according to a letter from his personal physician released Friday.