The Supreme Court allowed Idaho to begin enforcing its ban on an array of gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors on Monday while the state appeals a lower-court ruling.
The big picture: Idaho is among 24 states with laws and policies prohibiting or restricting minor access to gender-affirming care.
The Biden administration has just weeks to finish health policy regulations on Medicaid, tobacco, reproductive care and other key areas, to avoid any chance of them being repealed by the next Congress.
Why it matters: If Republicans sweep the elections, a GOP Congress and president could roll back Biden's agenda using the Congressional Review Act, a 1996 law aimed at preventing "midnight rulemaking" late in a term.
A new generation of doctors struggling with ever-increasing workloads and crushing student debt is helping drive unionization efforts in a profession that historically hasn't organized.
Why it matters: Physicians in training, like their peers in other industries, increasingly see unions as a way to boost their pay and protect themselves against grueling working conditions as they launch their careers.
Four in 10 U.S. doctorssay they're ready to start using generative AI in their interactions with patients, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health survey shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: Most of those doctors said they'd changed their minds about the technology in the past year, showing a growing acceptance even as patients are still wary of it.
