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Planned Parenthood is now offering advance prescribing of mifepristone and misoprostol for patients who find it hard to get care quickly enough. Although critics pan the practice of advance prescribing as "stockpiling," reproductive health experts note the drugs are considered a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy.
The study, published in The Lancet, examined 204 countries from 1990-2023. The largest increases were in anxiety and depression, with personality disorders coming in third.
CDC staffers will screen and monitor passengers from Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in an effort to prevent the virus from taking hold in the United States. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has paused deportation flights to Congo.
A senator revealed the news during a hearing Thursday, Stat reported. Jeffery Taubenberger had been serving in the role at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases since April 2025. Other news from the Trump administration is on refrigeration superpollutants, daylight saving time, Medicaid fraud, and more.
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The LA Times reports on the FBI's investigation into the online radicalization of the two teenagers in the run-up to the shooting. Plus: SNAP participation falls in Texas; expired drugs might be used at a Tennessee execution this week; and more.
Scientists from several French universities and research institutions identified a more than 40% increased risk of Type 2 diabetes and some cancers when natural food color alternatives are used. Also: Sorbitol may cause liver damage; creatine use skyrockets among teens; and more.
Those in the know say administration deliberations delayed the U.S. strategy to evacuate Peter Stafford from the Congo, The Washington Post reported. Urgent care is required with an Ebola infection, health experts say, and officials ultimately sent the surgeon to Germany. The White House contends it was acting in the best interests of the patient.
The Washington-based health system aims to continue its Medicare Advantage operations by partnering with a national carrier, Modern Healthcare reports. Also: Seven things to know about CMS' proposed cap on state Medicaid payments.
The New York Times reports on Reynolds American’s campaign finance disclosure of the $5 million contribution, which was made about a week before new guidance from the FDA on flavored vapes. That new policy bypassed the agency's regular rulemaking process.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn't make clear his reasons for firing doctors John Wong and Esa Davis from the panel, but he did encourage them to reapply. The AMA reaction was swift: “We strongly urge HHS to restore the USPSTF's long-standing, transparent process for selecting members, specifically clinicians with expertise in the fields of preventive medicine and primary care."
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger had proposed changes to the cannabis legislation last month, but the Democrat-controlled legislature rejected those changes, The Virginian-Pilot reported. The legislature had also refused to make certain changes that Spanberger had requested regarding the creation of a prescription drug affordability panel. The governor also vetoed a bill that addressed discrimination on the basis of menopause.
A group of 25 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia sued the Education Department on Tuesday, The Washington Post reported, over new rules that take effect July 1 and lower the amount of money graduate students can borrow from the federal government.
An estimated 5 million people might have to go without Obamacare coverage this year because they couldn't afford either the higher premiums or even higher deductibles if they chose a lower-level plan, according to a KFF analysis. The ripple effect of ACA and Medicaid reductions mandated in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill also will create woes for the health system, a health policy expert noted.
The first Republican in line to replace Sen. Bill Cassidy after his loss in the primary is Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. Paul, a physician, has pushed back on government-mandated vaccines, suggesting they infringe on personal rights, MedPage Today reported. Another contender is Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas, also a physician and vaccine critic.
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