“The Pitt” often feels like it’s aiming to be the medical show to end all medical shows.
Health Care
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Ireland’s abortion rates reach record high; Catholic advocates call it ‘a tragedy’
The Irish government “has done nothing to reduce the numbers of abortions…and seems not to care why women choose abortion, or what happens to them afterwards,” Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin and Achonry said.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The deadly impact of the end of U.S.A.I.D. and Pepfar in southern Africa
Improvements in health care in Eswatini have relied for years on Pepper and the generosity of the American people. During the height of the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic, Eswatini’s population plummeted, and life expectancy dropped from 61 in 1988 to 44 by 2003.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I use Medicaid every day. I fear my lifeline is about to be cut.
Medicaid programs allow more children to attend school and climb out of poverty, and they allow some 4.5 million people to live in their own homes rather than in institutions.
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Catholic health care leaders sound alarm on proposed Medicaid cuts
“These proposed changes threaten access to care for millions of Americans, particularly those in underserved areas, where our member systems work every day to provide quality, compassionate care.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The end of bipartisan support for global AIDS treatment: 20 years of progress is on the line
The longer PEPFAR remains hobbled, the greater the number of patients who will suffer the terrifying consequences of stopped treatment—a kind of reverse Lazarus effect.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This Lent, I’m fasting to focus my prayers on people living with AIDS
I am well aware of the dangers of “raising awareness” and making a show of one’s fasting. But I am telling people about this publicly so that they can consider whether Pepfar is something they would like to fast over.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Two nuns reflect on how Alzheimer’s has affected their lives
“I want to be a companion to Sister Sheral on this journey for as long as I have breath,” Sister Maureen Sinnott writes.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The Catholic debate over brain death and organ donation
Two health care ethicists continue a conversation started in the pages of America.
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Catholic ethicists condemn ‘indifference to suffering’ shown by those celebrating Luigi Mangione
“The idea of schadenfreude, taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others, is rejected by Jesus in the Gospels,” Daniel Daly said of those celebrating the murder of UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Brian Thompson.