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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, signed a trio of bills into law Friday that aim to set Colorado up as a haven as neighboring states enact bans. Elsewhere in the state, a judge rules that a religious anti-abortion clinic is exempt from a third new law that bars medical professionals from using abortion-reversal medications.
Justice Samuel Alito issued an administrative stay Friday that pauses lower-court-ordered limits on federal rules around the distribution and use of mifepristone until the Supreme Court can review the case — which it's expected to do this week.
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The prescribing information will now include a warning about increased sensitivity to pain, among other updates. Other news on the opioid crisis is reported from Florida, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Texas.
The data show the importance of “equitable access to prevention [and] treatment," said the CDC, which issued the report. Other news is on dengue, metapneumovirus, a rare fungal outbreak in Michigan, HIV, and malaria.
Missouri's new restrictions on gender-affirming care will apply to minors and adults, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Andrew Bailey said Thursday. The limits appears to be a first in the nation. Meanwhile in Nebraska, a transgender health care ban on minors advances despite a seven-week filibuster.
Other research is on the link between hearing loss and dementia; how bears may provide the answer to treating blood clots; new football helmets that might prevent concussions; and more.
Military.com says the Tricare requirement appears to have gone into effect within the past five months. The process also requires undergoing a "soft" credit check to gain access to medical records. A Defense Department spokeswoman said it's a way to verify identities, but users are calling it an invasion of privacy.
Other news on the current outbreak reports on long covid, testing sites, treatments, and boosters.
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission unanimously voted in favor of three recommended changes that could impact the amount the program pays out for covered prescriptions drugs. Other Medicare news is on hospice, payments to hospitals, and more.
President Joe Biden announced a plan Thursday to expand health care access under Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act to an estimated 580,000 immigrants, known as "Dreamers," who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. The move is expected to be resisted by Republicans.
The current patchwork of restrictions and access left by different court rulings over the abortion medication have in-person and telehealth health care providers scrambling to respond.
A federal judge in Washington state ordered the FDA to maintain access to mifepristone under its current framework for states involved in the legal fight, despite a previous ruling from an appeals court that restricted the terms under which the abortion medication can be used. As conflicting decisions ping pong in the lower courts, the Justice Department says it will appeal to the Supreme Court to restore full access to the drug.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed one of the nation's most restrictive abortion measures into law late Thursday night. It prohibits abortion after 6 weeks or 15 weeks in cases of rape, incest, or trafficking. It also contains criminal penalties for health providers who aid in a banned abortion and bans the use of telehealth or mail to receive abortion medications.
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