by Jessica Casebolt | May 9, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The U.S. government will pay more than $5 million for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by supervised injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much. The grant funding will be...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 9, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Two nonprofits and Teva Pharmaceuticals are expanding donations of medications for anxiety and depression to seven new states, potentially reaching more than 650,000 uninsured patients through more than 400 clinics. Launched last summer with the humanitarian...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 8, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
As U.S. health regulators are weighing thefirst-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists on Friday expressed skepticism about whether the birth control pill can be switched from...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 8, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
California lawmakers have fast-tracked legislation to loan out $150 million to hospitals across the state struggling to stay open with promises to provide further support when finalizing the state’s budget next month. The bill, passed last week in California’s senate...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Covid was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, dropping from its place as the third leading cause in 2020 and 2021 when virus fatalities were superseded only by heart disease and cancer, the National Center for Health Statistics reported...
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