Photo credit: iStock.com/LightFieldStudios For decades, smoking in casinos has been widely accepted nationwide. However, there has been an uptick in legislation aimed at banning the use of cigarettes in casinos in response to the impacts [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Tippapatt In 2021, DMGS discussed the increased push for remote telehealth services due to the Covid-19 pandemic and new insurance policies and legislation enacted. One year later, we revisit this topic to examine [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/bbourdages In anticipation of and in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization opinion, many states took immediate action to [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Diy13 Just as the risk of contracting COVID-19 begins to abate, U.S. states and municipalities are facing another virus. On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization announced an outbreak of the monkeypox [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/KenKPhoto State legislatures are looking into possible solutions to address the adverse effects of per- and poly-fluoroalkyls (PFAS). PFAS are human-made chemicals found in many everyday products linked to increased risks of diseases [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Liudmila Chernetska Contaminants in supplies of drinking water remain a regulatory challenge at both the state and federal levels. Recent legislation in California is the first of its kind to regulate microplastics [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/LIgorko From 2002 to 2013, insulin prices in the United States have tripled, with some popular insulin products costing patients up to $900 monthly. From 2017 to 2018, 14.1% of Americans who use [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Tharakorn Lawmakers have paid increasing attention to mental health in recent years. On October 17, 2020, S.2661 became law, requiring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to designate the telephone number 9-8-8 as the [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Kuzmik_A With school starting across the country, whether children need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has been attracting renewed attention in state legislatures. States like California and New Jersey have begun introducing new [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/ktsimage 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and LivingDNA are just a few genetic or ancestry testing options on the consumer market. It has become big business too and is projected to generate a $4.2 billion market [...]