Medicaid expansion discussions could fall apart in Republican-led Mississippi
The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid could be crumbling (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Arizona governor set to sign repeal of near-total abortion ban from 1864
Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is following through on promises to undo a long-dormant law that bans all abortions except those done to save a patient’s life (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Pregnancy-related deaths have fallen to pre-pandemic levels, new US data says
New government data suggests U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Abortion is still consuming US politics and courts 2 years after a Supreme Court draft was leaked
Abortion is still consuming U.S. state legislatures, courts and political campaigns two years after the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would upend the status quo was leaked (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
An abortion rights initiative in South Dakota receives enough signatures to make the ballot
Supporters of an abortion rights initiative in South Dakota have submitted far more signatures than required to make the ballot this fall (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Arizona lawmakers vote to undo near-total abortion ban from 1864, with Gov. Hobbs expected to sign
The Arizona Legislature has approved a repeal of a long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Utah woman arrested on suspicion of murder in uncompleted suicide pact with friend
A 21-year-old Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a friend was shot in what police said was an uncompleted suicide pact (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows
It was a Texas veterinarian who collected samples from dairy farms that confirmed the outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in cattle for the first time (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Employer of visiting nurse who was killed didn't protect her and should be fined, safety agency says
Federal workplace safety officials say a home health care company failed to protect a visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist at a Connecticut halfway house (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Vendor that mishandled Pennsylvania virus data to pay $2.7 million in federal whistleblower case
A staffing company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and a whistleblower (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says
The beginning of the Change Healthcare cyberattack happened when hackers entered a server that lacked multifactor authentication (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
So you've lost weight using Wegovy. Does that mean you can stop taking it?
Millions of Americans who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if they stop taking them (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Chinese scientist who published COVID-19 virus sequence allowed back in his lab after sit-in protest
The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China says he has been allowed back into his lab after days of protest (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Arizona's Democratic leaders make final push to repeal 19th century abortion ban
Democrats at the Arizona Legislature are expected to make a final push to repeal the state’s long-dormant ban on nearly all abortions that a court said can be enforced (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
