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When Lis 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident became anxious about finding a treatment for COVID-19 in case his parent had caught the virus sweeping the city.

This new column will explore the ways in which insurance companies may dictate or restrict cancer care. Each month, oncologists and patients will share their experiences. But first, how did we get here?

Emergency department visits for sexual assault decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and fluctuated thereafter, an analysis of data from Ontario suggests.

Walgreens Boot Alliance and CVS Health said on Wednesday they plan to offer abortion pills following the FDA decision to allow retail pharmacies to offer the drug in the country for the first time.

The FDA on Tuesday finalized a rule allowing mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, to be dispensed by retail pharmacies.

The FDA will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, even as more states seek to ban medication abortion.

The US Postal Service can continue to deliver prescription abortion medication despite a June 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned a landmark abortion rights decision, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

The EU Health Commissioner will on Friday propose extending the deadline for companies to comply with a new law regulating medical devices, she told Reuters on Thursday as doctors warn the legislation is causing shortages of lifesaving equipment.

Drug overdose deaths, particularly deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl, reached record highs in 2020 and 2021.

Doctors discuss how they frame the issue of healthcare access in the US, whether they view this as a right or privilege, and improvements they would recommend.