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November 15, 2024
On Thursday, federal officials announced that Medicare can cover the cost of the widely-used weight loss medication Wegovy, but only for patients who also have heart disease and require it to lower the likelihood of future heart attacks, strokes, and other severe issues. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have released updated instructions stating
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, a new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason. According to
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The South Korean government plans to take further action to revoke the licenses of striking junior doctors next week, as they continue to refuse to end their prolonged strikes, causing strain on the country’s medical resources. This information was announced by officials on Thursday. Over 90% of the nation’s 13,000 medical trainees, including interns and
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Hunter Morgan, upon purchasing an optometry business in Southern California three years ago, immediately began accepting Medicaid patients, which provides health coverage for individuals with low income. The previous proprietors had refused to accept individuals covered by Medicaid, which includes approximately one third of California’s 39 million inhabitants. However, Morgan believed it was his duty
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have approved a measure that will impose strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs to tackle the state’s homelessness crisis, in a tissue-thin win for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who personally campaigned for the measure’s passage. The number of Democrats in California is twice as
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Politicians in at least two states in the United States are using a recent ruling in England that limits gender transitions for minors as justification for their similar proposals. Other countries, particularly in Europe, have already been looked to for policies and research concepts by those who’ve introduced or supported state-specific bills in the U.S.
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“I wanted to inform my colleagues and the public about the realities of abortion restrictions that have been implemented over the years,” said a pregnant Arizona legislator during a speech at the state Senate, where she disclosed her plan to have an abortion. Eva Burch, a Senator from the Democratic party representing Mesa, announced in
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Desperate hunger is currently a major issue in two global areas, leading to the potential for famine in northern Gaza and the increasing likelihood of it in Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of individuals in these locations are facing difficulties in avoiding famine and starvation. Global food security experts and humanitarian organizations are sounding the alarm
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New research indicates that over 60% of abortions in the United States were completed using medication in the past year, an increase from the previous year’s 53%. In the initial year following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Guttmacher Institute reported an estimated 642,700 medication abortions were carried out.
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The EPA declared a complete prohibition on asbestos, a cancer-causing substance that claims the lives of thousands of Americans annually, despite still being present in certain items such as chlorine bleach and brake pads. The recent regulation represents a significant increase in EPA oversight in accordance with a pivotal law from 2016 that revised regulations
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