The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single experimental dose in people who previously had gotten little relief from standard antidepressants.
Story at a glance For women in Texas and Louisiana, travel times to the nearest abortion facility increased to over seven hours following the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization decision. Residents living in areas where the nearest facility is over an hour away were more likely to be uninsured and lack internet access. Long…
The Biden administration drew broad support for its intention to fight discrimination resulting from faulty algorithms, but medical groups are concerned about its approach.
Complaints about misleading health insurance marketing are soaring. State insurance commissioners are taking notice. They’ve created a shared internal database to monitor questionable business practices, and, in the future, they hope to provide a public-facing resource for consumers. In the meantime, consumers should shop wisely as open enrollment season begins.
A prescription middleman on Friday confirmed that it has promised to pay Ohio $15 million to settle fraud claims against it. When the state announced the deal two days earlier, the company denied it had been finalized.
Republicans and the far right are coming for more than abortion rights. That shouldn't just worry Democrats come Election Day.
Sixty-one percent of healthcare organizations say they've suffered a cyberattack on their cloud infrastructure in the past year, and the vast majority say these IT incidents hurt them financially, according to a study by cybersecurity vendor Netwrix.