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Patients and doctors trapped in a gray zone when abortion laws and emergency care mandate conflict
This story first appeared in Kaiser Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Each week, Dr. Kim Puterbaugh sees several pregnant patients at a Cleveland hospital who are experiencing complications involving bleeding or infection. The OB-GYN has to make quick decisions about how to treat them, including whether to remove the […]
IVF patients, doctors share concerns about new Ohio bill recognizing ‘personhood’ at conception
The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland. It took Mindi Axner three-and-a-half years, at least one miscarriage and […]
Ohio doctors unite to oppose abortion ban
A group of Ohio physicians is rallying support for a letter of dissent in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the enactment of Ohio six-week abortion ban. “The movement has quickly gained momentum and has recruited over 900 physicians forming the organization Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights,” a […]
Meet the anti-vax doctor who just won a local school board race
For most the pandemic, Dr. Elizabeth Laffay, a licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine, worked from the outside in. She told state lawmakers that vaccines kill; she touted dubious COVID-19 treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine on talk radio; she stormed a Big Lots with a small and barefaced crowd to protest its mask requirement; and she […]
Report calls on medical boards to go after COVID “disinformation doctors;” Ohio’s has not
In June, Sherri Tenpenny, a state-licensed doctor of osteopathic medicine and notorious COVID-19 disinformer, baselessly claimed in a televised, government meeting that COVID-19 vaccines “magnetize” recipients and “interface” with cell towers. The comment wasn’t an aberration from Tenpenny, who has in the past described vaccines as a tool of “depopulation.” The Ohio State Medical Board, […]
Doctors battle misinformation, fear of the unknown in battle against coronavirus spread
Doctors across the state are counseling their patients to wear masks and remain cautious about coronavirus, even as their patients and the rest of Ohio is split on best practices. While the country and the state say they are ramping up testing and digging into studies of vaccines and treatments, the best medicine right now […]
Funding for public defenders, punishing docs for treating trans kids, energy infrastructure and a cracker plant
Each day in our newsletter, we are highlighting stories and commentary from other media big and small throughout Ohio and the nation. If you’d like to get this feature directly to your inbox, please sign up for our newsletter here. Catching Our Eye: Public defenders. The Akron Beacon Journal’s Stephanie Warsmith is reporting, “Increased state funding addresses strain on […]