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US: Supreme Court Rulings Expand Exemptions for Religious Employers

Justices further elevate the right of religious exercise and the role of sectarian institutions in American society, in two separate rulings

US: Health Care Advocates Push Back Against Trump’s Erasure of Transgender Rights

Health advocates representing American hospitals, medical groups, insurers and civil rights associations condemned the Trump administration on Saturday for rolling back protections for transgender patients, and for doing so amid a global pandemic.

US: HHS Finalizes Rule on Section 1557 Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare, Restoring the Rule of Law, and Relieving Americans of Billions in Excessive Costs

“HHS will enforce Section 1557 by returning to the government’s interpretation of sex discrimination according to the plain meaning of the word “sex” as male or female and as determined by biology.  “

US: Supreme Court will review religious health care exemptions

In a move that LGBT legal activists see as “deeply worrisome,” the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday (January 17) said it will review two appeals in which the Trump administration is seeking to make it much easier for employers to exclude health insurance coverage for some medical procedures by saying such procedures violate their religious beliefs or moral conscience.

US: HHS Launches Ready, Set, PrEP Campaign

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication has been shown to reduce the risk of new HIV infection by as much as 97% when taken consistently. However, experts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recently released an analysis on the state of the HIV epidemic which indicates that PrEP is “vastly underutilized.”