High-risk pregnancy doctors publish standards for care under abortion bans + Report offers a narrower look at teen health

By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief

A sign outside a hospital’s maternal-fetal medicine department sets aside parking for patients. The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine issued guidance earlier this month encouraging physicians who care for high-risk obstetric patients in states with abortion bans to establish systems of care and build agreements between providers and healthcare administrators to provide the highest level of care. (Photo by Kelcie Moseley-Morris/Stateline)

HEALTH

High-risk pregnancy doctors publish new standards for care under state abortion bans

By Kelcie Moseley-Morris

The guidelines encourage providers and administrators to set up referral networks across state lines, work to find agreement on what is permissible under state law and counsel patients on their options even in states with restrictions to deliver the highest-quality care.

Residents take part in the voting process for the primary election on May 21, 2024, at Hillcrest High School in Idaho Falls. (Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)

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Check out our 2026 general election voter guide

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The Idaho Capital Sun sent a candidate survey to all candidates in six statewide constitutional officer races and all candidates in the state's three congressional races. We also sent surveys to candidates in the state's most competitive legislative races, and some legislative races which do not have an incumbent.

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Students leave William H. Wells Community High School at the end of the school day in Chicago. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest national survey of high school students focuses on diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behavior and mental health. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

HEALTH

CDC’s latest youth behavior report offers a narrower look at teen health

By Amanda Watford

The 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey report focuses on five areas — diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behavior, and mental health and suicide risk — while largely leaving out national findings on substance use, sexual behavior, violence and disparities among student groups that were prominent in previous reports.

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