HB 173 would limit minors’ ability to access certain health care services without parental consent. It moved forward in the House Tuesday.

Clym reports that HIPAA requires explicit authorization for sharing health data, not just cookie consent, highlighting gaps in current practices.

Physical violence in sexual assaults against young people has become more common and more severe. This is shown in a new ...

The legislation states that a parent has the right to “direct the upbringing” of their child, including the “moral and ...

Senate Bill 309 directs the Ohio Department of Health to create a standardized consent form that women must review and sign before accepting drugs to terminate their pregnancy.

Two of Henrietta Lacks’ family members spoke at an Interfaith Bioethics conference to honor her legacy and emphasize ...

Lance Hammer's first film in nearly two decades, 'Queen at Sea,' stars Juliette Binoche as the daughter of a dementia-addled woman. Review.

Despite UN calls for bans on involuntary electroshock, new applications for forced ECT at two Connecticut hospitals soared 650 percent in four years—highlighting alarming gaps in consent and patient ...

Kansas women who believe they didn’t receive correct information from medical professionals before an abortion will have a streamlined option to take legal action if a proposed bill ...

ChartSquad alerts health systems of fraud risk as bad actors pose as providers to exploit interoperability networks for ...

Introduction Dyspnoea is an existentially burdensome symptom in patients with advanced and progressive diseases such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and advanced heart failure.

Advocates cite decades of medical studies that have shown the drug to be generally safe, and adverse effects to be statistically rare.