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After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of drug distributor over opioid crisis failures

Associated Press / May 26, 2023

Morris & Dickson’s much larger competitors have already agreed to pay the federal government more than $1 billion in fines and penalties to settle similar violations.

South Carolina judge temporarily blocks six-week abortion ban

Steve Garrison / May 26, 2023

Planned Parenthood won an order halting enforcement of a new law that would ban most abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected.

Indiana medical board fines doctor who provided abortion for 10-year-old rape victim

David Wells / May 26, 2023

The doctor will receive a letter of reprimand and a $3,000 fine for privacy violations but will still be able to practice medicine.

Colorado embraces broad law requiring patient consent for pelvic exams while sedated

Associated Press / May 25, 2023

The goal is to ensure that a patient is fully aware of, and agrees to, having students replicate breast, pelvic, prostate or rectal exams that can involve the insertion of fingers or devices inside someone's vagina or anus.

US study finds 1 in 10 get long Covid after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Associated Press / May 25, 2023

By some estimates, roughly 1 in 3 of Covid-19 patients have experienced long Covid.

Six-week abortion ban reignites legal battle in South Carolina

Steve Garrison / May 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood's South Atlantic office filed an emergency motion asking a state judge to temporarily block a new abortion law from being enforced.

Sixth Circuit moots abortion law challenge

Brief / May 25, 2023

CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit determined that Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit challenging a Kentucky law requiring abortion providers to fill out certain forms to continue providing health care services has become moot because the forms, which did not exist when the suit was filed, have since been created and compliance is no longer an issue.

Nikki Haley commits to federal abortion ban but says it’s unlikely without more Republicans in Congress

Associated Press / May 24, 2023

The comments come amid a continuing debate over abortion restrictions among the Republicans seeking their party’s presidential nomination.

Doctor to answer for inmate’s death

Brief / May 24, 2023

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal court in Louisiana declined to dismiss the wrongful death and civil rights suit brought against a parish jail’s doctor by the family of a prisoner who died of brain cancer. They adequately argued that the doctor’s refusal to give an Optune medical device to the prisoner, despite “full knowledge” the inmate needed it to live, constituted deliberate indifference and violated both state human rights law and his constitutional right to medical care.

‘Digital bridge’ allows paralyzed patients to walk

Hillel Aron / May 24, 2023

Gert-Jan Oskan was paralyzed for nearly 12 years following a bicycle accident. Now he can walk, thanks to a new "digital bridge" that scientists say can reestablish connection between the brain and spinal cord.

South Carolina Senate approves abortion ban despite resistance from women senators

Steve Garrison / May 23, 2023

The South Carolina Senate passed a bill that would ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. All five women senators, including three Republicans, voted against the bill.