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    Dr. Rachna Kaul, a family practice doctor in Ridgewood, N.J., offers telemedicine abortion services to patients in three states. “How in good conscience can I not do this?” she said.
    CreditJackie Molloy for The New York Times

    Insurers Are Starting to Cover Telehealth Abortion

    Several insurers will cover abortions through Hey Jane, a start-up online provider, just as courts threaten to hobble the industry.

     By Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz

  1. U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters

    Older Americans and those with weakened immune systems, groups still particularly vulnerable to the virus, may receive additional shots of the reformulated vaccine, federal officials said.

    By Apoorva Mandavilli

     

  2. Legal Abortions Fell by 6 Percent in the Six Months After Dobbs, New Data Shows

    While clinics in some states expanded capacity, bans prevented thousands from getting legal abortions, a major new survey of abortion providers finds.

    By Margot Sanger-Katz and Claire Cain Miller

     

  3. Introducing Spelling Bee Buddy: Your Personalized Daily Bee Helper

    It will offer customized hints, but only if you want them.

    By The Upshot Staff

     

  4. Abortion Ruling Could Undermine the F.D.A.’s Drug-Approval Authority

    Legal scholars say the ruling by a Texas judge, if upheld, could spur disputes over many medications and upend the drug industry’s reliance on the agency.

    By Christina Jewett and Pam Belluck

     

  5. Three Takeaways From a Tumultuous Day in Politics

    A blowout in Wisconsin, an indictment in New York and a progressive victory in Chicago.

    By Nate Cohn

     

  6. This Wisconsin Court Race Is Highly Partisan. It Wasn’t Always That Way.

    Supreme Court races were once more swayed by endorsements from legal and law enforcement officials. Now they’re indistinguishable from other elections.

    By Ruth Igielnik

     

  7. Moderate Drinking Has No Health Benefits, Analysis of Decades of Research Finds

    The review found that the methodology of many previous studies was flawed and that risk of myriad health problems increased significantly after less than two drinks a day for women and after three for men.

    By Roni Caryn Rabin

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  8. Medicare Delays a Full Crackdown on Private Health Plans

    After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say changes to reduce overbilling in Medicare Advantage will be phased in over three years.

    By Margot Sanger-Katz and Reed Abelson

     

  9. See How Baseball’s New Rules Changed the Game

    Opening day suggested how much difference a pitch clock can make.

    By Francesca Paris

     

  10. What We Haven’t Learned From the First Chapter of the Republican Primary

    It’s premature to reach any meaningful conclusion about DeSantis’s chances to defeat Trump.

    By Nate Cohn