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Cyberattack led to harrowing lapses at Ascension hospitals, clinicians say

Problems caused by the attack included delayed or lost lab results, medication errors, and an absence of routine safety checks to prevent potentially fatal mistakes, doctors and nurses told reporters.
Rachana Pradhan

Kate Wells
Arts & Life

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

Over the course of his decades-long career in public health, Fauci vowed he would never shy away from speaking truth the U.S. president— even when it was inconvenient. Fauci's memoir is On Call.
Dave Davies
Health

50% of U.S. military bases are in a health care desert, NPR probe finds

An ongoing NPR investigation into military health care reveals that four out of 10 U.S. military bases are located within a federally designated health care desert.
Quil Lawrence

A Martínez
Politics

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

Florida recently issued new guidance on when an abortion can be performed under exceptions, but providers say it has caused even more confusion.
Regan McCarthy
Health Care

Washington officials plan to release abortion pill stockpile after SCOTUS upholds access

Washington officials say after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone Thursday, the state will start to release its stockpile of the drug. But it’s unclear whether the state will renew that stockpile if the medication faces additional federal challenges.
Jeanie Lindsay
National

Supreme Court rejects challenge to FDA's approval of mifepristone

The court said that the challengers, a group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, had no right to be in court at all since neither the organization nor its members could show they had suffered any concrete injury.
Nina Totenberg
Health Care

Abortion bans that grant exceptions to 'save the life of the mother' are a gray area

Florida recently issued new guidance on when an abortion can be performed, but providers say it has caused even more confusion.
Regan McCarthy
Politics

The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.
The NPR Network
Health

A look at what could be the future for postpartum care in America

Postpartum care in America leaves most facing a critical and often overlooked "fourth trimester" in isolation. Metro Detroit-based Fourth Tri Sanctuary offers support.
Ali Lapetina
Health Care

Seattle just got 150 psych unit beds. Is it enough to make a difference?

A new psychiatric unit opened Wednesday at the University of Washington’s Northwest Hospital in North Seattle. It was funded in part by state taxpayers, and it represents a significant step toward addressing the severe shortage of inpatient beds in Washington state.
Eilís O'Neill

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