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14 Jan

Unhoused women on Skid Row face dire health outcomes. This doctor wants to change that

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Unhoused, United States, Women's Health

An assistant professor of medicine at UCLA, is also the family medical services director at the Union Rescue Mission. The Christian organization operates a four-story homeless shelter that is one of the oldest and largest homeless missions in Southern California. She told NPR she's coming up on 20 years tending to the more than 5,000 men, women and children who come through the doors of the shelter every year. Over that span, she's also become a recognizable figure throughout Skid Row on regular walking rounds of "street medicine" delivered to unhoused people where they are.

14 Jan

Study: FDA Regulation of Abortion Drug Mifepristone from 2011 to 2023 Shaped by Evidence and Caution

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, FDA, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

Review of hundreds of internal FDA documents obtained under FOIA finds FDA generally followed cautious and evidence-based recommendations from staff scientists.

13 Jan

Abortion Restrictions Affect Fertility Treatment Outcomes, Study Says

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, United States

States with restrictive abortion laws are associated with significantly worse health outcomes for patients who conceive through fertility treatments, according to new research.

13 Jan

Women’s Health Exits Surpassed $100 Billion

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, United States, Women's Health

On January 13, 2026, at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, a new research report was released challenging one of healthcare investing’s most stubborn assumptions. Women’s health, long treated as a niche, has already produced more than $100 billion in acquisitions and IPOs between 2000 and 2025.

03 Jan

Trump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants

ChaseLatest NewsDEI, Health Research, Healthcare, Trump Administration, United States, Vaccine

The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientation initiatives and vaccine research.

03 Jan

New antibiotic pill shows promise against drug-resistant gonorrhea

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, STD

A one-dose oral drug called zoliflodacin has proven highly effective against gonorrhoea in a major international trial. The pill matched the success of current treatments while avoiding injections and complex dosing. As antibiotic resistance spreads, this new option could make treatment simpler and more accessible worldwide. Approval could mark a major step forward in controlling a stubborn global STI.

02 Jan

From GSM guidance to HRT reform: A landmark year for women’s health

ChaseLatest NewsErectile Dysfunction, Healthcare, menopause, Reproductive rights, United States

While many urologists and sexual medicine specialists have been tireless champions of women’s health needs, it is only recently that these issues have started to gain substantial traction within national guidelines and federal policy. The lack of recognition can be in part attributed to outdated data and subsequent stigma that have pushed women’s health to the sidelines.

02 Jan

Understanding the White House Executive Order on IVF

ChaseLatest NewsFertility, Health Insurance, Healthcare, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

Thttps://resolve.org/advocacy/our-issues/understanding-the-white-house-executive-order-on-ivf/he White House announced new actions intended to lower costs and increase access to in vitro fertilization (IVF). These policy recommendations aim to encourage more employers to offer fertility benefits and to make some IVF medications more affordable.

20 Dec

Abortion Access in Los Angeles Managed Medicaid Networks

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Abortion Access in Los Angeles Managed Medicaid Networks

19 Dec

Moments of hope in a year of turmoil

ChaseLatest News2025, DoctorsWithoutBorders, Global, GOP Funding Cuts, Healthcare, Trump Administration

Cuts to humanitarian aid funding by the US government and other international donors disrupted care and key programs safeguarding the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people, while conflicts, natural disasters, and climate-related events continued to put communities at risk. But as Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responded to many of these crises, they also bore witness to moments of hope shining a light on the prevailing human spirit in moments of adversity.

19 Dec

UNAIDS urges Kazakhstan to protect public health

ChaseLatest NewsGlobal, Healthcare, LGBTQIA+, Reproductive rights

UNAIDS notes with concern the adoption of the bill banning so-called LGBTQ “propaganda” in Kazakhstan. While the stated objective of the legislation is the protection of children and traditional values, it may inadvertently restrict access to critical public health information and services, affecting the country’s efforts to end AIDS by 2030.

04 Dec

Texas’ new abortion ban aims to stop doctors from sending abortion pills to the state

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Pills, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Reproductive rights, Texas, United States

Texas’ massive new abortion law taking effect this week could escalate the national fight over mailing abortion pills.

04 Dec

Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Speaker Johnson’s Efforts to Ban IVF for Military Members

ChaseLatest Newsanti-IVF, GOP, Healthcare, IVF, military, Reproductive rights, United States

Today, Julianne McShane with MS NOW reported that House Speaker Mike Johnson has been quietly working to remove in vitro fertilization (IVF) coverage from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for active duty military members.

03 Dec

US judge blocks Trump from cutting Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states

ChaseLatest NewsAbortion Rights, Healthcare, Medicaid, Trump Administration, United States

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing in 22 states a provision of the Republican's signature tax and domestic policy bill that would deprive Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding.

03 Dec

Pop Culture’s New Syllabus: Pleasure, Power, and Sabrina Carpenter

ChaseLatest NewsHealthcare, Reproductive rights, Self-determination, United States

By claiming pleasure openly, Carpenter mirrors the heart of reproductive justice