by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 20, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed into law the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since they became the predominant choice for abortion in the U.S. in recent years. The pills are already banned in 13 states that have blanket bans on all forms of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill to be unveiled Friday in the state Legislature. The bill would not let California extradite doctors who are facing charges in another state for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Schools vying for some of the $25 million the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award to improve primary care must include mental health services in their programs, according to an HHS announcement. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said that “ensuring...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded 15 states each with $1 million, one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) planning grants....
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, one of the top three insulin manufacturers for the U.S., announced on Thursday it would be cutting the list price for its most prescribed insulin product, Lantus, by 78 percent, joining fellow major insulin manufacturers in...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 16, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping significantly from a six-decade high during the pandemic, new data suggests. More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to a final tally released by the...
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