Contributor: California is now the front line of the maternal mortality crisis in the United States
California has become a haven for reproductive care, but is now absorbing the consequences of a national public health failure.…
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How 'The Pitt' Portrayed a Rape Kit Exam with the Help of Experts
The next article contains spoilers Episode 7, “1:00 pm”, of “The Pitt” Season 2. Education begins almost immediately. A young…
Justice Department Reduces Demand for Transgender Care Records at Children's Hospital LA
The U.S. Department of Justice agreed to stop requiring medical records identifying young patients who received gender-affirming care at Children's…
Rady Children's Health to Suspend Transgender Care Amid Trump Administration Threats
California's largest pediatric health care system will stop providing gender-affirming health care to transgender youth next month amid growing pressure…
Vulnerable transgender youth just lost an important resource
January 8, 2026 8 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: As a transgender woman in the midst of transition, I…
Letters to the Editor: Giving Money to Consumers Directly Won't Fix Our Health Care Market
November 21, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: Guest contributor Kim-Lien Nguyen dusts off a tired and roundly…
Contributor: When surviving cancer is not the end of the fight
When you hear the words “you have cancer,” your world tilts on its axis. I know because I've listened to…
Contributor: By relaxing standards, the FDA is doing rare disease patients a disservice
If you're facing a serious illness, you better hope it's not rare. After an often tortuous path to diagnosis, people…
There are many therapists doing more than 'keeping the hand'
October 1, 2025 8 am pt To the editor: The opinion article of the guest collaborator Jonathan Alpert overcome when…
Collaborator: IA therapy is not improving. Therapists are simply failing
A growing number of people resort to AI for therapy not because now it is smarter than humans, but because…