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If the Supreme Court rules that mifepristone can't be prescribed via telehealth or dispensed by mail, providers say, misoprostol alone has been found to be a safe and effective method for ending pregnancies. Some countries already rely on misoprostol for abortion care.
Health officials in South Africa confirmed the findings. Meanwhile, a battle over where to dock the MV Hondius continued Wednesday morning.
The move marks a shift after years of efforts by the FDA to regulate flavored vapes and just after The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump pushed for the approval, The Washington Post reports.
Scientists combed millions of patient records and determined that serious side effects from the covid and shingles shots are rare. The Trump administration withdrew the publication of those studies. Although HHS said "the authors drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying data," career scientists who reviewed the drafts say the studies were well done.
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A recent study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs looked at the prevalence of videos about nitrous oxide circulating on social media platforms without any health warnings or age restrictions, HealthDay reported.
The cases are not linked to the outbreak, which was declared over April 26. Health officials say 39 people will remain in quarantine through Saturday. Also: Wyoming reports its first measles case of 2026; Minnesota farmers are seeking mental health help; and more.
In clinical trials, daraxonrasib has been shown to double the average survival time for patients who had received conventional treatments, HealthDay reports. Other pharmaceutical news is about IBD therapy, GLP-1s, "skinny labels," and more.
In its fight against trans people, the Trump administration on Monday launched a Title IX probe of Smith College, a 155-year-old liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Department of Education blasted the school for "granting [transgender people] access to women-only spaces." Smith College told CNN it “is fully committed to its institutional values, including compliance with civil rights laws."
The Wall Street Journal reported that the insurance giant will stop requiring pre-authorizations for certain things, including echocardiograms, some outpatient surgeries, some outpatient therapy, and some chiropractic care. It will use AI-assisted tech to reduce the need for preapprovals, the insurer said.
The Supreme Court has temporarily lifted a lower court's order to halt the prescribing of abortion pills via telehealth and dispensing them by mail. Even in states where abortion is legal, the off-and-on court rulings have left providers scrambling to get patients the care they seek.
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CNN reported that the three who died were cruise passengers on the MV Hondius, said Oceanwide Expeditions, the company that operates the ship. It's currently anchored at Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa. Passengers won't be allowed to disembark, the country's health minister said.
Exeter Health Resources in 2023 merged with Beth Israel Lahey Health, which had pledged to maintain and expand access to clinical services. But in 2024, cuts were made to pediatric dental care, neurology, podiatry, and the advanced life support paramedic intercept service, The Portsmouth Herald reported.
A rule unveiled last week would require federally funded shelters to board people based on their birth sex. The proposal now goes through a 60-day comment period. The 19th reports that an estimated 40% of the nation’s homeless youth population identifies as LGBTQ+.
Some hospitals were forced to put physicians on administrative leave after a policy put in place by the Department of Homeland Security in January froze decisions on visa extensions, work permits, and green cards for citizens of 39 countries, The New York Times reported.
It's the first state to roll out the requirements, and critics blasted Nebraska leaders for doing so eight months before the deadline. As NBC News reported, new Medicaid enrollees will need to submit proof that they’ve worked the required number of hours or that they qualify for an exemption. People already on Medicaid will have until at least the end of July to do the same.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, sided with Louisiana that dispensing the drug via telehealth threatens the safety of pregnant women and the sovereignty of the state, which bans abortion in nearly all instances. The ruling also halts access to mifepristone for non-abortion purposes, such as easing miscarriages, Politico reports.
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