A bill introduced by Gov. Kim Reynolds to address Iowa's physician shortages and lack of rural healthcare accessibility was advanced by state lawmakers The Gazette reported Feb. 25.
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The landscape of medical education and residency training is evolving rapidly, driven by economic pressures, workforce shortages and changing educational priorities.
A judge in Indiana has temporarily blocked the release of abortion records, ruling that the state health department cannot disclose records known as terminated pregnancy reports for at least 10 days, the The Indianapolis Star reported Feb. 20.
A group of physicians in South Carolina claim that exceptions in the state's abortion ban are too vague and infringe on their religious beliefs in a federal lawsuit, the Arkansas Advocate reported Feb. 10.
Doctors for America has filed a lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management and other federal health agencies for removing webpages from healthcare websites.
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Physicians with GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, an LGBTQ+ physician association, has joined seven families with transgender or nonbinary children, the American Associate of Physicians for Human Rights and PFLAG, a national LGBTQ+ group, as plaintiffs in a lawsuit…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a bill to protect the identities of physicians who prescribe abortion-inducing medications.
A New York physician was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana on Jan. 31 for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill via telehealth in the abortion-restricted state.
Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings, a private equity-backed company that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, intends to sell Crozer Health to a not-for-profit consortium of healthcare operators, according to a Jan. 31 news release.
Sylvia Trent-Adams, president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, is stepping down following a corpse research scandal, according to a Jan. 21 report from NBC News.