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Health Care

Biden administration announces new regulations on gender identity policies

April 30, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News

The Department of Health and Human Services announced new regulations April 26 that restore Obama-era protections for patients who identify as transgender that the Trump administration rolled back in 2020. The new rule follows another controversial rule adding gender identity to Title IX protections.

Church in Puerto Rico calls for co-responsibility in the face of dengue epidemic

April 26, 2024
By Marietha Góngora V.
OSV News
Filed Under: Environment, Health Care, News, World News

In response to the public health emergency due to the dengue virus, Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico, called on the faithful to take action and “be instruments of everyone’s right to health.”

Supreme Court weighs Idaho abortion ban against federal emergency health care law

April 25, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

The Supreme Court on April 24 weighed a potential conflict between Idaho’s abortion restrictions and federal law governing emergency health care.

Catholic experts say U.S. has just one path out of fentanyl crisis

April 23, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, U.S. Congress, World News

Catholics working to address the nation’s fentanyl problem told OSV News a new congressional report naming China — and blaming its government — as the key source of the drug is important but old news, and that healing rising rates of addiction ultimately demands divine assistance.

Catholic bioethicists: Lack of agreement about brain death imperils patients, organ donations

April 20, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News

Catholic bioethicists are sounding the alarm about a critical lack of agreement on what constitutes brain death; and the implications for organ donation are “profound,” they said.

Servant of Mary thankful for every part of her 53 years of ministry as nurse, midwife

April 20, 2024
By Anna Wilgenbusch
OSV News
Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News

Amid her suffering, Sister Joaquína recounted the most memorable birth stories of her ministry.

Court allows Idaho to temporarily ban some hormones, surgeries for transgender minors

April 16, 2024
By Kate Scanlon
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News

The Supreme Court temporarily allowed Idaho April 15 to enforce a ban on certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender.

Archdiocese of Baltimore launches next phase of Mental Health Ministry with upcoming retreat

April 16, 2024
By Emily Littleton
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News

The next phase of the campaign launches May 15 with the St. Dymphna Mental Wellness Retreat, an opportunity to learn more about mental health, connect with others and build the foundation for parish ministries focused on mental health.

‘Blessed by Cancer’ social media evangelist, mother of 4 dies leaving powerful witness

April 15, 2024
By Zoey Maraist
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News

Through the ups and downs of her illness, the Catholic wife and mother of four shared her story with her nearly 50,000 followers on social media using the powerful handle blessed_by_cancer.

Report: Children ‘let down’ by a lack of research on use of puberty blockers

April 12, 2024
By Michael Kelly
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News

A landmark report published April 10 in the United Kingdom said children had been “let down” by a lack of research on the use of puberty blockers.

Capitol Hill prayer service ties together mental health and faith

April 9, 2024
By Mark Zimmermann
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News

In the nation’s capital — where stress, anxiety and mental health challenges sometimes impact the lives and work of those in government service, in legal and other professions, and individuals and families — St. Joseph Church on Capitol Hill hosted a “Come as You Are” Holy Week Prayer Service for Mental Health March 26.

England’s halt of routine puberty blockers ‘important news,’ say two U.S. experts

March 22, 2024
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News

England’s decision to halt routine prescriptions of puberty blockers following a review is “absolutely very important news” — and shows that research is a “game-changer” in the debate over gender transitioning for children, two U.S.-based experts told OSV News.

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