The Biden administration argues a federal law requiring providers to offer stabilizing treatment, including abortion when necessary, trumps abortion bans.
Even as specialists in infectious diseases praise the treatment’s effectiveness, many doctors say they have questions about prescribing the drug and want better data.
Jul 28, 2022
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COURTNEY BOGGS, A MEMBER OF THE CURE MITO FOUNDATION, WITH HUSBAND JACOB AND DAUGHTERS EMMA (LEFT) AND RILEY. EMMA, 6, WHO HAS LEIGH SYNDROME, CAN'T WALK WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND EATS THROUGH A FEEDING TUBE. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN WORKING FOR A TREATMENT, BUT THE COMPANY IT PARTNERED WITH HAS PAUSED ITS WORK ON IT./RANDY BOGGS/KHN
Some families are forming their own biotech businesses to help their children, acting as drug developers to find treatments for ultra-rare diseases that affect 1,000 patients or fewer.
Jul 26, 2022
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DANI MARIETTI (HOLDING SIGN) AND HER FRIENDS GATHER FOR A “STERILIZATION SHOWER” IN HELENA, MONTANA, IN JULY BEFORE MARIETTI WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE HER FALLOPIAN TUBES SURGICALLY REMOVED./ELLIS JUHLIN/ YELLOWSTONE PUBLIC RADIO
The uncertainty around abortion access in states where abortion is now or could become illegal has seemingly spurred a rise in the number of people seeking surgical sterilization, doctors say.