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TL/DR - Kate Cox, a 31-year-old Texas woman, sought a legal medical exemption for an abortion after being informed that her baby suffered from trisomy 18, a chromosomal disorder that often results in stillbirth or early infant death. After Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that Cox could terminate her pregnancy, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily…

TL/DR - Expanded healthcare coverage options have saved Maryland residents $460 million, which would have otherwise been paid out of their pockets. According to the CEO of Maryland Health Care For All, Vincent DeMarco, medical bills are the primary reason for bankruptcy, and the new options will be beneficial to all residents. Healthcare policy…

TL/DR - The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research (DOR) is currently hosting 11 postdoctoral research fellows who are undertaking research to improve health care delivery. The article introduces several of these fellows, their previous work or study, and why they wanted to join the DOR. All fellows expressed enthusiasm for…

TL/DR - A series of tornadoes and storms caused severe damage in Tennessee, prompting officials to declare local states of emergency and causing power outages to more than 17,000 homes and businesses. Six people were killed, including a mother and her toddler, while hundreds of buildings were destroyed or severely damaged. Recovery efforts are…