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A STAT investigation of the fertility tourism industry found that clinics are offering an unproven IVF procedure to older women. Here are 5 takeaways from the investigation.
Read →Voters in 2026 midterm elections decided state health policy ballot measures on abortion rights, marijuana laws, science bonds, and transgender youth care.
Read →Women can be safely treated for many cancers during pregnancy, a maternal fetal medicine specialist writes.
Read →How do voters feel about trans students participating in school sports teams? Or abortion access?
Read →State fights over issues like transgender rights and Medicaid offer clues to where Americans stand on contentious health matters.
Read →“Sometimes mental illness is terminal,” Torie Bosch writes in a personal essay about medical aid in dying for psychiatric reasons.
Read →With research on abortion access barriers, STAT Wunderkind Betsy Pleasants is defining a framework for using AI tools without losing sight of the people behind the data.
Read →The FDA says its ongoing safety review of the nation's main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion opponents.
Read →Heidi Overton, nominee for commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, avoided directly addressing her views on mifepristone during a Senate health committee meeting. As CEO of Reproductive Futures, a legal organization advocating for reproductive rights, the author expresses concern that Overton's anti-abortion views could lead to harmful policies if she becomes FDA commissioner.
Read →Heidi Overton, President Trump's nominee to lead the FDA, was questioned by senators on topics including China, vaccines, and abortion access during her committee hearing. Overton, a preventive medicine physician from New Mexico, repeatedly referred to existing FDA guidance and approvals without revealing her personal stance on updating or altering them.
Read →“A click, signature, or brief review should not magically transfer responsibility from an AI developer or platform to a physician,” a reader tells STAT.
Read →The report raises a high-profile issue for Heidi Overton as she faces confirmation as FDA commissioner.
Read →Opposition to abortion restrictions should focus on values, not statistics, writes David N. Hackney, author of “Impossible Choices.”
Read →“Once medical aid in dying becomes available, the status quo changes,” writes Monika Piotrowska.
Read →“Everything about the West case shows how miserably surrogacy has been managed in America,” writes Arthur Caplan.
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