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The supreme court is considering the abortion pill decision
The US Supreme Court has issued a stay on a lower court’s order to allow mail-delivery of the abortion pill mifepristone in the country. The stay will expire at 11:59 pm EDT today unless it is lifted by the court, which is expected to take up the case on Tuesday. If the stay expires, a…
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The Supreme Court has delayed a decision
The US Supreme Court has asked the government to appeal against a ruling that allowed the sale of anti-Abortion drug mifepristone in the country. The court asked the government to apply for a stay on the ruling until the high court can consider the case. A US appeals court had upheld restrictions on mifepristone that…
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The search for long covid treatments takes a big turn
Estimates of how many people have long COVID-19 vary, but it’s been put as high as around 65 million, about the same as the population of France. Steven Deeks, an infectious disease specialist for University of California, San Francisco, said there is no consensus on how to define long Covid. In order to determine that…
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I think Mifepristone saved my life
The US Supreme Court will decide on Monday whether to let a generic form of mifepristone be sold in the country. The court has issued a temporary order to preserve the status quo, ensuringaccess to the drug while giving the justices more time to study the issue. The US Court of Appeals for the FifthCircuit…
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A woman was shot and killed in upstate New York when she turned into the wrong driveway
A 20-year-old woman was killed after she and three others accidentally entered the wrong driveway as they were looking for a friend in upstate New York. Police said the woman was hit by gunfire when a man fired two shots from his front porch. The woman and her friends were trying to find another friend’s…
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There are rallies to support abortion pill access
Several doctors who spoke at a protest in the US said that medical professionals can’t provide high-quality, evidence-based care where abortions are in effect. The doctors said medical professionals couldn’t provide high quality, evidence-based care where abortion restrictions are in effect. They further said that the judges weren’t doctors and that the protesters are anti-abortion.
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Pro-choice advocates are demonstrating in support of abortion pill access
US Supreme Court’s ruling to block mifepristone’s approval in the US is antithetical to doctors and the abortion-rights fight in the country, Planned Parenthood CEO Laura Meyers said at a rally in Washington DC. “These judges aren’t doctors and neither are they,” Meyers added. The Supreme Court ruled that mifepristone can’t be approved for widespread…
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The abortion drug’s approval was 23 years ago
The US Supreme Court on Friday extended its temporary hold on a lower court ruling that would have restricted access to an abortion drug. The appeals court had upheld a lower court’s ruling that halted the sale of the abortion drug mifepristone and said that it will allow the drug only to be dispensed up…
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A fire at a recycling plant that was cited for safety precautions has continued for days
The US recycling plant that caught fire in Richmond has been found to be riddled with fire hazards. In 2019, a city committee found that the “cumulative effect of code violations present” rendered the premises “unsafe, substandard or a danger to the health and safety on the public”. The fire started in a semitrailer loaded…
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Access to drugs is jeopardized by the abortion pill legal standoff
The US government has urged the Supreme Court to block a lower court ruling that blocked access to abortion drugs in the country. “The district court upended decades of reliance by blocking FDA’s approval…based on the court’s own misguided assessment of the drug’s safety,” Justice Department lawyers said. The court is expected to decide by…
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Full access to the abortion pill will be asked to the Supreme Court by the Justice Department
The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the use of medication abortions. Mifepristone, used in combination with another drug in nearly all medication abortions in the US, was approved by the FDA in 2000. Anti-abortion doctors and plaintiffs had sued the FDA over how the agency changed the…
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We know that residents of Indiana have to leave because of an industrial fire
A fire that broke out at a recycling centre in the US’ Richmond city has sent thick smoke into the air and has caused health concerns. The city’s Unsafe Building Commission had previously ordered the owner to clean up the site, but he ignored the order, Mayor Dave Snow said. The plant’s owner was found…
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The Appeals court can rule in any dispute about the FDA’s suspension of abortion drug approval
The US Food and Drug administration has released proposed rules to protect access to abortion drugs. The administration took similar steps to protect access to abortion after a judge in Texas temporarily suspended the approval of the FDA’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. President Joe Biden had asked the administration to ignore the ruling,…
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If the medication abortion case is successful, then it could set up another high-profile Supreme Court ruling
The US Food and Drug Administration has said a judge’s ruling revoking its approval of the abortion pill mifepristone could be the most consequential abortion decision since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Separately, the pill- manufacturer Danco said the judge’s “relentlessly one-sided narrative” never mentions the millions of women who have benefitted from the…
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The judge’s ruling against the abortion pill was filled with activists’ language
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said a federal judge’s order temporarily blocking the use of the abortion drug mifepristone should be put on hold. US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled last week that the FDA had failed to evaluate the drug’s potential harms. Danco, an abortion drug maker, said that Kacsmaryk’s narrative…
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The Biden administration thinks that the cocktail is a deadly national threat
The US government on Wednesday said that it is “urgent” to declare xylazine, an animal sedative, as an emerging threat to public health and safety. It said the drug has “moderate to low potential for dependence” and should be on a list of drugs that have moderate or low potential for dependence. “This drug is…
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Nancy Mace thinks the FDA should not have suspended the approval of abortion drugs
A US federal judge on Friday said the Food and Drug Administration didn’t properly approve a drug which has been used for 20 years for medical abortions. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said the FDA had failed to consider “the intense psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress women often experience from chemical abortion”. The drug has been used…
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Several victims remain in hospitals as Louisville police investigate what led to the bank shooting that left 5 dead
The police have said that the man who opened fire at a bank in US’ Kentucky, killing five people, has been identified as Connor Sturgeon. He was reportedly livestreaming the shooting on Facebook when he shot and killed himself. The police have said that four other people were also injured in the shooting and are…
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It’s possible to have medication abortion with one drug
The US Food and Drug Administration has appealed a federal court’s ruling suspending the approval of the medication abortion drug mifepristone. The court’s ruling comes after a group of anti-abortion organisations and physicians sought to overturn FDA’s approval of the drug in 2000, arguing that the drug is unsafe. It could lead to mifepristone being…
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The CDC states that sexually transmitted infections leaped by 7% in the year 2020
More than 2.5 million cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were reported in the US in 2021, a 7% rise in one year from the previous year, data from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention revealed. Cases of syphilis surged 32% in one year, while there were 220 stillbirths and infant deaths in…
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During the appeal a judge rules that ElizabethHolmes can’t remain free
A US judge has denied Theranos’ Founder Elizabeth Holmes’ request to remain free while she appeals her conviction for a wire fraud charge. In January 2022, Holmes was convicted of three counts of wire fraud and one charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after a jury found that she defrauded investors of more than…
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A Texas court ruling was threatening abortion pill access nationwide
A Texas judge ruled that the Food and Drugs Administration acted oddly when it approved the abortion pill, Mifeprex, over 20 years ago. Mifeprex and misoprostol, which can be taken between a day and a half after the abortion pill, can be taken about a day and a half after the abortion pill is taken…
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I worked at F.D.A and the abortion pill decision is dangerous
The US government on Monday asked a federal judge in Texas to delay his order that halted the use of abortion drug misoprostol. The US Food and Drug Administration had approved Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, for use in women’s abortions in the country 23 years ago. However, the judge had said Mifepristone couldn’t be…
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Mifepristone is used for abortion
A US judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot ban the use of the abortion drug mifepristone. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said it’s not clear if a woman would need to have a surgical abortion after taking mifepristone, the second-best-selling abortion drug in the country. The FDA has been criticised for its inaction…
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The judge’s order may make abortion pill unavailable Friday
The US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has said women’s medication would be safe and effective after the government launched a legal appeal to stop the suspension. A Texas judge ruled on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration should not have approved the abortion-inducing pill in the first place and a Washington…