Pandemics
Biden signs legislation to declassify certain intelligence on Covid pandemic origins
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a reception celebrating Nowruz in the East Room at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on any possible links between a lab in […]
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Abortion pill fight: Read the transcript of Texas court hearing on fate of mifepristone
Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023. Moises Avila | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge in Texas heard arguments for the first time this week in a closely watched case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of […]
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Senate Democrats urge Walmart, Costco, Albertsons and Kroger to sell abortion pill mifepristone
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 Senate Democrats called on Walmart, Costco, Albertsons and Kroger to sell the prescription abortion pill mifepristone and clearly let customers know how to get it at […]
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Judge shares date of abortion pill hearing after media outlets criticize him for secrecy
A federal judge in Texas publicly disclosed that he scheduled a hearing in a case seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, after media outlets criticized him for attempting to keep the proceedings secret until the last minute. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. Northern District of Texas […]
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North Carolina lawmakers intervene to defend abortion pill restrictions in case testing FDA power
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal judge on Friday allowed North Carolina lawmakers to defend restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, after the state attorney general declined to do […]
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House votes unanimously to declassify intelligence on origins of Covid pandemic, sending bill to Biden
Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. Thomas Peter | Reuters The House of Representatives on Friday unanimously voted to declassify information on possible […]
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Biden budget would cap monthly insulin prices at $35 for people with private insurance
A woman who had type 1 diabetes since she was a teenager, displays her insulin for injection, on March 02, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s federal budget proposal would cap insulin prices at $35 per month for people with private insurance plans. The Inflation Reduction Act capped […]
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California will not renew $54 million contract with Walgreens over abortion pill policy
A Walgreens store in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens over the drug store chain’s decision not to sell the abortion pill in some states due to legal restrictions. “California will not stand by […]
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Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s treatment solanezumab failed to slow disease progression
Eli Lilly on Wednesday said it will halt development of its Alzheimer’s treatment candidate solanezumab after the antibody failed to slow disease progression. Solanezumab’s failure is a blow to efforts to treat Alzheimer’s in people who are in the very early stage of the disease and have not yet shown clinical symptoms. The study enrolled […]
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Florida condition lawmakers introduce invoice that would ban abortion immediately after six weeks
A girl, who selected to stay nameless, talks to Health practitioner Audrey (R) ahead of recieving an abortion at a Prepared Parenthood Abortion Clinic in West Palm Seaside, Florida, on July 14, 2022. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Pictures Florida point out lawmakers on Tuesday launched legislation that would ban abortion after 6 months, […]
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