WA AG orders DIY rape kit company to stop sales in the state The Washington State Attorney General's Office has issued a cease-and-desist letter to the company Leda Health regarding its marketing and distribution of so-called "early evidence" rape kits and its suite of services. Angela King
CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication. Pien Huang
Indiana doctor sues AG to block him from obtaining patient abortion records In a new lawsuit, Dr. Caitlin Bernard says Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has sought health records for her patients, including a 10-year-old rape victim she treated. Sarah McCammon
Vaccines used to be apolitical. Now they're a campaign issue Advocates for inoculation are distressed by what they see as a new political focus on an old public health measure. Geoff Brumfiel
CVS and Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10 billion It could amount to the last round of huge settlements after years of litigation over the industry's role in an overdose crisis linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades. The Associated Press
Meeting abortion patients where they are: providers turn to mobile units In response to increasing abortion restrictions in the region, a Planned Parenthood chapter in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois. Sarah McCammon
This urban mosquito threatens to derail the fight against malaria in Africa The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows. Ari Daniel
Abortion billboards going up around Washington state Billboards that support people seeking an abortion will start appearing on both sides of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state. Eilís O'Neill
Unfounded fears about rainbow fentanyl become the latest Halloween boogeyman Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. But public alarm from a DEA warning about bright-colored fentanyl pills remains. Giulia Heyward
