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Planned Parenthood of Montana has reversed course on its decision to stop offering medication abortions to patients living in states that have banned abortion.
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A policy change by the Biden administration could, within a few years, mean the end of an expansion that currently provides more than 100,000 low-income Montanans access to health insurance.
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State health officials Friday announced the first confirmed case of monkeypox in Montana. The case was found in Flathead County.
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The U.S. Senate Tuesday evening passed a bill to expand health care benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. With a bipartisan 86 to 11 vote, the PACT Act can now head to the president’s desk.
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Montana Senator Steve Daines previously supported the bill but joined 41 other Republicans Wednesday to block the burn pit legislation over concerns of excess federal spending.
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The state's three crisis call centers answer more than 10,000 calls to the lifeline a year.
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A string of legislative and administrative actions has made Montana one of four states where amending birth certificates is nearly impossible for transgender people.
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Congressional bargainers are celebrating a deal they say could pave the way for passage of legislation that would help millions of veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits during their time in the military. The deal could help roughly two-thirds of Montana veterans.
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Nationwide, at least 103,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2021, a 45% increase from 2019, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 7 of every 10 of those deaths were from synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl. And overdose deaths are disproportionately affecting Native Americans
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Southwest Montana veterans and public officials gathered in celebration Friday for the opening of a new health care clinic in Butte.