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Michigan officials and abortion rights activists have mobilized around a tier of strategies: in the courts, on the campaign trail and at the ballot box this November.

About 100 new drugs are in short supply each year, often sending hospitals scrambling and putting patients at risk.

As more states pass abortion bans, an approach offering parents an alternative is gaining popularity. Baby boxes, which are built into the side of fire stations or hospitals, allow people to surrender infants anonymously.

An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.

Driving under the influence of alcohol or marijuana has increased in recent years. Around 17% of teens say they’ve been a passenger of a driver who wasn’t sober, and the results can be deadly. One school is trying to educate teenagers and curb impaired driving.

A new pair of academic studies offers evidence that Medicaid saves lives. So, what's at stake if the major Medicaid reforms and deep cuts that were approved by House Republicans make it through Congress?

This piece first aired on NPR's Latino USA. Margarita came to Indianapolis 13 years ago to help her sister, who had been diagnosed with brain cancer.…

http://soundmedicine.org/segments/063013_4.mp3As the health care system is preparing for more patients in need of primary care physicians, medical schools…

http://soundmedicine.org/segments/063013_5.mp3A recent article in the Journal of Women’s Health argues that medical schools need to incorporate the role…

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced Wednesday morning that its COVID-19 vaccine trial is on hold after a volunteer in the UK had an unexplained…