-
Tuesday's release of the #WeCount survey shows about 8,000 women a month in states that severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth were getting the pills by mail by the end of 2023, the first time a number has been put on how often the medical system workaround is being used.
-
A new study warns that millions of people around the world who are 69 years or older will be at risk of dying in heat waves by 2050.
-
The court is weighing whether to roll back FDA rules that have made medication abortions easier to get. Providers say those changes have had a major impact in New Hampshire.
-
As billions from opioid settlements pour into states, Pennsylvania's efforts against addiction could be hamstrung because clean syringes could be considered illegal drug paraphernalia.
-
The attack last month on Change Healthcare has delayed payments to providers and disrupted patient care.
-
“We’re going to need higher (reimbursement) rates (from insurers), particularly in the rural and super-rural areas of the state," said Insurance Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt.
-
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this month that adoption of the resolution would be a "historic step forward" in fostering the safe use of AI.
-
The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.
-
That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.
-
More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
-
The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."
-
In 2018, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — whose jurisdiction includes nine Western states — ruled it was unconstitutional to punish people who are "involuntarily homeless" for sleeping outside if there are not enough shelter beds.