Creighton University accounting students are offering free tax assistance to qualifying taxpayers as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The students will offer services from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Saturdays listed below at the Mike and Josie Harper Center on the Creighton campus in Omaha […]
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Are unethical clinics cashing in on women’s vulnerabilities?
Most women will have around 15 eggs collected in a cycle, unless they have low reserves, according to the HFEA. Bagg’s cycle resulted in just five eggs being frozen. Though concerned that the relatively low number may not lead to a pregnancy, she had neither the money nor the emotional […]
Appeals court upholds Kentucky abortion law requiring clinics to have transfer agreements with hospitals
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a Kentucky law that requires abortion clinics to have written agreements with a hospital and ambulance service in case of medical emergencies. The 2-1 ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a 2018 district court ruling that found the law, first passed […]
Minnesota’s Fairview Health to shutter 16 clinics, cut 900 jobs
M Health Fairview on Monday announced a shake-up that will permanently change the face of Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul, shutter 16 of its 56 medical clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin and reduce its workforce by 900 positions. James Hereford, M Health Fairview President and […]
I Did My Own Abortion Because Texas Used COVID-19 as an Excuse to Shut Down Abortion Clinics
Photo credit: Raydene Hansen – Hearst Owned From Cosmopolitan Shortly after Esmarie* learned she was pregnant in mid-March, the city in South Central Texas where she lives started to shut down in response to the coronavirus. Her college classes went online and she lost shifts at the two restaurants where […]
Syria doctors fear virus spreading faster than clinics can test
Syria’s capital is facing a “terrible” spike in COVID-19 infections, with hospitals packed, patients scouring Facebook for advice and medics fearing the virus is spreading faster than clinics can test for it. Authorities in government-held areas have confirmed 999 cases including 48 deaths — but even the health ministry admitted […]
Walgreens to open 500 to 700 in-store clinics with primary care doctors in deal with VillageMD
The doctor will see you now … at Walgreens. Walgreens plans to staff 500 to 700 of its stores with primary care doctors in the next five years in a partnership with medical services provider VillageMD. The company, which has nearly 9,300 locations in the U.S., announced the plan Wednesday morning, saying […]