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Alabama’s Embryo Transfer Pause Limits Options for IVF Patients

TL/DR - Following a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are considered children, several fertility clinics and shipping services are pausing embryo transfers in or out of Alabama. Many doctors and patients are uncertain about the restrictions this ruling places on fertility treatments,…

Massachusetts Demands Steward’s Urgent Financial Records Submission

TL/DR - Steward Health Care, a company that operates 10 hospitals in Massachusetts, has expressed interest in "orderly departure" from the state. The Dallas-based company currently owes $50 million in unpaid rent and reportedly employs over 15,000 healthcare workers in the state. Governor Maura Healey has asked the company to provide a concrete…

Latest Upper Peninsula Prep Boys Basketball Scores & Highlights

TL/DR - The article provides scores for several boys' basketball games in the Upper Peninsula region. Brimley won against Carney-Nadeau with a score of 70-48, Cedarville narrowly beat Stephenson 55-53, and Gwinn defeated Escanaba 60-59 in overtime. Other winning teams included Lake Linden-Hubbell, Norway, Rudyard, Sault Ste. Marie, and Westwood.…

Exploring Black Women in Pop Culture: Insights from AAS 275

TL/DR - Lydia Kelow-Bennett, an assistant professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, is teaching a course called "Black Women in Popular Culture" at the University of Michigan. The class, which started with a cap of 18 students, now has around 70 enrollees and covers theories on media consumption, the experience of Black women in society, and…