Women Say California Insurer Makes It Too Hard to Get Drug for Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression affects 1 in 8 new mothers in the United States
Abortion Opponents Are Chipping Away at Reproductive Rights — One State at a Time
From administrative impediments to all-out bans, here's how several states are undercutting Roe v. Wade in 2021
No Vacancy: How a Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs
In many parts of the U.S. and the world, demand for mental health care overwhelms supply
Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They’re Still Anyone’s Guess.
A new rule requires hospitals to post a range of actual prices, but some hospitals bury the data deep on their websites or have not disclosed the information at all
Transgender Medicine – What Care Looks Like, Who Seeks It out and What’s Still Unknown: 3 Essential Reads
Access to transgender medical care has been under attack in many places in the U.S.
What It’s Like to Care for a Child With Severe Eczema
My daughter has severe eczema and life-threatening food allergies. Keeping her safe is a family affair.
Some Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic
A new study says some of the nation's largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit
15 Minutes With Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
A champion for women's health, Debbie Dingell opens up about her recent emergency surgery and her thoughts about health care in the United States
Health Is Infrastructure, Too
Special assistant to President Biden joins health experts for HealthyWomen's webinar to discuss how infrastructure impacts women's health care
Roads and Bridges and Tunnels … and Health?
Yes. Health is part of infrastructure.
Trans Kids in the US Were Seeking Treatment Decades Before Today’s Political Battles Over Access to Health Care
These kids faced tremendous obstacles in a world where the word "transgender" didn't even exist
Enough to Wreck Their Rest: $10,322 for a Sleep Study
Even with insurance, José Mendoza owes nearly six times what Medicare would pay for an overnight test in a sleep lab
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