Selena Simmons-Duffin
Stories
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Jeanne Marrazzo selected to succeed Fauci at the NIH
Dr. Anthony Fauci's replacement at NIH's infectious disease and immunology institute is an HIV prevention expert from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo.
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Texas Medicaid drops 82% of its enrollees since April
Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started. But rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others. Nearly 4 million people have lost coverage so far.
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States comb through Medicaid rolls to see who can stay and who should go
Nearly four million people across the country have been disenrolled from Medicaid since pandemic protections expired in April. Experts say that number could rise to 24 million.
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Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: 'There was no mercy'
Women who had complicated and tragic pregnancies are suing Texas over its abortion bans. A hearing had emotional testimony in an Austin courtroom Wednesday. The state wants the case dismissed.
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In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths
The state's abortion bans make no exceptions for fatal fetal anomalies. Two women had devastating pregnancy diagnoses — one could leave the state for an abortion, and the other could not.
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Abortion access could continue to change in year 2 after the overturn of Roe v. Wade
It's already harder to get an abortion in many places and access is likely to be limited more with the passage of new laws.
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How many miles do you have to travel to get abortion care? One professor maps it
An economics professor at Middlebury College and her undergrad research assistants have been tracking access to abortion care since 2009. These maps show the dramatic changes in the past decade.
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Kids can't all be star athletes. Here's how schools can welcome more students to play
Most American kids quit playing sports by age 11. That means a lot of kids are missing out on some of the huge benefits of sports, including spacial awareness, physical activity and team skills.
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A lullaby really can work magic. Science tells us why and how
Sometimes the right lullaby sends my kids off to dreamland so fast it makes me feel like I have a parenting superpower. Turns out the wonder of lullabies is confirmed by scientific research.
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In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid
As states begin to require people to requalify for the free health insurance, many who are eligible are losing coverage because of administrative snafus.
