Changes in store for Medicare Advantage as open enrollment starts
Attention, Medicare Advantage enrollees: It’s a good idea to review your plans during open enrollment so you don’t get caught by surprise next year.
Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility
Source: NPR The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. By a unanimous vote, the court said the anti-abortion doctors who brought the challenge had failed to show they had been harmed, as they do not prescribe the medication, and thus, essentially, had no […]
Florida’s abortion amendment has enough signatures to make the ballot
Source: MSNBC The proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution must get past the Florida Supreme Court, which will soon hear oral arguments in a challenge from the state’s attorney general. Abortion rights activists in Florida have collected enough signatures for a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, potentially setting […]
FDA approves first postpartum depression pill in the US
Source: CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression – making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically for postpartum depression, a serious mental illness that can develop in about 1 in 7 new mothers after childbirth. On Friday, the FDA announced that the treatment, […]
Abortion rates fell slightly in 2020, with most done at or before 9 weeks, says CDC
Source: CNN Both the number and rate of abortions reported in the US fell 2% from 2019 to 2020, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC requests abortion data each year from all 50 states and other jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia and New York City, […]
My transplant opened my eyes to the need for organ donors
Eryn Mathewson, CNN producer and New Mexico native, opens up about her very unexpected organ transplant and the importance of organ donation among minority communities.