Watch: An Unfiltered Conversation About Abortions and Black Women
Politicians threaten to reverse Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood faces accusations of “genocide” and Black wombs are named the most deadly place for babies to live. But beneath the controversy are the painful and rarely recalled stories of the women who have experienced abortion personally. The Cold Hard Facts Once again, the topic of abortion has resurfaced among the talking heads and cluttered the chyrons on TV. This time the blame seems to rest comfortably on the already heavy shoulders of ..>> view originalTrump's health pick, Tom Price, sparks bitter infighting among doctors
Enlarge / Tom Price, R-Ga., speaks at a signing ceremony for the "Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015" at the US Capitol in Washington in 2016. Rep. Price, who is also a physician, is the sponsor of the legislation, which is designed to eliminate key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law and stop taxpayer funds from going to Planned Parenthood. reader comments 247 President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of six-term Congress member Tom Price (R-G..>> view originalDenver Health doctor resigns amid controversy…
A Denver Health anesthesiologist who posted racist comments about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook has “voluntarily resigned” from the hospital, officials announced. Dr. Michelle Herren’s resignation from Denver Health was effective Friday, the hospital said in news release. Herren and Denver Health mutually agreed to her resignation, the hospital said. Herren, a pediatric anesthesiologist, was responding on Facebook to praise for Michelle Obama, a graduate of Princeton University and Harv..>> view originalUS health care tab hits $3.2T; fastest growth in 8 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's health care tab grew at the fastest rate in eight years in 2015, driven by the coverage expansion in President Barack Obama's law and by costly prescription drugs, the government said Friday. The growth of 5.8 percent in 2015 boosted total health care spending to $3.2 trillion. That's an average of $9,990 per person, although the vast share of that money is spent caring for the sickest patients. Health spending grew about 2 percentage points f..>> view originalThoughts of love and hope on World AIDS Day
Dozens of people gathered in Laguna Beach on Thursday to mark World AIDS Day by taking time to reflect on lives lost and yet finding words of hope amid the glow of candlelight.About 70 people gathered around a wooden replica of a tree on Main Beach. Many wrote on paper hearts the names of loved ones who had died of AIDS, a disease that weakens a person's immune system, and then hung them on the branches of the little tree, which sat on a table. The remembrance was organized by the city's HIV Ad..>> view originalAustralian schoolchildren make expensive HIV drug for a dime
SYDNEY: A group of Australian schoolchildren working on a shoestring budget have recreated the HIV drug whose price was controversially jacked up 5000% by a former hedge fund manager.US company Turing Pharmaceuticals' former chief Martin Shkreli became a global figure of hate after buying the rights to Daraprim and then raising the price in the US from $13.50 a tablet to $750.Youngsters at a Sydney school decided to draw attention to the scandal and went to work creating pyrimethamine, the activ..>> view originalOregon revises marijuana rules after industry backlash
Oregon on Friday issued temporary new rules aimed at easing what marijuana producers and processors say is a major backlog that has brought parts of the industry to a standstill, left store shelves empty and prompted some companies to lay off workers. The rules issued by the Oregon Health Authority ease some potency testing requirements for processors, remove restrictions that unintentionally kept alcohol-based concentrates off the market and allow producers to test multiple strains in a singl..>> view originalLittle River in Miami no longer Zika transmission zone
Florida said the Little River neighborhood in Miami is no longer an active site of Zika transmission, while the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said there were decreasing cases in Mexico, and most parts of the Americas.Little River cleared in time for Art BaselToday the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that the state cleared the Little River area of Miami from ongoing Zika transmission."This great news comes as Miami is welcomi..>> view originalVA dentist resigns after hundreds possibly infected
USA Today Network Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 11:11 p.m. EST December 2, 2016The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah.(Photo: File/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)MILWAUKEE — Officials at the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wisconsin said Friday that the dentist responsible for possibly infecting nearly 600 veterans has resigned.The dentist has not been named.The announcement came after House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Ron Johnson, both Wisconsin Republ..>> view original
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