People in America are more dissatisfied with the U.S.'s abortion policy than they have ever been in the 23 years, according to a new Gallup poll released Friday.
40 million more women would lose access to abortion care if a federal court revokes the use of a key drug in medication abortions, data from the abortion rights group NARAL shows.
Why it matters: A U.S. District Court in Texas could decide this month to temporarily block the FDA's authorization of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to end pregnancies. Doing so would effectively result in a nationwide ban on a method that accounts for most abortions in the U.S.
President Biden has spent the week contrasting Republicans and Democrats' positions on health care and entitlements, leaning into a political fight the party would love to have all the way through the 2024 elections.
The big picture: How House Republicans handle the coming debt ceiling negotiations and spending-related decisions could have far-reaching implications, potentially handing Democrats what they view as a potent line of attack.
Babysitting rates rose 9.7% nationally in 2022 — a bit less than the 11% hike seen in 2021, but still outpacing inflation for the second year in a row.
That's according to survey results from caregiver-finding platform UrbanSitter, provided first to Axios.
Australian scientists announced Friday they've discovered a protein in the lung that sticks to the COVID-19 virus like Velcro and forms a natural protective barrier in a person's body to block infection.
Why it matters: The study, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Friday, "opens up an entirely new area of immunology research" around this receptor protein, LRRC15, and "offers a promising pathway to develop new drugs to prevent viral infection from coronaviruses like COVID-19 or deal with fibrosis in the lungs," per a statement from the University of Sydney announcing their findings.
Doctors treating Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) at the George Washington University Hospital on Thursday released the results of an MRI — and other tests — ruling out a new stroke, his communications director Joe Calvello said in a statement.
Driving the news: Fetterman was hospitalized on Wednesday after he "began feeling lightheaded" during a Senate Democratic retreat in Washington, D.C.
More than two-thirds of health care providers are still using pandemic waivers and flexibilities that are due to expire when the COVID public health emergency ends in May, according to an analysis by the group purchasing organization Premier.
Why it matters: The health care system will undergo a major shift as hospitals, health systems and other providers lose special allowances on reporting requirements, patients' rights, virtual care and a host of other areas.
CVS Health's planned $10.6 billion purchase of Oak Street Health is the latest installment of a buying spree that's seen the pharmacy giant go deeper into delivering primary care — especially for seniors.
Why it matters: Absorbing a network of primary care centers focused on caring for Medicare patients helps CVS vie with other major retail and insurance giants that have been gobbling up providers.
