Lisa M. Jarvis
Pharma Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion
Pharma columnist for @opinion. bit 'o science, bit 'o business. drug discovery, rare diseases, R&D, biotech, Covid-19, opinions=mine She/her
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2 days ago |
newsday.com | Lisa M. Jarvis
In the three years since the landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions in the U.S. has steadily increased, according to new data from the Society of Family Planning. Those data reflect the monumental effort to maintain care — and the increasingly vital role of medication abortion and telehealth in the U.S.But make no mistake: Abortion access under the Trump administration is increasingly fragile.
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2 days ago |
eagletribune.com | Jessica Karl |Lisa M. Jarvis
#SkinnyTok is dead. Or at least that’s what TikTok wants you to believe after its recent ban of the hashtag promoting an extreme thin ideal. That might have appeased regulators, but it shouldn’t satisfy parents of teens on the app. An army of influencers is keeping the trend alive, putting vulnerable young people in harm’s way. Today’s social media landscape makes it all too easy for creators to repackage and disguise disordered eating as a “healthy” part of everyday life.
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3 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Lisa M. Jarvis
Abortion foes next target. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- In the three years since the landmark Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions in the US has steadily increased, according to new data from the Society of Family Planning. Those data reflect the monumental effort to maintain care — and the increasingly vital role of medication abortion and telehealth in the US. But make no mistake: abortion access under the Trump administration is increasingly fragile.
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4 days ago |
wvnews.com | Lisa M. Jarvis
Republican lawmakers claim their proposal to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid is designed to protect the country’s most vulnerable - that by focusing on work requirements, they’re simply eliminating waste from the bloated program and ensuring the money goes to those who truly need it. In reality, anyone who relies on public insurance could be affected, including about 37 million kids, nearly half of all American children.
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4 days ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Lisa M. Jarvis
Republican lawmakers claim their proposal to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid is designed to protect the country’s most vulnerable — that by focusing on work requirements, they’re simply eliminating waste from the bloated program and ensuring the money goes to those who truly need it. In reality, anyone who relies on public insurance could be affected, including about 37 million kids, nearly half of all American children.
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