Christie Pitney is a certified nurse midwife who was working at a federally funded health center in California’s Central Valley when the pandemic struck. In those early months, several of her patients struggled to get abortions. Under normal circumstances, the closest abortion clinic is 45 minutes away, but during the pandemic, clinics around the country suffered staff shortages and canceled services. Patients were having trouble getting to clinics even when they were open.
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Two companies working to bring ketamine therapy to patients with PTSD, depression, and other mental health conditions are teaming up to grow the reach of psychedelic-assisted mental health care. Field Trip, which has a network of clinics for ketamine-assisted therapy, now offers therapy via Nue Life, a telehealth mental wellness company launched in 2021. Two-year-old Field Trip, which went public on the Nasdaq last summer, has opened 11 clinics in North America, as well as one in Europe, built a
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