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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in a few states. CVS Health will start filling prescriptions for the medication in Rhode Island and neighboring Massachusetts “in the weeks ahead,” spokeswoman Amy Thibault said Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Mifepristone access is coming before the U.S. Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

By Laura Ungar and Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on, Oct. 12, 2022. More than six in 10 of the abortions in the United States last year were done through medication, up from 53% in 2020, according to research released Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights, said about 642,700 medication abortions took place in the first full calendar year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Medication abortion accounted for 63% of abortions in the formal health care system. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Woman suffered complications from abortion pill, now wants Supreme Court to decide its future

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This image provided by Earkick in March 2024 shows the company's mental health chatbot on a smartphone. A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults. But experts disagree about whether these chatbots are delivering a mental health service or are simply a new form of self-help. (Earkick via AP)

AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration building is seen behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md., on Aug. 2, 2018. Federal health advisers voted against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease at a Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New FDA-approved gene therapy for children will cost record $4.25 million

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Attorney generals in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Biden hails CVS/Walgreens decision to dispense abortion pill

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Kinga Gebauer holds a sign in front of the Walgreens corporate headquarters during a protest over plan to sell abortion pills at Walgreens Deerfield Headquarters in Deerfield, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old right to abortion, prompting a seismic shift in debates about politics, values, freedom and fairness. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) **FILE**

Supreme Court’s abortion pill battle is about safety — not abortion access, say pro-life litigants

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, are shown, Sept. 22, 2010, at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, according to new research published Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in JAMA Internal Medicine, with demand peaking in the past couple of years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Pro-life group tells Supreme Court the FDA violated federal law by loosening abortion-pill rules

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Americans' obesity problem illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Redlining America’s girth: New medicines help battle obesity

By Peter J. Pitts

Zyn from Swedish Match AB. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is calling for a crackdown on Zyn nicotine pouches, sparking a feverish backlash from Republicans who say it is an example of nanny-state governance. File photo credit: Jeppe Gustafsson via Shutterstock.

Senate Democratic leader Schumer calls for crackdown on Zyn nicotine pouches, sparking backlash

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A demonstrator in favor of access to abortion pills places signage about the Supreme Court, Friday, April 21, 2023, outside the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Feds say Supreme Court should uphold FDA changes to make abortion pill more available

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this undated photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. Florida sued federal health officials on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, over what the state alleges is the stalling of its plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Canada frets over FDA allowing Florida to import prescription drugs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. The Indian manufacturer of more than two dozen varieties of eyedrops subject to a U.S. safety warning officially recalled the products, which were sold by CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and other national retailers. Kilitch Healthcare India issued the recall on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, and the FDA published the notice Wednesday, Nov 15. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Florida gets OK to import drugs from Canada

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This Tuesday, April 3, 2018, file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

By Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

The U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington, Nov. 8, 2018. Obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound that are capturing the attention of celebrities and showing promising results in helping people shed pounds will stay out of reach for America's older adults. A decades-old law on the books bans Medicare from paying for weight loss drugs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

By Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

A selection of eye drops line a shelf at a pharmacy in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Repeated recalls of eyedrops are drawing new attention to the limited powers U.S. regulators have to oversee medical products made overseas. Unlike prescription drugs, eyedrops and other over-the-counter products don't get preliminary review by the Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

After recalls and infections, experts say safer eyedrops will require new FDA regulations

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

Alan Shurtleff, left, Morgan Shurtleff, right, and their daughter, 1-year-old Cora Dibert, pose for a photo at The Bridge Church, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Mustang, Okla. When Cora went for a routine blood test in October, the toddler brought along her favorite new snack: a squeeze pouch of WanaBana cinnamon-flavored apple puree. Within a week, the family got an alarming call. The test showed that the 1-year-old had lead poisoning, with nearly four times as much lead as the level that raises concern. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

Parents of children sickened by lead linked to tainted fruit pouches fear for kids’ future

By Jonel Aleccia - Associated Press

A selection of eye drops line a shelf at a pharmacy in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. A series of recalls involving over-the-counter drops is drawing new attention to just how little U.S. officials know about the conditions at manufacturing plants on the other side of the world and the limited tools they have to force products off the market when there's a problem. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

After recalls and infections, experts say safer eyedrops will require new FDA powers

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over abortion pill

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - An Elf Bar disposable vaping pod device and a health warning on its packaging is displayed, Monday, June 26, 2023, in Washington. U.S. lawmakers are demanding information on federal efforts to stop the recent influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China. A letter sent Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, by a congressional committee investigating Chinese policies called attention to “the extreme proliferation of illicit vaping products.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity e-cigarettes imported from China

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

Asian Davis, 33, of Sikeston, Mo., cradles her 8-month-old daughter, Mira White during an interview on Oct. 3, 2023, in St. Louis. Davis and her lawyers say Mira suffered brain damage in March after developing bacterial meningitis tied to powdered infant formula contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii, a germ known to cause severe disease in young babies. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)

Two babies infected with rare bacteria sometimes found in powdered infant formula

By Jonel Aleccia - Associated Press