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Key court ruling does not restrict abortion pill access in 17 states, Washington state AG says
Mifepristone (Mifeprex), one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, is displayed at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 15, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Abortion pill mifepristone will remain fully available in more than a dozen states with […]
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Blocking FDA approval of abortion pill could stifle innovation in the biopharma industry, experts say
A messy legal fight over the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses risks to the biopharma industry that go beyond the single drug. If a subsequent decision tosses out the pill’s approval, it could potentially stifle innovation in the sector and deter investments in the development of life-changing drugs, biopharma […]
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U.S. appeals court allows abortion pill mifepristone to stay on the market but blocks mail delivery
In this 2018 photo, mifepristone and misoprostol pills are provided at a Carafem clinic for medication abortions in Skokie, Illinois. Erin Hooley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A federal appeals court has allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to remain on the U.S. market for now, but it imposed major restrictions on the medication […]
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Abortion pill alternative: The drug that could be used if Texas ban on mifepristone upheld
Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 12, 2022. George Frey | Reuters A federal judge’s ruling could take the abortion pill mifepristone off the market — but there is another medication that could provide an alternative for people seeking to terminate their pregnancies. Three states in […]
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States where abortion is authorized warn appeals court docket about Texas mifepristone ruling
Matthew Kacsmaryk, deputy counsel for the Initially Liberty Institute, answers queries for the duration of his nomination listening to by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2017, in a even now impression from online video. Reuters Lawyers normal for approximately half of U.S. states in a new court […]
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Texas judge could invoke 1873 Comstock Act to roll back mail delivery of abortion pill mifepristone
A federal judge in Texas may try to invoke an obscure 19th-century law called the Comstock Act to roll back mail delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. Northern District of Texas heard oral arguments Wednesday in a closely watched case in which medical associations who oppose abortion are challenging […]
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Citing ‘death threats,’ Texas judge asked attorneys to keep news of hearing on legality of abortion pill quiet
Citing death threats and harassing phone calls, the federal judge who is presiding over a pivotal case that could decide the future of the abortion pill in the U.S. asked attorneys not to publicize the date of a key hearing, telling them “less advertisement is better.” Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. Northern District of […]
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U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk unveils a new all-wheel-drive version of the Model S car in Hawthorne, California October 9, 2014. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters On at least four occasions since 2019, Elon Musk has predicted that his medical device company, Neuralink, would soon start human trials of a revolutionary brain implant to treat intractable conditions […]
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FDA says Guillain-Barre syndrome is possible risk of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for older adults
This 1981 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an electron micrograph of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV. CDC via AP The Food and Drug Administration sees a possible risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome with Pfizer‘s RSV vaccine for older adults and has asked the company to conduct a […]
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Flu vaccine was 68% effective at preventing hospitalization in children but less protective for seniors this season
Paquita Bonillo, 84 years old, receives the fourth dose of Covid-19 and flu vaccine in the garden of the Feixa Llarga nursing home on September 26, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Zowy Voeten | Getty Images The flu vaccine has been 68% effective at preventing hospitalizations in children but has been less protective for seniors this […]
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