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Twenty-eight states do not charge sales tax on menstrual products.
New abortion law in Idaho bans interstate travel for pregnant minors looking to get an abortion.
States control vaccine mandates for school students. Some vaccines are required nationwide.
Black women had the highest maternal mortality rate from 2020 to 2021, while Hispanic women saw the most dramatic rate increase.
The price of branded cardiovascular drugs is 13 times higher than in 2000.
Heart disease, cancer, and accidents drive the 40% higher mortality rate among American men compared to women.
Americans — and their government — are paying more for health insurance at a time of uneven health risks across demographic groups and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the year before the pandemic hit, 92% of people in the US had health insurance, with employment-based insurance as the most prevalent coverage type.
More than half of Americans got a flu shot during the 2020-2021 flu season.
Young adults ages 19 to 25 are the most likely to be uninsured of any age group: 14% of them were uninsured in 2022.
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