Julie Rovner

A sign tells voters in English and Spanish where to vote as Lee County voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Northeast Regional Library in Cape Coral, Fla., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. After the area was devastated and thousands were left displaced by Hurricane Ian, Lee County extended their early voting period and permitted voters on Election Day to cast their ballot in any of the dozen open polling places. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

El tema del aborto ayuda a los demócratas a minimizar pérdidas en estas elecciones

November 9, 2022 at 8:56 p.m.

Es probable que los republicanos tomen el control de una o ambas cámaras del Congreso cuando todos los votos estén contados. Pero los demócratas están celebrando el hecho de que...

The U.S. Supreme Court building as seen on Sunday, July 11, 2021 in Washington, D.C..

Cinco cosas que hay que saber tras la anulación de Roe vs. Wade

June 27, 2022 at 3:01 p.m.

La decisión de la Corte Suprema alterará de forma drástica y rápida el acceso al aborto en Estados Unidos. El 24 de junio, la Corte falló por 6 a 3...

People march from Union Park to Lasalle and Wacker in downtown Chicago on Saturday, May 14, 2022 to protest against the possible U.S. Supreme Court reversal of Roe vs. Wade. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Qué sigue tras la derogación del derecho al aborto

June 24, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.

El 24 de junio, la Corte Suprema anuló formalmente su histórica decisión Roe vs. Wade de 49 años de antigüedad, y así puso fin a medio siglo de derecho al...

FILE -- President-elect Joe Biden during a new conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 22, 2020. In the wake of the Trump presidency, Democrats and a slew of groups are preparing to push for the kinds of ethics and governance changes not seen since the post-Watergate era.

La primera orden de Biden sería deshacer las políticas de Trump, pero no será fácil

January 12, 2021 at 4:16 p.m.

La división partidista en el Congreso es por tan escaso margen que, incluso con los demócratas técnicamente en la mayoría, aprobar una legislación importante sobre la atención de la salud...

Xavier Becerra, fiscal general de California, es el nominado por Joe Biden, presidente electo de EEUU, para dirigir el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EEUU.

¿Es Xavier Becerra el indicado para Salud?

December 8, 2020 at 6:41 p.m.

Xavier Becerra, elegido por el presidente electo Joe Biden para dirigir el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS), será un secretario de la era pandémica, sin experiencia en salud...

The dome of the U.S. Capitol building is seen on Thursday, January 16, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Rapid changes to health system spurred by COVID-19 might be here to stay

June 8, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

The U.S. health care system is famously resistant to government-imposed change. It took decades to create Medicare and Medicaid, mostly due to opposition from the medical-industrial complex. Then it was...

Medicaid providers at the end of the line for federal COVID-19 funding

May 18, 2020 at 7:37 p.m.

Casa de Salud, a nonprofit clinic in Albuquerque, N.M., provides primary medical care, opioid addiction services and non-Western therapies, including acupuncture and reiki, to a largely low-income population. And, like...

Shetland is half golden retriever, half Labrador retriever — and he's a lieutenant commander in the Navy and a clinical instructor in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland.

Sit, heal: Dog teaches military medical students the merits of service animals

November 26, 2019 at 10:21 p.m.

The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has a great smile — and a wagging tail. Shetland, not quite 2 years old, is half...

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