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24 States Contest Texas Judge’s Ruling Against Title X Family Planning Program

May 4, 2023 - A coalition of 24 states united to appeal a Texas judge’s ruling that could essentially withhold medication abortion pills nationwide and jeopardize reproductive care access under the Title X family planning program. Texas federal judge, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, issued a final judgment in December, deeming the Department of Health and...

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Opioid Treatment Access Stalls Despite Buprenorphine Prescribing Flexibility

by Sarai Rodriguez

Although buprenorphine prescribing regulations were relaxed to increase opioid treatment access, medication rates remained unchanged between 2016 and 2022; researchers suggested that additional...

PrEP Access Steadily Increases, Yet Racial Health Disparities Persist

by Sarai Rodriguez

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access has increased over the years, but stark racial health disparities presented at the 24th International AIDS Conference yield concern that the HIV...

Health Disparities Persist in Patient Access to Opioid Treatments

by Sarai Rodriguez

Women, as well as Black and Hispanic populations, have faced longstanding health disparities in patient access to opioid treatments like buprenorphine, a Mayo Clinic study published in JAMA Network...