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January 22, 2025
In Edinburgh, Scotland in 2021, Trans rights activists held a counter protest alongside a women’s rights demonstration organized by Women Won’t Wheesht. By Kaja Klapsa 10/08/2023 07:00 AM EDT The Republican party is citing European governments as an unexpected source in their efforts to prohibit or limit gender-affirming treatment for minors. Although several medical groups
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In January, the Biden administration declared that abortion pills could be distributed by retail pharmacies as part of a larger effort to protect and increase access to abortion services. Several unaffiliated drugstores throughout the nation have discreetly started providing the abortion medication mifepristone, following recent guidelines established by the Biden administration. However, there is a
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There are multiple instances where health organizations are facing legal action in lower courts, and the final decision may depend on the Supreme Court’s ruling this term. The key cases regarding healthcare being brought to the Supreme Court this term may seem unrelated to healthcare at first glance. One concerns regulations on small fishing vessels.
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Due to the cessation of distribution by the federal government, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has halted the production of new cards for Covid-19 vaccines. By Associated Press 10/04/2023 05:41 PM EDT The widely used white vaccination cards for Covid-19 are being gradually replaced, marking the end of an important era in
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AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld emphasized the importance of defending science. The most powerful group of doctors in America used to align with Republicans, working together to prevent government involvement in healthcare. However, in the current state of affairs where public health is becoming entangled in the ongoing cultural conflicts, the American Medical Association has
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Judge Michael J. Newman asked the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to clarify whether AbbVie, the member company it cited in its lawsuit, actually manufactures Imbruvica, a cancer drug chosen for negotiation. | Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo By Lauren Gardner 09/29/2023 06:31 PM EDT Updated: 09/29/2023 07:43 PM EDT On Friday, a federal judge rejected the
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On September 28, 2023, Erin Schumaker, a journalist from POLITICO, interviews Danielle Carnival, the coordinator of the White House’s cancer moonshot initiative. The team behind POLITICO’s Cancer Moonshot Mission Update is optimistic that the knowledge gained during the Covid crisis on improving healthcare accessibility, along with the advancement of cutting-edge technologies, will lead to President
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Senator Joe Manchin, along with Republicans on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has prevented Anjali Chaturvedi, a high-ranking lawyer from the Department of Justice, from advancing. Sen. Joe Manchin According to two sources familiar with the situation, a delay in the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s chosen candidate for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ general counsel
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Cathy McMorris Rodgers (on the left) admitted that the status of the PATIENT Act is constantly changing. The Act aims to reduce Medicare payments to off-campus hospital outpatient clinics for Medicare drug reimbursements. | Photo by Rodney Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO By Robert King 09/25/2023 12:39 PM EDT The House is currently discussing a significant
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Representative Henry Cuellar, who serves a district along the Texas border, was interviewed by Megan Messerly from POLITICO at a live event titled “Addressing America’s Opioid Crisis.” Photograph by Courtney Rohrbach for POLITICO. Elected representatives from the Democratic party are publicly separating themselves from progressive individuals who criticize law enforcement, while the death toll from
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