The Supreme Court eliminated the federal right to abortion in a ruling issued Friday. The historic decision has major consequences for the healthcare system. Below is a compilation of statements from healthcare organizations, companies and government officials responding to this massive change in U.S. abortion law. American Hospital Association “We expect that today’s decision will have practical impacts on hospitals […]
Health Systems Respond to New and More Sophisticated Threats The need for security measures such as zero trust is being driven by cybersecurity threats that grow more numerous and dangerous every year. Cybercriminals are well funded and organized, enabling them to carry out attacks that are increasingly complex and detailed. For example, social engineering attacks identify a specific target and […]
El 24 de junio, la Corte Suprema anuló formalmente su histórica decisión Roe vs. Wade de 49 años de antigüedad, y así puso fin a medio siglo de derecho al aborto garantizados constitucionalmente en los Estados Unidos. La decisión 6-3 en el caso, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, se conoció públicamente en mayo por una filtración sin precedentes de […]
Nearly a year after Intellia Therapeutics showed the world how its CRISPR-based therapy safely edits genes inside a patient, the biotech now has additional clinical data indicating that the therapeutic effects can last. All doses tested led to reductions in levels of a disease-causing protein, a benefit that is sustained 12 months in the patients followed the longest. The […]
ATLANTA — Jerisha Morton didn’t realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea. “I can’t smell anything. You’re so weak that you have to lay down all the time. It’s rough,” Morton, 27, said recently as she sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Atlanta. Morton was diagnosed with […]
President Biden on Friday vowed to protect access to abortion pills and contraception in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. In remarks from the White House, Biden lambasted the decision as a “tragic error” carried out by an “extreme,” conservative-controlled Supreme Court. “It’s a sad day for the country in my […]
By MATTHEW HOLT It is a very sad day for America. Roughly 30% of our country is part of a quasi-religious cult. In general these people reject science and the enlightenment. This week the Jan 6th committee has shown they are prepared to use and support any tools or tactics–up to and including the overthrow of the government, in order […]
University of Vermont Health Network (South Burlington, Vt.) has opened an adult psychiatric unit at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, N.Y., according to the website wamc.com. Situated on the sixth floor, the 19,000-square-foot project comprises 18 private patient rooms that include a private bath/shower
The Supreme Court on Friday formally overturned its 49-year-old landmark Roe v. Wade decision, and with it ended a half-century of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights in the United States. The 6-3 decision in the case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, was telegraphed in May by an unprecedented leak of an early draft of the majority opinion, written by Justice […]
The first state abortion bans have taken effect after the Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, driving home the immediate consequences of the monumental decision. Abortion bans are now in effect in Louisiana, South Dakota, Kentucky, and Missouri, and more states are expected to soon follow. Thirteen states have “trigger” laws that ban abortion in the event of […]