Selena Simmons-Duffin appears in the following:
Patients and doctors in 3 states announce lawsuits over delayed and denied abortions
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
The Center for Reproductive Rights is filing lawsuits in three different states over delayed and denied abortions. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 12, 2023.)
Patients and doctors in 3 states announce lawsuits over delayed and denied abortions
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The Center for Reproductive Rights has announced lawsuits in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma that tell dramatic stories describing how abortion laws interfered with patients' care.
New state abortion numbers show increases in some surprising places
Thursday, September 07, 2023
What happened to abortion numbers since Roe v. Wade fell? The Guttmacher Institute has new state-by-state numbers that show people are traveling for the procedure.
Labor unions praise Biden's plan to boost staffing at nursing homes
Friday, September 01, 2023
For the first time ever, nursing homes may soon have to guarantee a registered nurse is working 24/7 in every facility.
Marijuana could soon be downgraded from a Schedule 1 drug
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The federal government may soon change how marijuana is regulated. The Drug Enforcement Administration has kicked off a review of whether marijuana should remain a strictly controlled substance.
The Biden administration picks the first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiation
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The Inflation Reduction Act gives the federal government power to negotiate the price of certain drugs for Medicare. It marks a change to prescription drug policy that's been decades in the making.
Here are the first 10 drugs that Medicare will target for price cuts
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
The government will negotiate new prices for the commonly prescribed drugs, but the cuts won't take effect until 2026. In the meantime, drugmakers are fighting the negotiations with lawsuits.
Two families sue Florida for being kicked off Medicaid in 'unwinding' process
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Two children and their parents are suing the state of Florida, alleging that their Medicaid coverage was terminated without proper notice or a chance to contest the state agency's decision.
To expand abortion access in Texas, a lawmaker gets creative
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Starting Sept. 1, limited abortion care will be legal in Texas in two pregnancy circumstances. Getting that through the conservative Texas legislature required "masterful and discreet" lawmaking.
Texas has quietly changed its abortion law
Monday, August 21, 2023
It will no longer be illegal to terminate a pregnancy in Texas if the pregnant person's water breaks too early for the fetus to survive.
For one Texas doctor, abortion bans are personal and professional
Monday, August 21, 2023
Dr. Austin Dennard is an OB-GYN who is going to give birth very soon. She also had to leave Texas to terminate a previous pregnancy because the fetus had a fatal condition.
Federal appeals court ruling deals a blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The appeals court backs restricting the use of mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions. But previous action by the Supreme Court means the status quo holds for now.
Restrictions on abortion pill mifepristone upheld by U.S. appeals court
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
A U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, finding that the FDA didn't take safety concerns into account when making the pill more accessible.
Ruling deals blow to access to abortion pill mifepristone — but nothing changes yet
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
A federal appeals court would restrict the use of mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions. But previous action by the Supreme Court means the status quo holds for now.
What just happened when Texas' abortion bans briefly lifted — and what comes next
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
A doctor and woman who are suing Texas over its abortion bans react to the news — for less than 12 hours the bans were lifted. What is the Texas Supreme Court likely to do next with the appeal?
Filling Fauci's shoes: Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is HIV expert and a lot of fun at parties
Friday, August 04, 2023
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will lead NIH's infectious diseases institute. Colleagues say she has a wide breadth of knowledge and a joyful demeanor.
Jeanne Marrazzo selected to succeed Fauci at the NIH
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Dr. Anthony Fauci's replacement at NIH's infectious disease and immunology institute is an HIV prevention expert from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo.
Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.
States comb through Medicaid rolls to see who can stay and who should go
Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Nearly four million people across the country have been disenrolled from Medicaid since pandemic protections expired in April. Experts say that number could rise to 24 million.
Women with pregnancy complications tell a Texas court how abortion bans affected them
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Texas abortion restrictions are in court after 13 women sued the state AG and medical board. Women with complicated pregnancies are telling the court how the state's abortion bans affected them.