Virginia has taken a critical step to address its maternal health crisis with a new law guaranteeing a birthing person’s right to have both a doula and a partner (or other support person) present during labor and childbirth. This legislation is a direct response to the state’s alarming maternal mortality […]

In early 2025, two-thirds of doctors reported using artificial intelligence (AI) for a wide range of purposes, including “documentation of billing codes, medical charts, and visit notes; generating discharge instructions, care plans, and progress notes; providing translation services; supporting diagnostic decisions; and more.” Although the healthcare sector was initially hesitant […]

Abortion is not only common but an essential component of comprehensive care, with one in four pregnant people accessing abortion care in the United States. During my annual physical this summer, I reflected on what challenges people seeking abortion care in my home state of Georgia – and across the […]

“We did it everybody!” exclaimed Leslie Manookian, “We passed the first true medical freedom bill in the nation!” Ms. Manookian and other members of the anti-vaccine group Health Freedom Idaho were celebrating the Idaho Medical Freedom Act being signed into Idaho state law on April 4, 2025, which protects those […]

Neurotechnologies are devices that have been used in the clinical context for decades to collect data about brain or nervous system activity. Examples include the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose brain tumors, electroencephalograms (EEG) to predict strokes, and deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s […]