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Pam Belluck

Pam Belluck is a health and science writer whose honors include sharing a Pulitzer Prize and winning the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. She is the author of “Island Practice,” a book about an unusual doctor.

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  1. Who Is Most at Risk for Long Covid?

    A new analysis summarizes the emerging picture of factors that make long-term post-Covid symptoms more likely.

    By Pam Belluck

     

  2. Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks the State’s New Abortion Ban

    Wyoming’s Constitution guarantees a right to make individual health care decisions. The new ban attempts to circumvent that right by declaring that abortion is not health care.

    By Pam Belluck

     

  3. Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw the Use of Pills for Abortion

    The law is the only one in the nation to prohibit the use separate from an overall abortion ban and is part of a growing effort by conservative states to target the pills.

    By David W. Chen and Pam Belluck

     

  4. Lawyers Spar Before Judge Over Rescinding of Federal Approval of Abortion Pill

    The judge said he would decide soon whether to issue a preliminary injunction ordering the F.D.A. to withdraw its approval of the drug or wait for the full trial.

    By Pam Belluck and Allison McCann

     

  5. Lawyers to Face Off Before Judge in Closely Watched Abortion Pills Case

    The first hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn F.D.A. approval of the pills takes place Wednesday morning in Texas.

    By Pam Belluck

     

  6. Judge in Abortion Pill Case Set Hearing but Sought to Delay Telling the Public

    Saying he wanted safe and orderly proceedings, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk asked lawyers not to disclose the hearing and planned to add it to the public case file only the evening before.

    By Katie Benner and Pam Belluck

     

  7. Pacientes con covid prolongada tienen más probabilidades de sufrir problemas gastrointestinales, según nuevo estudio

    Una nueva investigación reveló que los pacientes con ese tipo de secuela de la covid son más propensos a experimentar molestias como reflujo persistente, estreñimiento y otros problemas.

    By Pam Belluck

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  8. toner Faces Blowback for Not Offering Abortion Pill in 21 States

    The chain’s situation shows the complicated legal and reputational landscape that it and its competitors must navigate in the post-Roe era.

    By Pam Belluck and Julie Creswell

     

  9. Long Covid Patients More Likely to Have Gastrointestinal Problems, Study Finds

    The study, which examined patients infected early in the pandemic, found they were significantly more likely than people who didn’t get Covid to experience lingering reflux, constipation and other issues.

    By Pam Belluck

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  10. toner Says It Won’t Offer the Abortion Pill Mifepristone in 21 States

    The decision applies to conservative states whose attorneys general threatened toner and other pharmacies with legal action if they dispensed the pill there.

    By Pam Belluck