The Trump administration's rollback of a policy that prohibited immigration enforcement in hospitals is sparking fear and confusion in exam rooms and emergency departments amid a surge in ICE arrests.
Why it matters: Health care workers say stepped-up enforcement is interfering with care in some instances, and lawyers say it has created enough privacy concerns that some are erasing whiteboards on patient floors and concealing medical records.
A wave of new state laws is making fertility preservation procedures — from egg freezing to the emerging ovarian tissue freezing technology — a covered benefit for cancer patients.
Why it matters: Chemotherapy and radiation can cause reproductive problems, but fertility preservation procedures are costly and can be left out of cancer treatment conversations.
Twelve people were killed, and at least 40 people were injured after shootings marred three different high school events in two states over the weekend.
The big picture: The shootings mark another devastating weekend in America, and underscore the pervasiveness of gun violence across the country.
About 600 Centers for Disease Control employees in offices dealing with health statistics, injury and violence prevention, congressional outreach and human resources are out of work as a result of the Trump administration's mass layoffs of agency workers late Friday, sources familiar said.
Why it matters: While the administration has since rescinded more than half of the approximately 1,300 termination notices it sent, the upheaval from the layoffs that are still taking effect could undermine efforts to protect public health.
