Investors' role in closure of San Antonio hospital under scrutiny
Texas Vista's owner, Steward Health Care, is shutting down the hospital six years after purchasing it with the help of private equity investors.
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Hospital closes while investors make millions
For the last eight months, CBS News has been investigating the collapse of hospitals serving some of our nation's most vulnerable communities. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook takes a look at how investors are making millions while patients are being stripped of their essential health care needs.
Hospital closure leaves residents "stranded"
An eight-month CBS News investigation follows the collapse of hospitals serving some of America's most vulnerable patients. While investors are making millions, vulnerable communities are left stripped of a crucial healthcare option. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins "CBS Mornings."
SCOTUS delays abortion pill ruling
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause of a lower court order that limited use of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone to Friday. Access to the pill still stands while the court makes its final decision. Jan Crawford reports from the Supreme Court.
Diversity in medicine impacts life expectancy
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is shedding light on how having a Black doctor positively impacts Black patients' health. Dr. Kameelah Phillips, board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, joined to break down the findings.
Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access
A few days after a federal judge in Texas moved to suspend the abortion drug mifepristone, the Supreme Court intervened to temporarily preserve FDA approval and consumer access to it. Nancy Cordes reports.
Health care now tops inflation among Americans' concerns
Majority of respondents remain pessimistic about the economy as a whole, according to Primerica survey.
RIP Medical Debt: Abolishing crippling health care debts
At any time, one in five American households bears medical debt, the cause in a majority of U.S. bankruptcies. Since 2014, the charity RIP Medical Debt has abolished more than $8.5 billion worth of medical bills for five million Americans, by buying up delinquent medical debt at pennies on the dollar, just as debt collectors do, and abolishing it. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with the co-founder and president of RIP Medical Debt, and with a Georgia preschool teacher whose $1,500 medical debt, that had dogged her for years, was suddenly erased.
Justice Dept, drug maker ask Supreme Court to intervene in abortion pill ruling
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement the Justice Department "strongly disagrees" with the decision from an appeals court.
Multi-front battle over abortion intensifies with Florida's 6-week ban
Florida is the latest example of how quickly and dramatically state laws are changing in the wake of last year's Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade.
Biden visits Dublin during trip to Ireland
President Biden is in Dublin as part of his multi-day trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland. The president is there focusing on his political agenda along with strengthening U.S. relations with Ireland. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
Appeals court preserves access to abortion pill for now but tightens rules
The court maintained access to mifepristone for the time being but is only letting it be dispensed after a doctor's office visit, not by mail, and up to seven weeks into a pregnancy, not 10.
Biden moves to expand health care coverage for "Dreamers"
The White House said a proposed rule would allow DACA recipients to qualify for Medicaid and coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
DOJ appeals abortion pill ruling
The Justice Department is asking an appeals court to pause a judge's ruling halting FDA approval of a widely used abortion pill. Conflicting rulings have caused confusion over the pill's future in the U.S., especially in states that have introduced new abortion restrictions following the fall of Roe v. Wade. Leah Litman, a professor of law at the University of Michigan, joined with more.
Sexually transmitted infection rates rose in 2021, CDC says
Rates of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea all rose in the U.S. in 2021, according to the latest CDC data.
Justice Department seeks clarification from federal court on competing abortion pill rulings
The rulings from federal judges in Texas and Washington were issues less than 20 minutes apart, the Justice Department said.
California, Massachusetts begin stockpiling abortion pill
California secured about two million pills, while Massachusetts purchased about 15,000.
Female physicians at California hospital take on medicine's gender gap
Even though more than 50% of medical school students are women, a gender gap remains in top specialties.
Many may lose Medicaid as protections expire
Some 15 million Americans may lose Medicaid coverage in the coming months as a pandemic era protection expires this May. "Prime Time" host John Dickerson speaks with Daniel Tsai, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, about the effect this will have on Medicaid recipients and what options they have moving forward.
Second Idaho hospital stops labor and delivery services, citing "staff shortages"
The closure comes two weeks after a northern Idaho hospital said it would close its labor and delivery unit citing the state's "political climate."
Sen. John Fetterman on depression, recovery, and "making up any lost time"
The Pennsylvania senator talks about his "downward spiral" that led to a diagnosis of major depression, how his health scare affected his family, and his reasons for feeling hopeful for the future.
Retiring therapy dog gets "rock star farewell"
Norman the therapy dog got a "rock star farewell" as he retired after seven years of comforting hospital patients. For five of those years, he worked at Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service in Queensland, Australia, where the staff lined up to cheer for him as he left work for the last time.
Judge strikes down preventive ACA requirement
A federal judge in Texas has struck down a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires most insurers to provide some preventive services at no additional cost. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks down the decision.
Judge undercuts preventive care mandate in Affordable Care Act
A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law.
FDA approves overdose-reversing Narcan for over-the-counter sale
In the 12-month period ending in Oct. 2022, the United States recorded 101,750 overdose deaths, primarily from opioids.
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Senate adjourns for the weekend with no breakthrough on ending shutdown
Senators continued to express cautious optimism over bipartisan talks to end the shutdown, but the chamber adjourned without another vote. Follow live updates here.
Prince Andrew stripped of titles and must surrender lease to Windsor mansion
Prince Andrew has been stripped of his titles and must surrender his lease to Royal Lodge, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace.
Teacher shot by 6-year-old student testifies in court: "I thought I had died"
Former Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom in 2023.
Comey asks court to toss indictment, arguing senator's questions were "confusing"
Former FBI Director James Comey is arguing his testimony in response to Sen. Ted Cruz's questions was "literally true" and cannot support a conviction.
Pardoned Jan. 6 defendant arrested near Obama's home sentenced to time served
Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, was later convicted of charges stemming from livestreaming a bomb threat in 2023 as he drove around former President Barack Obama's D.C. neighborhood while armed,
At least 28 dead as Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba reeling
People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.
Toy replica of killer drone used by Russia is marketed to children
The toy is described in a listing as suitable for children from the age of six and "an ideal gift for young patriots."
Senate confirmation hearing for Casey Means postponed after she goes into labor
Casey Means and her brother, Calley Means, became prominent in recent years after viral interviews decrying the influence of the food and drug industry.
The 2025 U.S government shutdown, by the numbers
The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, is one of the longest in U.S. history.