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The emergency over! Do we smile or worry?
A US public health worker, who tested positive for COVID-19 last year, has said he does not take work and stress of it home now. “I’m able to handle my mental health a little bit better, and cope with what I need to cope with post-pandemic,” he added. Malachi Stewart is the first public health…
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Biden has a power-plant rule and it involves carbon capture
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a new rule that requires large coal-fired power plants to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 90% from 1990 levels. “The public health and environmental benefits of this proposed rule will be tremendous,” said EPA administrator Michael Regan at a press conference on 10 May.
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The grants for controversial coronaviruses research were restored by the federal government
The US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) has allowed EcoHealth Alliance, an organisation that studies coronavirus genomics, to use the newly released funds. EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak said, “I don’t know if any other single institution from NIH has been subjected to this level of oversight.” He added that the organisation has nearly 300…
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There is a warning that the end of the covid emergency is imminent
The US has declared a transition point for the coronavirus pandemic, which will end on May 11. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop tracking community levels of transmission and instead will track overall hospitalisation and death rates. The messaging around “it’s over, we’ve won” is setting us up for a “huge betrayal…
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Women’s health research does not receive funding
Scientists have found that funding for gynaecological cancers in the US over the past 10 years was less than for other cancers when compared to years of life lost for each new diagnosis. Funding to death for many gynaecological cancers fell during the period. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandates researchers use both…
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Some two-thirds of people don’t want to ban medication abortion
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll has found that majorities of Americans oppose laws banning medication-induced abortions, disagree with judges overturning the Food and Drug Administration approval of prescription drugs, and don’t have much confidence in the US Supreme Court. The finding come as the Supreme Court left in place access to the drug mifepristone, used in…
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The Supreme Court does not allow abortion pill access to be denied
The US Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a lower court judge’s order that banned the sale of Mifeprex, the generic form of mifepristone, pending its ruling. Danco Laboratories, manufacturer of Mifeprex, had sued the US Food and Drug Administration after it refused to allow it to manufacture and sell the drug. However, the court stayed…
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The Supreme Court is going to make it easier for women to get the abortion pill
US President Joe Biden has said that he continues to stand by the US Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve the drug mifepristone, which is used in abortions, for sale. “I will continue to defend FDA’s independent, expert authority to review, approve, and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs,” Biden added.
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The law was signed by the governor of North Dakota
A new US bill makes Minnesota a’sanctuary’ state for so-called gender-affirming care, and also threatens the “fundamental right of parenting”. The Maryland Trans Equity Act broadens the kind of treatments covered under the state’s Medicaid plan, aligning it with care that private insurers offer. The law takes effect in April and means Colorado won’t participate…
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John wants to pay it forward by speaking about his depression
Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman said that he was not the kind of Senator people in Pennsylvania deserved, when he was depressed. “I didn’t realise that I was depressed,” he added. Fetterman said that he initially didn’t think his depression was in remission but now his depression is in remission and he didn’t realise he was…
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Two teens are charged with murder for a shooting that left four dead and dozens injured in Alabama
Two teenagers have been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed four young people and wounded 32 others at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, investigators announced on Wednesday. The teenagers will be tried as adults by Alabama law when they are charged with murder. Another 32 people were wounded…
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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…