Law & Courts Idaho's 'abortion trafficking' law faces legal challenge "Soundside" host Libby Denkmann talks with KFF Health News Senior Correspondent Sarah Varney about the lawsuit filed this week against Idaho's "abortion travel ban." Libby Denkmann Jason Burrows
Health Opinion: I want my mom to see her grandkids for Christmas. Travel bans make it tough Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa was planning for her mom to fly from Zambia to the U.S. for Christmas. Ever-changing travel bans are making it seem like a holiday dream that won't come true. Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa
Health The omicron variant has been found in 23 countries More should be known about the transmissibility and severity of the new variant in "days, not necessarily weeks," a senior World Health Organization scientist says. Scott Neuman
Health African leaders condemn travel restrictions as omicron variant spreads globally African nations are bristling at the restrictions imposed on them by rich countries — and say they are harmful to local economies and discriminate against countries in the region. Joe Hernandez
Health As Omicron spreads, studies suggest that travel bans alone don't do much good Public health experts warn that the rush to impose travel bans on southern African countries after the Omicron variant was identified can work against scientific transparency. Deepa Shivaram Emma Bowman Jaclyn Diaz
World Some Yemenis Struggle For U.S. Visas Even After The End Of The Travel Ban Yemenis who won the diversity visa lottery were stopped by the Trump administration's travel ban. Now they've had to start applying all over again. "Our lives have been destroyed," says one man. Ruth Sherlock Nada Homsi
Health Public Health Experts Question Trump's Ban On Most Travelers From Europe A key medical adviser to the president on COVID-19 defends the travel restrictions as "the right public health call." But others dismiss the move as "remarkably pointless" or, potentially, dangerous. Jason Beaubien
Years after the first travel ban, this Seattle woman is still waiting for her husband to return This week marked the third year since the Trump Administration passed a travel ban that limits visas from seven Muslim-majority countries. One Seattle couple has been waiting for two years, with no end in sight. Esmy Jimenez
National Trump Says He'll Add 'A Few Countries' To Controversial U.S. Travel Ban The president confirms a plan to expand one of the signature pieces of his immigration policy, in a move that could double the number of countries on the prohibited list. Bill Chappell
Health U.S. Travel Ban Disrupts The World's Largest Brain Science Meeting Scientists from nations including Iran, Mexico, and India were refused visas to attend this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago. Some researchers got stand-ins to present their work. Jon Hamilton
