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Though studies have shown delivering medication abortion via telehealth is safe and effective, varying state laws can make it difficult for providers and companies to offer the two-pill regimen.

MobiHealthNews highlights providers' efforts to address treating, testing and mapping the coronavirus. 

Patients can also get care access to gender-affirming hormone therapy, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), urinary tract infection screening and the morning after pill with the new service. 

The new chatbot, called Roo, was designed to help teen girls between the ages of 13 to 17.

Lending an ear.

The state of Idaho will no longer ban women from using telemedicine to receive abortion-inducing medication, following the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood.

During a campaign stop in Iowa this week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton touted the importance of telemedicine, Politico reported this morning.

Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California launched an app, called Planned Parenthood Direct, that helps people order confidential STD testing kits, which arrive through the mail.

Planned Parenthood has launched a pilot program for a service that prescribes birth control to women via video visits, powered by American Well, and then sends them either the pill, the patch or the ring through the mail.