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TL/DR - President Joe Biden's stand on major issues such as abortion, economy, foreign policy, and democracy are discussed. On abortion, he supports the protections granted by Roe v. Wade and has pushed for Congress to restore those protections. With regard to the economy, his approach is to build from the middle and bottom up, and he often cites…

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…