Health Care

〇weekend, Utah Governor Spencer Cox (Republican) signed a bill banning doctors from performing sex reassignment surgery on children under the age of 18 or from prescribing dangerous sex…

Some Georgia senators want to permanently block schools and most state and local government agencies from requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In 2022, lawmakers enshrined a…

Comments on this story comment “I don’t even like the word ‘private’.” Said Ontario Premier Doug Ford Press conference A few days later, when he unveiled details of…

New York State Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 22. … [+] 2022, after the Omnibus Spending Package bill is passed…

In summary A year after rolling out CalAIM, payment details are vague and obstacles remain to finding help for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with mental health needs. It’s been a…

Study claims Merck’s Covid pill is causing new virus mutation Bloomberg reported that preprint studies have identified mutations associated with Lagebrio use in viral samples taken from dozens…

Data is the cornerstone of advancing health equity. How racial and ethnicity information is solicited, analyzed, and reported depends on the ability to understand the racial and ethnic…

Health insurer Angle Health has announced it has raised $58 million in Series A funding. Portage led the round, with SixThirty Ventures, Crew Capital, PruVen Capital, Mighty Capital,…

Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News States are preparing to remove millions of people from Medicaid as protections put in place early in the covid-19 pandemic expire. The upheaval…

Comments on this story comment Utah has banned doctors from providing certain forms of gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. It is the first of several states poised…