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A Shipping Container Clinic Run by One Nurse Is How Part of Rural Texas Now Reaches a Doctor

In Fort Davis, Texas, a retrofitted shipping container staffed by one nurse connects patients to physicians online for a $30 flat fee.

Medical Daily

'Simple fix': doctors plead to modernise assisted dying

A decades-old ban that has little to do with health care is hindering how the terminally ill end their lives in more ways than people realise, doctors say.

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Trump's AG pick takes aim at abortion

Todd Blanche has repeatedly expressed openness to restrictions on medication abortion

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Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

The Texas Tribune

Health Secretary Brings Take Back Your Health Tour to Danville as Rural Virginia Faces Medicaid Reductions

HHS Secretary Kennedy toured a Danville agriculture research center and a Chatham rehab facility, defending rural health funding amid Medicaid cuts.

Medical Daily

Health impacts of coal mining on babies to be studied as part of $1m boost

Cancer drug combinations that protect the heart also on agenda.

Newcastle Herald

In memory care deserts, senior centers can help close the gap in brain-related healthcare

About 90 miles north of Phoenix, the town of Yarnell nestles atop a winding mountain road. Phoenix, a sprawling city of more than 1.6 million people, has one physician for every 2,407 people. But in Yarnell and other rural areas in Arizona, the ratio is one for every 3,896. Like…

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Australia prevents telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults. Why, and could that change?

Labor’s national conference voted to repeal the ban but the PM fears it could undermine medical safeguards. We look at the debate shaping up

The Guardian - AU

FTC Alleges a Telehealth Company Sent Users' Health Conditions to Ad Platforms After Promising Discretion

The FTC sued Hims and Hers over alleged sharing of sensitive health data with ad platforms. What the complaint alleges and how to check your own accounts.

Medical Daily

HIMS Stock in Focus as FTC Lawsuit Takes Aim at Hims & Hers Business Practices

Hims & Hers shares crashed yesterday as the FTC filed a lawsuit against the telehealth provider. Here’s how you should play HIMS stock at current levels.

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Grattan on Friday: A reluctant Albanese is under pressure over telehealth for VAD

At last week’s Labor conference, which was totally under the prime minister’s thumb, only one issue was contested on the floor: support for the use of telehealth in voluntary assisted dying care.

The Conversation

The ban on telehealth in voluntary assisted dying doesn’t stack up. Here’s why it should be scrapped

The law preventing telehealth in voluntary assisted dying is in the spotlight again after the Labor national conference resolved to repeal it, via a conscience vote.

The Conversation

Albanese at odds with Labor policy which now says telehealth should be allowed for euthanasia consultations

Campaigners say existing federal ban on phone or video calls for assisted dying consultations adversely affects people living in regional Australia

The Guardian - AU

Crossbench to force Labor hand on telehealth euthanasia

Labor will come under pressure to allow Australians to access voluntary assisted dying through telehealth as rival MPs try to force the government's hand.

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A Hims cofounder fired his marketing agency for an AI-powered team. Now his 24/7 online vet service is growing 20% a month

Joe Spector helped build a multibillion-dollar telehealth company. Now he’s on to own remote vet services.

The Conversation

South Dakota’s abortion pill advertising ban runs into free speech roadblock

South Dakota is having trouble enforcing a law banning advertising about abortion pills. On July 17, 2026, less than three weeks after the ban took effect on July 1, U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler issued an injunction blocking its enforcement.

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Labor national conference backs use of telehealth in voluntary assisted dying care

Labor’s national conference has written into the party platform support for telehealth as part of voluntary assisted dying care.

AAP

Labor backs telehealth for voluntary assisted dying

Labor says legal barriers preventing telehealth use in voluntary assisted dying should be removed, as it also resolves to allow a conscience vote on the issue.

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How telehealth is fuelling a surge in ADHD scripts in a business model that benefits the rich

Seeing a psychiatrist via telehealth became easier from January 2022. That’s when Medicare-reimbursed telepsychiatry arrangements became permanent.

Fortune

The FDA’s peptide vote could create telehealth's next multibillion-dollar market

As regulators weigh whether pharmacies can legally compound wellness peptides, companies are preparing for a repeat of the GLP-1 boom—only this time with even murkier science.

Medical Daily

Ozempic and Wegovy Dosing Errors Drove Poison Control Calls from 1,500 to 8,000 a Year

Semaglutide dosing errors drove poison control calls from 1,500 to 8,000 annually after Wegovy's 2021 approval. Here's exactly what not to do with Ozempic and Wegovy.

International Business Times UK

ADHD Startup CEO Jailed for Six Years After Distributing 37 Million Adderall Pills and Targeting Vulnerable Patients

Done Global CEO Ruthia He sentenced to 6 years for a scheme that distributed tens of millions of Adderall pills and targeted vulnerable patients, prosecutors say.

Medical Daily

455 Defendants Including 90 Doctors Were Charged in the Largest Healthcare Fraud Takedown of 2026

The 2026 National Healthcare Fraud Takedown charged 455 defendants including 90 doctors for $6.5 billion in false claims with patient deaths. Here's what the cases covered.

Medical Daily

A Telehealth Mental Health Company Billed Medicaid for Visits That Never Happened — And It Is Not Alone

Aptihealth paid $300,000 June 23 to settle billing for no-show telehealth mental health visits. The DOJ's 2026 fraud takedown charged 455 defendants. Here's what patients should know.

Medical Daily

Telehealth for Mental Health Is Now Mainstream, but AI Note-Taking Tools Show Major Quality Gaps

Mental health telehealth is booming in 2026, but AI scribes used in virtual visits show quality gaps versus human notes. No regulatory standards exist yet. Here's what patients should know.

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