Axios

The Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade gave states the power to individually regulate abortion — or even ban it completely — before viability, known as the point when a fetus can survive outside the womb.

The big picture: The legality of abortion later in pregnancy has changed dramatically post-Roe.

Holy crap! Finish Line readers are insanely generous with advice for starting the day stronger, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei writes.

To recap: Carrie Rule, a Finish Line reader starting an entrepreneurial adventure, asked for advice on early a.m. hacks and habits to increase productivity.

Medicare officials are urging health plans and other payers not to put pharmacies in a cash squeeze when a new policy kicks in that may reduce how much they're paid upfront for dispensing drugs.

• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote to pharmacy benefit managers and insurers Thursday suggesting they make special payment arrangements with pharmacies before the policy takes effect on Jan. 1.

An effort to get the Food and Drug Administration's approval of hormone therapies for gender-affirming treatment could help preserve patients' access to the therapies as states restrict them.

The big picture: For years, transgender patients have received hormone therapies "off label" — a common medical practice in which doctors prescribe treatments for a use the agency hasn't approved.

Children and teens involved in unintentional fatal shootings most commonly found the gun inside or on top of a nightstand, under a mattress or pillow, or on top of a bed, according to a new federal study.

Why it matters: The data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which covers nearly 20 years of deadly firearm accidents among America's youth, demonstrates why putting a gun out of sight or out of reach is not "safe storage," federal researchers said.

Health care spending growth in the United States may be settling back into pre-pandemic patterns, a new federal analysis of 2022 health expenditures suggests.

The big picture: Medicare actuaries said slower spending growth last year stemmed from the end of the federal government's COVID-19 relief payments, which caused health spending to spike in 2020.

The Supreme Court's decision to review the availability of a commonly used abortion pill doesn't just open another chapter in the nation's abortion wars — it's also a direct challenge to the Food and Drug Administration's power to regulate drugs.

Driving the news: The justices on Wednesday gave abortion rights supporters some cause for optimism when they agreed to the Biden administration's request to review lower-court rulings that would sharply curtail access to a drug used in over half of abortions.

Americans' physical and mental health are suffering more than before the pandemic, new data shows.

The big picture: More Americans reported diabetes diagnoses, less regular healthy eating, high cholesterol and lower confidence this year, compared with before the pandemic, according to Gallup survey data released Thursday.

We're all running after something — a goal, a promotion, peace.

• Most of us will go to great lengths to achieve it.

Why it matters: For me, it's about actual running. Whether it's for 30 minutes or 7 hours, running is my safe space.