On December 18th, 2025 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced two proposals to the conditions of participation for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement .  These proposals would severely restrict access to gender-affirming care for minors. Additionally, the second proposal, which would bar hospitals and their affiliated clinics from reimbursement eligibility if gender affirming-care is provided to minors, is an unprecedented use of these conditions. This funding restriction...

The WHEM team attended this year’s National Abortion Federation (NAF) Annual Conference, where we heard from independent clinics, advocacy organizations, research groups, and frontline clinicians who are collaborating to sustain abortion access and patient safety. National data demonstrate that post-Dobbs abortion access has shifted rather than disappeared, with telemedicine now accounting for a substantial proportion of care and interstate travel nearly doubling since 2020  (Society of...

HBO’s The Pitt packs a thoracotomy, lateral canthotomy, and pericardiocentesis all into one, incredibly unlikely ER shift—but the most...