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Available data show that gender‑affirming surgery for minors in the United States is rare but not zero: insurance‑claims and surgical‑database analyses count anywhere from a few dozen to several hundr...
Since the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) took effect, evidence shows : some studies document slower growth in medical spending after 2010, others document sharp premium jumps in the individual market...
The available analyses converge on a clear finding: . Multiple 2025 analyses further report worsening child health across mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, and mental health domains compared wit...
The available data show , concentrated largely in Emergency Medicaid and state-level programs; estimates cited in recent reports range from hundreds of millions in single states to roughly $27 billion...
Updated COVID-19 vaccines continue to lower the risk of infection modestly and protect much better against severe outcomes: peak effectiveness against infection shortly after a 2024–2025 update was ro...
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can trigger short-lived changes in immune markers and—in rare cases—cause inflammatory conditions such as myocarditis; major public-health reviews and cohort studies find no sus...
Undocumented immigrants in the United States are largely barred from standard federal programs like Medicaid and Medicare but do receive medical care in specific, limited ways: emergency care required...
Estimates vary widely depending on method: a recent JAMA-based count cited by PBS and others estimated more than 64,000 rape-related pregnancies in jurisdictions that enacted post‑Roe bans, a figure u...
Before widespread vaccination in the United States, infectious-disease mortality fell over the 20th century but remained high for specific diseases such as smallpox and measles, with documented in ear...
The Trump administration’s early 2025 budget actions and policy changes led to large, specific reductions and program shifts at NIH and the National Cancer Institute (NCI): reporting and committee ana...
Undocumented immigrants are generally ineligible for full federally funded Medicaid, but federal law requires hospitals to provide emergency medical treatment regardless of immigration status, and sta...
Emergency Medicaid reimburses hospitals for life‑stabilizing care for people who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid but are ineligible because of immigration status; spending on that program was...
U.S. male life expectancy at birth is reported between about 73.5 and 76.1 years depending on the source and year used; the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) shows 75.8 years for males ...
The best contemporaneous measurement of average premiums just before broad Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation shows , drawn from employer‑sponsored plans measured by the Medical Expenditure Pane...
The available analyses show , though conclusions vary by dataset, definition of “mass shooting,” and timeframe. Several pieces cite high-profile deadly incidents and rising firearm deaths through 2019...
Clinical trials and systematic reviews conducted during and after the COVID-19 pandemic provide limited information about ivermectin’s long-term safety in humans; most randomized trials report short f...
Updated COVID-19 vaccines introduced for 2024–2025 and adjusted again for 2025 target recent Omicron descendants (JN.1, KP.2, LP.8.1 and related lineages) and provide clear protection against severe o...
Major public-health institutions and mainstream research outlets have repeatedly rejected the idea that vaccines are a covert tool for “overpopulation” or depopulation. Reviews and reporting from the ...
The available recent reporting shows , because countries measure and report sexual violence in different ways and underreporting is pervasive. U.S. sources document serious levels of sexual violence a...
High‑quality randomized trials have largely failed to show clinically meaningful benefits of ivermectin for COVID‑19: several large, double‑blind, placebo‑controlled trials found no reduction in hospi...