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Republicans Use Funding Bill to Dismantle Our Health Care System and Attack Public Education

 During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies funding bill, Democrats fought against Republicans’ extreme bill that assaults public health, slashes medical research, eliminates funding for reproductive health, and eviscerates education and job training.
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Revisiting restricted reproductive rights in 2025: what do we need to know now?

In the aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on access to reproductive healthcare, we published a commentary in this journal to inform the infectious diseases (ID) community about anticipated worsening of maternal and neonatal sepsis outcomes and relevant stewardship and healthcare associated infection issues. Three years later, we seek to keep the ID community engaged with important updates and intensify their commitment to providing high-quality care and reduce disparate health outcomes in this vulnerable population.
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Trump shifted the 9th Circuit to the right. What that means for abortion and reproductive care

President "Trump had a particularly significant impact on the 9th Circuit" in his first term, moving the reliably liberal appeals court to the right. That could influence abortion policy in the West. For decades the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has been a reliable stronghold for liberal ideals, but that changed during President Donald Trump's first term thanks to the 10 appointments he made.
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Expanded Protections for Reproductive Health and Gender-Affirming Care: What Massachusetts Providers Need to Know

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law an Act Strengthening Healthcare Protections in the Commonwealth (the “Act”), which amends the state’s existing “Shield Law” protections for providers of reproductive health and gender-affirming care (“Protected Care”). The Act is the latest response by Massachusetts to the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), which eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion and returned the authority to regulate reproductive health care to the states. Dobbs has resulted in an uncertain legal landscape where numerous states restricting reproductive care (“Restrictive States”) have enacted broad laws that potentially create liability for out-of-state providers. Like similar laws…
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Meta ‘eavesdropping’ case shows how period apps have become a data goldmine

Few things feel more private than what you tell your period app. Month after month, you confide your most intimate details: when your period arrived, how often you had sex, whether you masturbated, if you’re trying to have a baby. You treat it like a digital diary, believing these intimate details remain safely tucked away in your phone.
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Decreased Hormone-Free Intervals and Amenorrhea With Low-Dose Estrogen Combined Hormonal Contraceptives

Panelists discuss how shortened hormone-free intervals (24-4 and 24-2-2 regimens) prevent ovarian reactivation and endometrial proliferation that caused breakthrough bleeding with traditional 21/7 formulations, while addressing how amenorrhea can be viewed as either a desired therapeutic outcome or concerning adverse effect depending on patient preferences.
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Federal Officials Defund Health Imperatives

For 15 years, despite patients’ right to abortion care in Massachusetts, it was impossible to get an abortion on Cape Cod. Then, in 2023, Health Imperatives, a nonprofit sexual and family health organization, opened a clinic in Hyannis. Although surgical abortion procedures are not offered at the clinic, it made medication abortions in the early weeks of a pregnancy an option for Cape Cod patients.
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