by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened an Office of Rural Health at the agency to improve rural health research and provide analyses that lead to good public health policies for rural communities. In December 2022, President Biden...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
According to the American Medical Association (AMA), the cost of malpractice insurance is surging in some states, and the increased premiums threaten access to health care in areas seeing the biggest bumps. The AMA report marks the fourth year in a row of increased...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The White House is planning to nominate Boston cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The decision would end a lengthy vacancy atop the health research agency and vault Bertagnolli into the role just months after being...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Supreme Court has temporarily extended women’s access to an abortion pill until Friday while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect as a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues. In an order...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 19, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
New doctors applying to medical residency programs were likelier to avoid practicing in states with the most stringent abortion restrictions, an analysis from the Association of American Medical Colleges found. The drop in applications could exacerbate the lack of...
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