Court battle begins over Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming healthcare for minors
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Republican Missouri Atty. Gen. Andrew Bailey and the families of transgender children are in court this week fighting over whether a new law…
Healthcare worker shortages taking toll on maternity system and families, midwives tell ABC
A baby is born inside the Joan Kirner Women's & Children's Hospital.(ABC News: Margaret Burin)Inside one of Melbourne's busiest maternity wards, midwives work day and…
Cost Of Living Crisis: Sick Nigerians Face Borrowing To Pay For Healthcare
Adetayo Sadiq, 42, has had to depend on his wife and well-wishers to sustain his family of five since he broke his leg about two…
Second NSW parliamentary inquiry to probe whether improvements have been made to regional healthcare
A NSW parliamentary inquiry will investigate whether healthcare in regional, rural and remote areas has improved, since a scathing upper house committee report delivered last year found it…
Why young people with life-limiting illnesses need special end-of-life care
Young people with serious illnesses will soon be able to have consistent end-of-life care under the new Paediatric Palliative Care Action Plan, launched by the…
Gympie healthcare woes deepen despite years-old call for hospital upgrade
Retiree Brian Brown spends seven hours a day looking after his wife Charmaine at a Gympie nursing home in Queensland's south-east.Key points:Queensland Health data shows…
Investments in private healthcare are not helping Africans | Health
Recently, a good friend of mine took his perfectly healthy daughter to a private hospital in West Africa for a routine check-up. The paediatrician thought…
Overturn of Roe has denied women healthcare. I’m fighting for them
Dr. Caitlin Bernard Editor’s note: The Indiana Medical Licensing Board found earlier this year that Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated privacy laws in her handling of…
New Research Identifies Top AI Applications That Could Revolutionize Global Healthcare
Amid rising sea levels, plastics pollution and overfishing, the emerging Internet of Underwater Things will vastly expand knowledge about the world’s seas. Helen Massy-Beresford Imagine…
Transforming Healthcare Through Nuclear Medicine
Pakistan’s peaceful use of nuclear technology has been making significant contribution to the country’s healthcare sector. As a developing nation with a large population, Pakistan…
US judge nixes Arkansas’s ban on transgender healthcare for youth | LGBTQ News
A federal judge in the United States has struck down Arkansas’s first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children, the first ruling to overturn such a…
Supervisors boost LGBTQ+ rights, gender-affirming healthcare
Los Angeles County Supervisors passed two motions Tuesday intended to improve the lives and health of their LGBTQ+ constituents, citing “horrific” attacks by policymakers on…
A lack of affordable dental care means Sherry has lost several teeth — and her confidence
Queensland pensioner Sherry Williams used to be an active member of her community – she was a gymnastics coach and a volunteer.She loved to smile…
Transgender adults in Florida ‘blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to healthcare
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov.…
United Healthcare to require pre-authorization for some colonoscopies
LaTesha Harrison needs one or two scopes of her digestive system every year so her doctor can track her complications from Crohn’s disease.But the suburban…
Cancer patients in Wagga Wagga forced to pay thousands for treatment, call for bulk-billing
When 69-year-old Amey Glynn visited the Riverina Cancer Care Centre last June for an initial consult ahead of radiotherapy treatment for her non-Hodgkin lymphoma she was…
State Sen. Scott Wiener introduces new bill to lay groundwork for single-payer healthcare
A new bill introduced in the California state Senate aims to lay the groundwork for a state universal healthcare system, proposing an incremental approach that…
Florida governor Ron DeSantis signs horrific healthcare bill allowing anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a terrifying new law allowing medical professionals to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. Since stepping into office, the Republican official…
Missouri judge temporarily blocks state’s near-total ban on trans healthcare
A state judge in Missouri temporarily blocked restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people just hours before they were due to take effect. It came…
Missouri judge delays emergency rule restricting gender-affirming healthcare
A Missouri judge delayed an emergency rule, that would restrict gender-affirming healthcare for transgender residents throughout the state, just hours before it was to take…