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The Capitol Building in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Improved Oregon revenue forecast could fund health care improvements

Behavioral health, coverage, workforce loom large on the laundry list of unmet requests facing state lawmakers. A legislative impasse could keep them from going anywhere despite the availability of new funds.
May 18, 2023
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The contraceptive drug norgestrel, sold as Opill, was FDA approved decades ago for prescription-only use. If the FDA approves over the counter sales, it would be the first time a birth control pill would be available without a prescription. | LUND REPORT ILLUSTRATION/FDA/JOINT MEETING OF THE NDAC AND THE ORUDAC

Health experts urge FDA to approve over-the-counter birth control in unanimous vote

An FDA advisory committee was convinced that Opill is safe and effective to take over the counter — if the FDA follows suit, it would be the first birth control available without a prescription
May 18, 2023
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Dr. Christina Francis, an OB-GYN from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and chair of the board of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, speaks in front of the 5th Circuit courthouse in New Orleans on May 17, 2023, following arguments on a case challenging FDA approval of the abortion pill. | GREG LAROSE/LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR

Three-judge panel in U.S. appeals court hears arguments in abortion pill case

The ruling in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will likely be put on hold as the case moves up to the U.S. Supreme Court
May 18, 2023

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