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Whitmer blasts federal court ruling blocking mifepristone telehealth access - AOL
3+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) " Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday condemned a federal appeals court ruling that blocks doctors nationwide from prescribing mifepristone through telehealth appointments, calling it a "dangerous, partisan attempt to erode reproductive freedom." The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled…...
NSU Signs Mo U with Grameen Health Tech to Provide 24/7 Tele-Mental Health Support
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (345+ words) North South University (NSU) and Grameen Health Tech Ltd. (GHL) officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo U) on Sunday to provide round-the-clock tele-mental health services. The partnership aims to ensure uninterrupted and accessible psychological support for NSU students, faculty members,…...
Zamda targets healthcare access gaps with telemedicine, drug delivery platform
15+ hour, 17+ min ago (1222+ words) A new health technology platform, Zamda Health (ZH), is seeking to transform how Nigerians access medicines and healthcare services by connecting users to pharmacies, doctors and medication delivery services through a single digital system. The initiative, aims to reduce the…...
TOP UP Study: Telehealth physiotherapy improving independence for older Australians
14+ hour, 14+ min ago (646+ words) Delivered across Whiddon residential and community care services in New South Wales, the program combines ten telehealth physiotherapy sessions delivered via Zoom with weekly in-home support from trained Whiddon care workers, known as "coaches, over six months. Participants demonstrated a…...
Zamda rolls out digital health platform for patients, doctors, pharmacies
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (988+ words) A new digital healthcare platform, Zamda Health (ZH), has entered Nigeria's health technology space with a promise to bridge critical gaps in access to medicines, doctor consultations and pharmaceutical services through an integrated technology-driven system. The company said the platform…...
U of R Opens Innovative Nursing Virtual Reality Lab
19+ hour, 34+ min ago (634+ words) REGINA'There's a new learning space on campus designed to prepare future nurses for the realities of patient care, one immersive simulation at a time. On Thursday, May 14, the University officially opened the Faculty of Nursing Virtual Reality (VR)Lab with…...
Misoprostol-only abortions: An old playbook resurrected
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1275+ words) Abortion Pill'By Carole Novielli Abortion advocates are trotting out an old playbook, threatening to pivot to a one-drug regimen of misoprostol alone as the FDA-approved two-drug regimen of mifepristone (200mg) with misoprostol comes under further scrutiny. In Part three of our…...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signs laws restricting access to abortion pills, HPV vaccine
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (415+ words) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed 13 bills into law Tuesday " including several that could impact Iowans" access to reproductive healthcare. House File 2788, the final bill debated in the Iowa Senate during the 2026 legislative session, is a measure restricting access to abortion-inducing…...
90 days in, Aurora's plan to route non-emergency medical calls to virtual doctors has saved patients
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (406+ words) AURORA, Colo. " It's a lifeline for people in Aurora " from car crashes to medical emergencies, Aurora 911 handles it all. "Day-to-day, it's a big group effort," said Joey Samuels, an Aurora 911 dispatcher and trainer. Back in January, Denver7 told you about a…...
New "Grow" program targets rural mental health
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (798+ words) The Brown County Board of Health spent much of its May 12 meeting discussing a proposed regional mental health program called "Grow," an effort local health officials hope could help address rising suicide rates, isolation and lack of mental health resources…...