"As rural communities face the closure of hospitals and labor and delivery units, crisis pregnancy centers are growing in influence. Some states have approved legislation granting the organizations greater protections from oversight and regulation, and clinics have seen a massive influx of state and federal funding in recent years."

kffhealthnews.org/rural-health…

#healthcare #hospitals #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #abortion #RuralHealth #WomensHealth

"The Police Department’s patrol guide instructs officers: 'Do not remove handcuffs or leg restraints, unless requested by attending physician.' Such requests are almost never granted, legal service lawyers and psychiatrists say."

nytimes.com/2026/05/20/nyregio…

#healthcare #hospitals #MentalHealth #police #LawEnforcement #incarceration

"Drugmakers and insurers are aiming to take advantage of lawmakers’ worries about affordability to convince them it’s the hospitals they should regulate, and not them, if they want to bring down Americans’ bills. Some of the changes the drugmakers and insurers are pursuing would pad their own profits."

politico.com/news/2026/05/17/h…

#healthcare #hospitals #PhRMA #PrescriptionDrugs #insurance #insurers #medicaid #medicare #CostsOfCare #DrugPrices

"The Texas attorney general has secured an unusual settlement over child transgender care that compels Texas Children’s Hospital to create the nation’s first ever 'detransition clinic' in addition to paying the state $10 million."

texastribune.org/2026/05/15/te…

#healthcare #hospitals #lgbtq #transgender #ChildrensHealth #texas

"Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement."

kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/med…

#healthcare #medicaid #CHIP #immigrant #immigration #DHS #hospitals #USpol

"A parental support package targeting perinatal stressors significantly mitigated burnout among pregnant and postpartum physician trainees, a randomized controlled trial showed."

medpagetoday.com/obgyn/pregnan…

#healthcare #hospitals #MedEd #GME #residents #fellows #mentors

"States are asking a federal court in Texas to declare unconstitutional a part of federal law that requires states to provide services to disabled people in their communities, rather than in institutions, when appropriate."

19thnews.org/2026/05/gender-dy…

#PublicHealth #disabilities #hospitals #NursingHomes #schools #HHS #courts #USpol