Eli Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap
Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay to fill prescriptions. The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live. Lilly’s […]
What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?
Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two studies document samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animals were sold. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began three years […]
The reality of later-in-pregnancy abortion is more complex than MN debate lets on
When a patient goes to see Dr. Rachel Pilliod, the situation is often a complicated one. As a maternal fetal medicine specialist, Pilliod often sees pregnant patients referred to her after they get an anatomy scan from their primary physician, at around 20 weeks gestation. If something looks off with how the baby is developing, […]
To safeguard healthy twin in utero, she had to ‘escape’ Texas for abortion procedure
Lauren Miller at her home in Dallas, Texas, in January 2023. When she was 15 weeks pregnant, she traveled to Colorado to have a “selective reduction” abortion, after one of her twins was diagnosed with a fatal condition. Nitashia Johnson for NPR Lauren Miller sensed right away that her second pregnancy was different than her […]
Minnesota may chart its own path dealing with anti-abortion counseling centers
By Jessica Lussenhop | ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive ProPublica stories in your inbox every week. Do you have an experience to share related to new abortion laws in your state? ProPublica reporters want to hear […]
A surprise-billing law loophole? Her pregnancy led to a six-figure hospital bill
Danielle Laskey at her home just outside Seattle, with her infant son. Before giving birth, Laskey experienced a serious pregnancy complication and was admitted for a seven-week hospital stay, plus a follow-up postpartum procedure. Ryan Henriksen /KHN It was the first day of her family’s vacation in the San Juan Islands last June when Danielle […]
People who think they’re attractive are less likely to wear masks, a study shows
Pedestrians cross Houston Street as students wearing masks leave the New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m) school in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. Brittainy Newman/AP People are less likely to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 if they see themselves as good-looking, according to […]
Washington state attorney general says FDA rules on abortion drug are unreasonable
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, seen speaking at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., last March, is one of a dozen state attorneys general arguing for expanded access to an abortion pill that carries extra FDA restrictions. Ted S. Warren/AP Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson says he is suing the Food and Drug Administration […]
FDA authorizes the first at-home test for COVID-19 and the flu
Lucira Health, which developed the dual-purposed diagnostic test, said it can provide results in about 30 minutes. Lucira Health The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Friday for the first at-home test that can simultaneously detect both COVID-19 and the flu. With a shallow nasal swab, the single-use kit can provide […]
National survey, some statewide metrics show Minnesotans seeing less COVID
Last week we presented the results of our reader survey, which indicated that many of you thought COVID-19 was circulating in your communities more in recent weeks than it had been at any other point in the past year. This week, we have the latest results of a more scientific poll — the Household Pulse […]