The big picture: The end of theemergency allotments aimed at combating food insecurity will impact more than 41 million Americans who received the increased benefit last year alone.
The first two months of the year have left Asian Americans reeling as they attempt to reconcile their reality with a seemingly unending string of violence — and many are homing in on the lack of mental health care available to some of their most vulnerable.
The big picture: Amid recent high-profile attacks and the larger surge in anti-Asian hate, young Asian Americans — for whom the leading cause of death was suicide even prior to the pandemic — are calling on schools to invest in the sustained mental health resources they need to cope.
The federal government is moving to require doctors to evaluate patients in person before writing prescriptions for some controlled medications, such as Adderall and OxyContin.
Driving the news: The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Friday that it is seeking to revert rule changes under the COVID-19 public health emergency that allowed doctors to prescribe powerful drugs via telehealth appointments.
The FDA on Friday authorized the first over-the-counter at-home test that can detect both the flu and COVID-19.
Driving the news: The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the Lucira COVID-19 & Flu Test, a single-use test kit “that provides results from self-collected nasal swab samples in roughly 30 minutes.”
A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging dispensing restrictions on a key pill used in medication abortion, throwing a new wrinkle into the national battle over drugs used to end pregnancies.
Driving the news: The AGs' suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington contends that the restrictions are "burdensome" and "unnecessary" since the Food and Drug Administration has deemed the drug, mifepristone, safe and effective.
The majority of Americans surveyed in the new Axios-Ipsos American Health Index say businesses and the government don't make citizens' health and well-being a priority.
The big picture: Mental health is a top concern for Americans — as parents, employers and leaders.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday called the lawsuit challenging the FDA's approval of abortion pills an "attack on the very foundation of our public health system."
The big picture: The vice president's comments come ahead of a ruling —expected as soon as today — that could end access nationwide to mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortions and miscarriage care, potentially making this the most important abortion ruling since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Advocates, analysts and policymakers are giving mixed reviews to the Biden administration's move to let states use Medicaid funds for food.
Why it matters: Some are glad that Medicaid will be available as an additional tool to address food insecurity and diet-related health conditions, but others see expanding programs like SNAP as the priority ahead of a looming hunger cliff.
A year of relentless Russian bombing, air raid sirens and displacement is taking a heavy toll on Ukrainians' mental health.
The big picture: The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 10 million Ukrainians may be suffering from mental health conditions like depression or anxiety, of whom almost 4 million may have cases that are moderate or severe.
