Health

Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege has spent nearly 25 years campaigning against sexual violence and aiding survivors. On Thursday, he won the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. In his remarks, he paid tribute to the survivors. "These women stand up again after being subjected to extreme violence and not only reclaim their own strength but also extend a helping hand to others."

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He fights sexual violence. He's won a Nobel and now a $1 million honor. Is he hopeful?

Fatma Tanis

Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the Nobel peace prize in 2018, is the recipient of the $1 million Aurora humanitarian prize. In an interview with NPR, he reflects on how his campaign is faring.

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Health care expansion for DACA recipients brings expected relief, but concerns remain
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RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms
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Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed

Allison Aubrey

Women under 60 can benefit from hormone therapy to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. That's according to a new study, and is a departure from what women were told in the past.
National

Arizona lawmakers vote by a narrow margin to repeal Civil War-era abortion ban

Wayne Schutsky

Gov. Katie Hobbs plans to sign the repeal of the law that bans nearly all abortions — keeping the state's 15-weeks-of-pregnancy ban in place. But it's unclear when the repeal takes effect
Health

County supervisors OK stockpiling abortion medication in 3-2 vote

City News Service

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors have passed a measure that will allow the county to secure an emergency stockpile of medication-based abortion treatments Misoprostol and Mifepristone.
National

Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, curbing access across the South

Stephanie Colombini

Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.
Health

Organic bulk walnuts sold in natural food stores tied to dangerous E. coli outbreak

Jonel Aleccia

Consumers should check to see if they bought organic walnuts tied to the recall.
Health

Mammograms should start at age 40, new guidelines recommend

Allison Aubrey

A rise in breast cancer among younger women prompted the U.S. Preventive Task Force to issue new screening guidelines. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40.
National

Abortion rights on the ballot may not be bad news for Republicans everywhere

Jason Rosenbaum

More states than ever are gearing up to vote on abortion rights this fall, including Republican-led Missouri. There, voters could show the issue isn't a down-ballot Democratic dream everywhere.
Health

Sign here? Financial agreements may leave doctors in the driver's seat

Katheryn Houghton

Emily Siner

Agreeing to an out-of-network doctor's financial policy, which protects their ability to get paid and may be littered with confusing jargon, can create a binding contract that leaves a patient owing.
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Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court

Selena Simmons-Duffin

The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled in favor of transgender patients on Monday. The case was brought by Medicaid recipients in West Virginia and state employees in North Carolina.
Politics

California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug

The Associated Press

California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose.