Health
States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them
The parents of hundreds of thousands of U.S. children with physical or intellectual disabilities are waiting for state-covered services designed to foster independence and job skills for adulthood
Federal court dismisses case against Iowa governor's ban on school mask mandates
A federal court has dismissed a legal challenge to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ policy prohibiting schools from instituting mask requirements
Public health officer in Michigan keeps her job after lengthy legal fight over COVID rules
An embattled public health officer in Michigan will get to keep her job
Alabama IVF patients describe heartbreak, anger after ruling
In vitro fertilization patients in Alabama described the heartbreak and anger after a state court decision that called into question the future of IVF in the state
By defining sex, some states are denying transgender people of legal recognition
Efforts in Republican-led states to write definitions of male and female into law are leading to outcry that the measures deny transgender people legal recognition
West Virginia medical professionals condemn bill that prohibits care to at-risk transgender youth
Nearly 400 medical professionals in West Virginia have signed onto a letter condemning a bill advancing in the state House of Delegates that would bar transgender youth at risk for suicide from accessing medical interventions like hormone therapy
Who was to blame for secrecy surrounding Austin's hospitalization? A Pentagon report says no one
An internal review about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for complictions from prostate cancer surgery blames privacy restrictions and staff hesitancy for the Pentagon’s failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders
Facing backlash over IVF ruling, Alabama lawmakers look for a fix
Alabama lawmakers have begun scrambling for ways to protect in vitro fertilization services after a state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos could be considered children under state law
Trump says he 'strongly supports' IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access
Former President Donald Trump says he would “strongly support the availability of IVF" for couples who are trying to have a baby
What's next after the Alabama ruling that counts IVF embryos as children?
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying in vitro fertilization and lost frozen embryos in an accident at a south Alabama storage facility can sue under the state’s wrongful death law