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  1. swellness
    More! Female! Mice!By excluding female mice from medical trials, researchers can miss crucial information on how medicines affect women.
    By Daniela Morosini
  2. power
    ‘What If I Had Gotten a Head Start on Hormones?’The Cut spoke with a 19-year-old from Arkansas about how access to gender-affirming health care saved his life.
    As told to Angelina Chapin
  3. politics
    Arkansas Has Now Passed the Most Extreme Anti-Trans Law YetLawmakers overruled the governor’s veto of a bill banning trans youth from accessing essential gender-affirming care.
    By Amanda Arnold
  4. strike
    Nearly 800 Philly Nurses Strike Over Staffing ShortagesAfter months on the front lines of the pandemic, nurses are now battling their employers, too.
    By Hannah Gold
  5. power
    It’ll Have to Be Completely DestroyedMaybe American health care will burn to the ground before it can be rebuilt.
    By Jen Gann
  6. trans rights
    Judge Blocks HHS Rollback of Trans Health Care ProtectionsOnce again, the Trump administration is seeking to define sex discrimination on the basis of biological sex.
    By Claire Lampen
  7. coronavirus
    A Man Was Billed $1.1 Million After Surviving CoronavirusAnd others across the country have been billed hundreds of thousands of dollars for treatment.
    By Bridget Read
  8. supreme court
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital After Gallbladder TreatmentThe Supreme Court Justice underwent a non-surgical procedure for a “benign gallbladder condition.”
    By Hannah Gold and Claire Lampen
  9. mental health
    A Top NYC Emergency Room Doctor Has Died by SuicideDr. Lorna Breen spent weeks on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis.
    By Hannah Gold
  10. abortion
    Every State That’s Tried to Ban Abortion Over the CoronavirusSo far, six states have tried to halt nearly all abortion services, claiming they’re “nonessential.”
    By Hannah Gold and Claire Lampen
  11. coronavirus
    New York Hospitals Will Not Ban Partners During Childbirth“Women will not be forced to be alone when they are giving birth. Not in New York. Not now, not ever.”
    By Hannah Gold and Claire Lampen
  12. immigration
    Children Keep Dying of the Flu in Immigration CustodyNow border officials are reportedly depriving children of flu shots.
    By Hannah Gold
  13. science of us
    When Did You Realize American Health Care Was Broken?Eight women share stories of their frustrating, exorbitantly expensive, and demoralizing experiences with the U.S. health-care system.
    By Katie Heaney
  14. migrant children
    A 2-Year-Old Migrant Boy Has Died in Federal CustodyHe is the fourth migrant child to die in U.S. custody since December.
    By Hannah Gold
  15. abortion rights
    The Most Important Things to Know About Alabama’s Abortion BanThe bill is explicitly meant to challenge Roe v. Wade.
    By Hannah Gold
  16. reproductive rights
    Trump’s Lies About Abortion Keep Getting More DisturbingThe President has grown fond of falsely claiming that abortion doctors can “execute” babies.
    By Hannah Gold
  17. healthcare
    What It’s Like to Live in the Country Where Giving Birth Costs $60Nikki Haley said Finnish people don’t like their health-care system. Journalist Anu Partanen — who recently moved back there — disagrees.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  18. power
    Arkansas and Utah Have Passed 18-Week Abortion BansIf they’re signed into law, they could become the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country.
    By Kimberly Truong
  19. insurance
    Superintendent Faces Charges for Using Her Insurance to Help a Sick StudentCasey Smitherman was afraid the student had strep throat.
    By Ella Cerón
  20. reproductive rights
    Judge Strikes Down Mississippi’s Awful Abortion Ban, Calls It ‘Pure Gaslighting’He called the 15-week ban “clearly unconstitutional” in a blistering opinion.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  21. politics
    I Voted for Republicans, Until They Voted Against My SonThe GOP’s stance on health care has driven me to the left.
    By Tasha Nelson
  22. skin deep
    Your Favorite Indie Singer Says Access to Health Care Is the Secret to Good Skin“There’s no miracle product.”
    By Hayley Schueneman
  23. trumpcare
    Trump’s New Insurance Rules Put Women and Children at Risk“These plans aren’t for everyone,” says HHS Secretary Alex Azar.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  24. politics
    How to Be a Parent in AmericaWe have to give up on the idea that common ground makes a difference to people willing to commit atrocities.
    By Jen Gann
  25. legalized discrimination
    The ‘Conscience and Religious Freedom Division’ Will Help Doctors DiscriminateIt will protect health workers who don’t want to treat transgender patients or women seeking abortions.
    By Amanda Arnold
  26. bearing children
    Congress Is Threatening Kids’ Health CareGrown-ups are supposed to help kids stay healthy.
    By Jen Gann
  27. science of us
    Too Many Doctors Still Believe Dangerous Racial StereotypesThe online outrage over a medical textbook barely begins to address a widespread problem.
    By Alice Robb
  28. science of us
    Why It’s So Hard for Doctors to Learn About Transgender Health IssuesThe history of a long-standing gap in medical education.
    By Sonya Vatomsky
  29. sick sad babies
    What to Do If the Health-Care Bill Makes You Want to SwearBe like Joe Scarborough and go ahead and swear. Then call your senators.
    By Jen Gann
  30. bearing children
    It’s Okay to Politicize Your Child When Politics Are Threatening His LifeRepublicans are endangering health care for American families, again.
    By Jen Gann
  31. women’s health
    The Medicare-for-All Bill Covers All Women’s Health Services, Including AbortionPro-choice groups are heavily endorsing the bill.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  32. women in politics
    Kamala Harris Just Backed a Bill That Would Make Health Care Free“It’s just the right thing to do.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  33. politics
    Senator Uses Term ‘Shot Their Wad,’ Clarifies He Meant It the Civil War WayThe senator used an interesting term to describe the GOP’s health-care defeat.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  34. politics
    Senator With Kidney Cancer on Health-Care Battle: ‘It’s Not Over Yet’Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono on the ongoing health-care fight, the fumbling Trump administration, and John McCain’s dramatic 11th-hour vote.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  35. politics
    Susan Collins Applauded in the Airport After Voting ‘No’ on Health-Care BillCollins, who was just one of three Republicans to vote down the bill, called the experience “affirming.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  36. politics
    Senator Compares Health-Care Bill to Eating DisorderThe “skinny repeal” joke went too far.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  37. burns
    Susan Collins Was Caught Burning the Congressman Who Wanted to Duel Her“He’s so unattractive, it’s unbelievable.”
    By Gabriella Paiella
  38. politics
    Republican Lawmaker Blames ‘Female Senators’ for Stalling Health-Care BillHe added that if they weren’t women, he’d like to “settle this Aaron Burr–style.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  39. bearing children
    7 Parents Terrified They Won’t Be Able to Afford Their Kids’ Health CareAs the Senate tackles health care, parents with medically vulnerable kids explain why they’re frightened.
    By Jen Gann
  40. politics
    Republican Senator Uses Porcupine-Sex Metaphor to Explain Health-Care BillSenator Pat Roberts explained the Obamacare repeal with an … interesting metaphor.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  41. Protesters Wore Handmaid’s Tale Costumes to Challenge the GOP Health-Care BillAnd they’re not the only ones to have done so.
    By Samantha Lee
  42. politics
    Watch Senator Cory Booker’s Emotional Speech Condemning the Health-Care BillA Facebook Live session turned into a spontaneous rally on the Capitol steps against the Senate’s health-care bill.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  43. bearing children
    The New GOP Bill Would Be a Disaster for Families Like MineMy son has an incurable disease with financial costs that aren’t going away.
    By Jen Gann
  44. politics
    Claire McCaskill Calls Out GOP for Crafting Health-Care Bill Behind Closed Doors“There’s a group of guys in a back room somewhere that are making these decisions.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  45. Women Share Their Health-Care Stories With #IAmAPreexistingConditionThey’re using #IAmAPreexistingCondition to share their own conditions.
    By Lisa Ryan
  46. politics
    CNN Commentator Shuts Down Analyst Who Compares Trump to MLKSymone Sanders was not having it.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  47. 3 Insights About Inequality in American Health CareDespite being the richest and most powerful country in the world, America continues to do a terrible job taking care of its vulnerable citizens.
    By Jesse Singal
  48. Want to Live Longer? Be RichThis one simple trick involving having been born into a different socioeconomic class can buy you a decade and a half of extra lifespan!
    By Jesse Singal
  49. politics
    GOP’s Obamacare Replacement Bill Defunds Planned Parenthood by Limiting MedicaidThe bill also limits coverage for abortions in the private insurance market.
    By Theresa Avila
  50. politics
    Women Got All Up in This Virginia Congressman’s ‘Grill’ at Rowdy Town HallRepresentative Dave Brat heard from those women Tuesday night.
    By Claire Landsbaum
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