SARAH VARNEY, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

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Post ‘Roe,’ contraceptive failures carry bigger stakes

Author:: SARAH VARNEY, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Publish date: November 8, 2022

Researchers distinguish between the perfect use of birth control, when a method is used consistently and correctly every time, and typical use, whe...

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In the rush to curtail abortion, states adopt a jumbled stew of definitions for human life

Author:: SARAH VARNEY, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Publish date: September 6, 2022

That we’ve been able to devise and apply uniform clinical standards for when life ends, but not when it begins, is due largely to the legal and pol...

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Which companies aren’t exiting Russia? Big pharma

Author:: SARAH VARNEY, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Publish date: March 11, 2022

The reluctance of drugmakers to pause operations in Russia is being met with a growing chorus of criticism.

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High obesity rates in Southern states magnify COVID threats

Author:: SARAH VARNEY, KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Publish date: March 19, 2021

At least 29 states have green-lighted obesity for inclusion in the first phases of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. That could overwhelm government ef...