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Nephrologist Mitchell Lunn (left) and OB-GYN Juno Obedin-Maliver want to hear about the health issues on the minds of members the LGBTQ community.

Health & Safety

San Francisco Doctors Tap App For Nationwide LGBT Health Study

2:00am June 27, 2015

by Christina Farr

Researchers at University of California, San Francisco, are looking to an app for help in collecting health information from people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer.

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act cheer outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after a majority on the court ruled that Obamacare tax credits can continue to go to residents of any state.

Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Subsidies

4:41pm June 26, 2015

by Jay Hancock

The 6-3 ruling halted a challenge that would have eliminated health insurance subsidies in at least 34 states for individuals and families buying coverage through the federal government's marketplace.

E-cigarettes are marketed as a safer way to inhale nicotine, but the evidence remains unclear on benefits and harms.

With More People Quitting Smoking, Do We Need E-Cigarettes?

4:41pm June 26, 2015

by Ina Yang

It's easy to think that hardcore smokers will never quit, and thus e-cigarettes without the smoke is a better alternative. The changing demographics of smoking suggests otherwise, a study finds.

A box of vaccine vials sits on a table during a Solano County health fair in 2010 in Vallejo, Calif.

California Law To Curtail Vaccine Exemptions Clears Hurdle

4:41pm June 26, 2015

by Rebecca Plevin

If the bill passes out of the Legislature, the bill would then move to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. He hasn't indicated whether he'll sign the bill.

Obamacare Ruling Moves Debate To Presidential Race, Rep. Tom Price Says

7:17pm June 25, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Tom Price, who has led efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act. Price, a doctor, has introduced alternatives that he says would cover more people.

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Leukemia survivor Rhett Krawitt, 7, carries a box of petitions representing more than 30,000 people supporting a measure requiring nearly all California schoolchildren to be vaccinated. He took them to the governor's office at the Capitol in Sacramento, C

California Lawmakers Vote To Remove Vaccine Exemptions For Schoolchildren

5:37pm June 25, 2015

by Scott Neuman

A similar bill, which eliminates all but medical exemptions, has already passed the state Senate. Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he will sign it.

Texas Abortion Curbs Go Into Effect Soon, Unless Supreme Court Acts

2:19pm June 25, 2015

by Wade Goodwyn

A controversial 2013 law, which will likely leave just nine clinics open in the state, is set to go into effect July 1. Abortion-rights supporters have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.

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President Obama delivers remarks in the Rose Garden after the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling to uphold the nationwide availability of tax subsidies that are crucial to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Obama: Affordable Care Act Is 'Here To Stay'

1:28pm June 25, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The president said that after setbacks and successes, health care in America has been affirmed as "not a privilege for few, but a right for all."

Statehouse Fights Over Obamacare To Rage On Despite Supreme Court Decision

1:00pm June 25, 2015

by Fred Schulte

Bills to advance or cripple the federal health law in statehouses didn't come to a halt in the months that lawmakers awaited the Supreme Court decision. They may well smolder for months or years.

Health & Safety

When Does Workplace Wellness Become Coercive?

12:37pm June 25, 2015

by Julie Appleby

A small but growing number of employers tie financial incentives to losing weight and exercising. The cost of nonparticipation can be so high that critics question whether workers have a true choice.