Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Parents, you’re not imagining it: The cost of child care is rising. By a lot. The average...
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced a national investigation into maternity care in England. The “rapid” inquiry will urgently look at the worst-performing maternity and neonatal services in the country, including Leeds, Sussex, Gloucester, and Mid and South Essex. Streeting has met parents who have lost babies in a series of maternity scandals at some...
Guy Henderson Local Democracy Reporting Service Georgina Barnes BBC News, South West BBC NHS Devon said it would develop a broader cardiology strategy for the region Plans trial changes to overnight heart attack services in south Devon have been scrapped. NHS Devon said it would not be going ahead with the proposals to drive out-of-hours...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled to uphold a Tennessee law that bans physicians from providing gender-affirming care to transgender children, a decision that will likely reverberate across the more than two dozen states that have...
In December the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on Gender Affirming Care for minors. The media consensus at the time was that the liberals were in lockstep but the conservatives seemed unlikely to overrule the state’s ban. Today, the Supreme Court released a 6-3 decision in the case written...
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Tennessee can limit or even fully ban gender transition care for young people. The justices voted 6 to 3 that a Tennessee law limiting access to treatments such as puberty blockers for under-18s was not discrimination. The ruling will likely have a nationwide effect – 25 states have...
US spies have assessed that Iran has not been pursuing a nuclear weapon for over 20 years. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he doesn’t care that his own Director of National Intelligence...
Part of the Series Fighting for Our Lives: The Movement for Medicare for All As congressional Republicans muscle forward a budget bill that would strip health care away from millions of Americans, Democrats have been united in their formal opposition: No cuts to Medicaid, no cuts to SNAP, and no work eligibility requirements. “Our message...
The Trump administration’s rule change will create “fear and confusion” at hospitals across the country, critics noted. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is rescinding a Biden-era guidance requiring emergency rooms across the country to provide abortion services to people facing health emergencies relating to pregnancy complications. That guidance, issued in 2022 shortly...
George Thorpe BBC News, Devon PA Media NHS Devon said an updated proposal would be presented in July A proposal to trial changes to heart attack services in part of Devon has been withdrawn to allow time to consider feedback on the plan. NHS Devon’s Integrated Care Board (ICB) was due to discuss a “test...
The family received a letter last month stating that their legal status had been terminated. Yet another Trump administration deportation case is sparking outrage: This time, a 4-year-old Mexican girl and her parents face expulsion, despite the family coming to the United States legally and the child’s risk of death if she loses the medical...
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Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers, according to a recent report...
A developer is seeking planning advice on the construction of a new care home at a former quarry site in Plymouth. LNT Care Developments sought pre-application advice from Plymouth City Council before submitting a formal planning proposal for the construction of the facility at the former Plymstock Quarry. If approved, the home would provide general...
Motorists are being urged to drive more carefully on Dartmoor to help cut the number of animals injured or killed. Devon and Cornwall Police said 144 animals, including ponies, cattle and sheep, were killed on Dartmoor’s roads in 2024. Rangers, members of the emergency services and the British Horse Society have carried out patrols to...