Biotechnology
22 attorneys general say pulling abortion pill from U.S. would have ‘devastating consequences’
The attorneys general from 21 states and Washington, D.C., on Friday argued that the attempt to pull the abortion pill from the U.S. market would have “devastating consequences” for women. The filing in federal district court in Texas comes in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion physicians who have asked that court to overturn the […]
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Fungal infections are becoming more common. Why isn’t there a vaccine?
An ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist doctor displays a piece of infected tissue after surgery to remove mucormycosis from a patient. Ritesh Shukla | Getty Images Fungal infections are becoming more common in the United States, but unlike illnesses caused by bacteria or viruses, there’s no vaccine to protect against a fungal threat. While […]
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Judge extends deadline in lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pill mifepristone from U.S. until Feb. 24
A federal judge in Texas has extended until Feb. 24 the deadline in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Thursday ordered one of the companies that makes the pill, Danco Laboratories, to lay out its opposition to the attempt to pull the […]
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The Covid emergency in the U.S. ends May 11. HHS officials say here’s what to expect
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department on Thursday laid out what will change and will remain the same when the three-year-long Covid public health emergency ends in May. Health […]
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Enjoy are living: Senate retains very first listening to on the suspected Chinese spy balloon
(The stream is slated to get started at 10:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the webpage if you do not see a online video previously mentioned at that time.) The Senate on Thursday is keeping its initially hearing on the Chinese spy balloon that floated around the United States previous 7 days in advance of it […]
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Look at live: Senate International Affairs Committee holds a listening to on U.S.-China coverage and competition
The Senate Overseas Relations Committee is holding a hearing titled “Analyzing U.S.-China Plan in the Period of Severe Levels of competition.” The listening to comes two times just after President Joe Biden highlighted China’s more and more intense strategies as a danger to the sovereignty of the U.S. through his State of the Union address […]
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Biden proposal to cap all insulin prices at $35 a month has little chance of passing Congress
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, 2023 Pool | Getty Images President Joe Biden used the bully pulpit during the State of the Union address this week to call for a universal price cap on insulin for all diabetes patients but the […]
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Watch live: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on the debt ceiling
(The stream is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will deliver an address Monday on the debt ceiling. His speech comes a day before President Joe Biden is scheduled to give the annual State of […]
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Hispanic dialysis patients face 40% higher risk of staph infection than whites, CDC says
Hispanic dialysis patients face a 40% higher risk of developing a staph bloodstream infection compared with whites, underscoring economic and racial disparities in the U.S. health-care system, according to new data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adults on dialysis for kidney failure were 100 times more likely to contract staph […]
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U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall. Here’s what that means
A pharmacist delivers a COVID-19 booster dose at a Chicago CVS store in October. Antonio Perez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The U.S. will stop buying Covid shots at reduced price for the entire country and shift vaccine distribution to the private market as soon as early fall, shifting the cost to U.S. […]
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