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Minnesota medication abortion provider on what’s at stake in SCOTUS mifepristone case
The Supreme Court is debating a case brought by an anti-abortion group challenging the loosening of restrictions on mifepristone, which is used in medication abortion, during the pandemic. Dr. Julie Amaon with Just the Pill, a telehealth provider of medication abortion and other sexual and reproductive health services, shared her perspective on what’s at stake.
A Supreme Court abortion pill case with potential consequences for every other drug
At issue is the FDA's regulatory power to approve drugs and continually evaluate their safety — a system that until now has been widely viewed as the gold standard for both safety and innovation
Bemidji State University community works to prevent possible drug deaths
The CDC reports over one million people in the U.S. have died from drug overdoses since 1999. Bemidji State University, having experienced its own losses, is now taking action. 
‘Forever chemicals’ prompt new, stricter advice for eating fish from Mississippi
The Minnesota Department of Health advises that people in certain groups, including those who are pregnant and children under 15, should not eat fish from the Mississippi between St. Paul and Wabasha.