Author: Gabrielle M. Etzel

Abortion is the top subject for 1 in 8 voters in the 2024 election following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll from the healthcare policy think tank KFF. “In the two years post [Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization], there seems to be a new generation of abortion…

The Biden administration announced sweeping actions on Tuesday from the Department of Health and Human Services to address the continued fallout from the cyberattack on payment processing system Change Healthcare. “HHS’ first priority is to help coordinate efforts to avoid disruptions to care throughout the health care system,” a press release from the agency said.…

Over-the-counter birth control medication will be on pharmacy shelves as soon as late March. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Perrigo announced on Monday that its progestin-only birth control pill, Opill, has already been shipped to retailers and pharmacies across the United States and “will be available on shelves nationwide and online later this month.” “We [Perrigo] champion the…

France became the first country to enshrine abortion rights into its constitution on Monday. “We’re sending a message to all women: Your body belongs to you, and no one can decide for you,” French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told members of parliament and senators at a historic joint session of the French legislature at the Palace…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that it is dropping several guidelines specific to COVID-19, including the five-day isolation policy after testing positive for the virus. These changes mark the first time that the CDC has revised its COVID-19 guidelines since 2021. “We’re in a different situation,” CDC Director Mandy Cohen…

CVS and Walgreens will begin dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in stores this month, only weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear a case regarding the drug’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The stores outlined to reporters on Friday their intention to begin dispensing mifepristone under the guidelines established by the…

Legal scholars are rebutting claims from Democratic politicians that the overturning of Roe v. Wade led to the controversial decision of the Alabama Supreme Court on the personhood status of embryos created for in vitro fertilization, saying the decision hinged on patient rights rather than abortion law. Numerous Democrats have claimed the Alabama decision, which…

Frequent smoking of marijuana may significantly increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to a new study published Wednesday by the American Heart Association. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, used data from nearly 435,000 adults, making it one of the largest studies on record examining the relationship between cannabis…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is pushing the Food and Drug Administration to place warnings on unhealthy foods that alert consumers to their links to Type 2 diabetes and obesity, which would likely entail affixing large black labels to certain sodas, snacks, and desserts. Sanders wrote to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf earlier this month in his…

A proposed bill in the Florida Senate that would expand wrongful death liability for unborn children in the womb has stalled in the wake of the controversial Alabama ruling that defined embryos cryogenically frozen for in vitro fertilization as “extrauterine children.” The “Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child” bill proposed by Florida state Sen. Erin…