When Profit-Driven Clinics Kick “Noncompliant” Patients off Dialysis, Is Anybody Watching?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tommy Alba could be a pain in the ass. It’s how he ran two bustling cafes in coastal Virginia. His linebacker physique and booming baritone, with more than a hint of a childhood New Jersey accent, could make him…
Health Facilities and Workers in Conflict Zones Suffered a Record Number of Attacks Last Year
The Israeli military has repeatedly attacked Al-Shifa Hospital, according to a new report today that highlights record attacks on health care workers and facilities in conflict zones in 2023.Omar Ishaq/dpa/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. When Leonard Rubenstein saw the news on Monday…
Dobbs Had the Opposite Effect Conservatives Intended
New data shows that telehealth abortions, and shield laws, have helped drive the post-Dobbs rise in abortions nationwide.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Something curious has happened since the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in June 2022: More people have…
North Carolina’s Protest Crackdown Now Includes a Ban on N95s
Mother Jones; Probal Rashid/Zuma; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.North Carolina Republicans are pushing legislation that would remove the state’s health exemption to laws banning masks in public, citing protestors’ wearing them in pro-Palestine campus rallies. If the state GOP’s “Unmasking Mobs and…
Lost in the Crowd: The Hidden Biases of Medical Fundraising
Mother Jones; Marc Studer Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 100 million Americans have medical debt, with half owing more than $2,000; disabled people are twice as likely to have it than those without disabilities. Annually, around half a million Americans are pushed into bankruptcy…
A Nurse on the Scene Inside Rafah’s Last Maternity Hospital
Mother Jones; Getty; photo courtesy of Bridget Rochios Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.At the last maternity and neonatal hospital in Rafah, the devastation has already arrived. “There is no safe place in Gaza from a healthcare perspective—and beyond,” Bridget Rochios, a certified nurse-midwife from…