Health

BOSTON — Rates of extreme maternal well being problems practically doubled in Massachusetts from 2011 to 2020, with Black ladies experiencing the very best charges of labor and supply issues, in line with a report launched Wednesday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio plastic surgeon’s state medical license was completely revoked Wednesday after a medical board decided she harmed sufferers whereas livestreaming their surgical procedures on the social media app TikTok. ...

PORTLAND, Maine — A COVID-19 vaccine requirement for well being care staff is anticipated to be dropped quickly in Maine, with a state company saying the mandate met its purpose of limiting the unfold of the coronavirus on the pandemic’s top however is now not wanted primarily based on evolving scientific proof. ...

TORONTO — Decades after many different wealthy nations stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous girls, quite a few activists, medical doctors, politicians and at the least 5 class-action lawsuits allege the follow has not led to Canada. ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi has eliminated greater than 29,000 folks from Medicaid as this system begins reviewing who's eligible to maintain protection now that the federal authorities has ended a pandemic public well being emergency. ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s state well being officer was chosen Wednesday to symbolize one of many hardest hit areas of the state for drug overdoses on the board of a non-public basis that shall be distributing the vast majority of the state’s greater than $1 billion in opioid settlements. ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A authorized problem was filed Wednesday to dam Iowa’s new laws banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of being pregnant, launching what's going to possible be a prolonged and emotional court docket battle simply hours after the Legislature’s late-night vote. ...

BOISE, Idaho — Two advocacy teams and an legal professional who works with sexual assault victims are suing Idaho over a brand new regulation that makes it unlawful to assist minors get an abortion with out their dad and mom’ consent. ...

Stopping fentanyl on the border usually means recognizing packages hid as cargo in automobiles at border crossings — however the authorities is struggling simply to man the scanning machines. ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature handed a invoice banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of being pregnant throughout a marathon particular session Tuesday that continued late into the evening. Gov. Kim Reynolds instantly mentioned in an announcement she would signal the invoice on Friday. ...