Gyeongnam Province will begin its 'Island Doctor' telemedicine service in June, targeting 44 islands lacking medical facilities. The service will use kiosks for remote consultations with specialists, focusing on chronic disease management for elderly residents.
Bavaria launches Tele-Neugeborenen-Notarztdienst (TeleNNAD) for remote expert support during births, aiming to reduce complications and fatalities in rural clinics. The service connects local teams with neonatologists 24/7.
Full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, including through telemedicine and the mail, will continue for at least three more days, the high court said on Monday.
The courts are considering ending telemedicine access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in a medication abortion. Here's what's happened this week and what's to come.
After an appeals court tried to end telemedicine access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in a medication abortion, the Supreme Court stepped in. Here's what's happened and what's to come.
The Supreme Court on Monday said that telemedicine access to the abortion drug mifepristone can stay — for at least a week. But as mifepristone faces court challenges, another drug that remains available is safe and effective at ending early pregnancy.
A federal appeals court ruling restricts telemedicine access to the abortion drug mifepristone for the whole country, at least temporarily. But another drug that remains available is safe and effective at ending early pregnancy.
Danco Laboratories filed an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court on May 2 asking it to halt a lower court ruling requiring in-person exams before mifepristone can be prescribed. The appeal came hours after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated the in-person dispensing requirement, blocking telemedicine providers from prescribing the abortion pill by mail in response to Louisiana's challenge. Danco warned the ruling would cause chaos and force providers and patients to guess at what is allowed. Louisiana argues mail delivery allows women to bypass abortion bans. The FDA is currently reviewing the drug's safety.
