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Already, an army of abortion-rights advocates have built a vast network on the internet - unimaginable 50 years ago - poised to help those in need travel to a state where abortion is legal. This brave new world, doctors say, compounds a horrific problem: the states banning abortion already have some of the highest maternal -mortality rates in the country. A Nation Asunder Abortion-rights supporters protest the Supreme Court's decision WHEN THE SUPREME COURT HANDED DOWN ITS OPINION OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 24, THE NEWS STRUCK LIKE LIGHTNING. [Extracted from the article]

The article features the selection of frontline health workers as the Guardians of the Year by the magazine "Time" for 2020. Health care workers have been recognized for their role in controlling the spread of COVID-19 and in providing care to patients. Many doctors have been regarded as heroes for their commitment to battle the virus and for volunteering to provide services to affected communities.

In Washington, Dr. Anthony Fauci led not only the battle against COVID-19 but also the fight for truth -- clear, consistent messaging being fundamental to public health. He saved his strongest rebuke for a Trump reelection campaign ad, which took something Fauci had said about the work of the coronavirus task force on which he serves to imply that Fauci approved of Trump's pandemic response. The global mobilization to defeat the pandemic has been led by doctors, policymakers, heads of state and more -- most notably in the U.S. by Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been a face and voice of gentle empathy and hard truths. PHOTO (COLOR): Harris and Biden at a high school in Wilmington, Del., on Aug. 12 PHOTO (COLOR): Dr. Anthony Fauci, photographed in Bethesda, Md., on Dec. 4 PHOTO (COLOR): REBECCA MARTIN Pulmonologist, left; Mountain Home, Ark. [Extracted from the article]

Joseph says that while midwifery generally works best for the majority of women who have healthy, low-risk pregnancies, those who have want or need to give birth with a physician can benefit from the midwife model of care too. Other midwives include certified professional midwives--what graduates of Joseph's program can become--direct entry midwives, and traditional lay midwives. Walks into the exam room in her Winter Garden, Fla., birth center and unleashes a crinkly-eyed smile at her patient, who is 34 weeks pregnant, and her patient's 4-year-old daughter. [Extracted from the article]

So more staff nurses quit to become contract nurses, further lowering the nurse supply and driving demand for contract nurses. Many staff nurses say the problem is not that travel nursing agencies are price gouging; it is that there aren't enough nurses to do an increasingly challenging job for relatively low staff wages. That fact isn't surprising--COVID-19 has transformed health care facilities, including Thomas Health's hospital system in Charleston, W.Va., where Kahn works--but the reasons may be. [Extracted from the article]

Cody Howard is standing at a makeshift pulpit under an overpass preaching about the COVID-19 vaccine. Less than a week before the Inauguration, when vaccines were still restricted to the most vulnerable, and even they were frantically refreshing their computer browsers to find appointments, Biden's COVID-19 response team was planning for the days when there would be too many vaccines. After he received a Spanish-language printout from the CDC explaining how mRNA vaccines work, he rolled up the sleeve of his white work shirt one morning in June to get his shot. [Extracted from the article]