The spread of a drug known as "gas station heroin" has caught the attention of lawmakers, who are calling for the dangerous substance to be more tightly regulated.
Driving the news: A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration this month calling for regulators to research and provide guidance on the use of tianeptine, an antidepressant that has gained popularity as an alternative to opioids, according to the FDA.
President Biden is highlighting his administration's efforts to protect reproductive rights, aiming to use the anniversary of Roe v. Wade to elevate an issue that Democrats believe will turn out voters this fall.
Driving the news: The Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services departments issued updated guidance Monday on how health plans can expand access to free birth control and ensure they're complying with the Affordable Care Act requirements for FDA-approved contraception.
Even AI optimists don't envision the technology fundamentally remaking the U.S. health care system anytime soon, but there's widespread agreement that it has the potential to vastly improve the quality of care and trim costly waste.
Why it matters: The scale of change that AI could bring to health care not only impacts patients but also the millions of people the system employs — who will ultimately shape how widely it's adopted.
Ohai.ai, a venture-backed startup from Care.com founder and former CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo, has emerged from stealth to help households stay organized, the company tells Axios exclusively.
Why it matters: The company believes that its virtual assistance platform, dubbed "O," can lighten the mental load of family schedule management and task delegation.
