A sign outside a hospital's maternal-fetal medicine department sets aside parking for patients. The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine issued guidance earlier this month encouraging physicians who care for high-risk obstetric patients in states with abortion bans to establish systems of care and build agreements between providers and healthcare administrators to provide the highest level of care. (Photo by Kelcie Moseley-Morris/Stateline) As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine specialists has developed new guidelines to help providers in those states navigate legal risks for themselves and medical challenges for their high-risk patients. Maternal-fetal medicine specialists handle some of the most high-risk pregnancies, including patients with high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, fetal anomalies or other complications. In states with abortion bans, those conditions can becom...
Students leave William H. Wells Community High School at the end of the school day in Chicago. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest national survey of high school students focuses on diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behavior and mental health. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) For more than 35 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has surveyed American high school students every two years about their health and behavior. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, established in 1991, draws a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9 through 12 at public and private schools. Over the years, it has tracked a broad range of issues affecting teenagers, from substance use and sexual behavior to violence, mental health and other health risks. But the CDC’s latest national report, a full-color publication with photos, graphics and high school success stories, offers a markedly different portrait of adolescent health than the one i...