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Jennifer Pepper, the CEO and president of CHOICES, leads a morning staff meeting shortly after the announcement of the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal protection of access to abortion. In October, the Memphis-based CHOICES opened a second location in Carbondale after the Memphis abortion clinic stopped performing abortions.

Post-Roe, Illinois becomes haven for abortion access

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, speaks during a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

In picking Walz, Harris upends notion of ‘women’s issues’

By Lia DeGroot, Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
A newborn baby boy yawns as he sits with his mother at Emerson Hospital in Massachusetts.

CDC reports drop in US fertility rate

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 20, 2024 at 1:34pm
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 23.

Surgeon general hones dual focus on mental health, gun violence

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 14, 2024 at 9:43am
Pro-abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Ariz. on April 15. Officials in Arizona and Missouri certified proposed amendments in the states this week.

Arizona and Missouri greenlight abortion rights amendments

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 13, 2024 at 4:54pm
A volunteer medical technologist takes a test blood sample from a student who volunteered for a free HIV testing program at a university in Manila on Sept. 13, 2019.

Parental rights law could thwart fight against HIV

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 12, 2024 at 5:00am
Then-Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., speaks with guests during a campaign event at the University of Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 28, 2016.

Walz’s personal experiences shape his health policy outlook

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted August 6, 2024 at 3:01pm
Allie Phillips tears up as she testifies about her abortion during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Feb. 28.

Abortion ban spurs grieving mother to run for office

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 1, 2024 at 7:00am
SAMHSA found that 5.9 million people started vaping nicotine last year, higher than the other substances measured. In 2023, 9.4 percent of the people 12 and older vaped nicotine compared to 8.3 percent of that population in 2022.

SAMHSA finds increase in nicotine vaping, treatment uptake

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 30, 2024 at 4:22pm
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is pictured with his sons Don Jr., left, and Eric, in Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.

With Roe overturned, Trump’s GOP turns to transgender health care

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 16, 2024 at 11:26am, Updated at 6:20pm