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The Hill reports on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was used to defund Planned Parenthood last year, but due to complicated Senate rules for the bill's passing, the ban lasted only one year. As of July 4, Medicaid will once more be able to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood clinics across the nation.
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A separate proposed rule would give dialysis providers a 1.1% pay increase in 2027, Modern Healthcare reports. Other industry news is on transgender care, hospital-at-home, medical drone delivery, and more.
The scientists have started a public benefits corporation to share the tech with other researchers. Stat reports on the debate over whether the cells can be considered alive due to their entirely synthetic nature.
CNN noted that death rates have continued to fall since the height of the covid pandemic. Other health news is on dementia, cheerleading injuries, "exercise snacks," and more.
The law, which took effect July 1, requires misoprostol and mifepristone to be prescribed in person and dispensed at a medical center. Other states making news are Illinois, New Jersey, Minnesota, North Carolina, Vermont, and California.
Nearly 300 trainees at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio were sickened with flu just weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that flu vaccines would not be mandatory for troops. That policy has since been reversed. Meanwhile, the CDC is urging Americans to take precautions against West Nile virus during the July Fourth weekend.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said it plans to classify the compound as a Schedule 1 substance — the same category as heroin and LSD, The New York Times reported. The ban will last for two years but could be extended. The DEA did not take action against supplements containing the natural form of kratom, which federal officials have cautioned carries similar health risks, The Times wrote.
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The new development could make it even more difficult to contain the Ebola outbreak, Stat reported. Both diseases are viral hemorrhagic fevers. Also: Concern rises over possible disease outbreaks in the wake of the Venezuelan earthquakes.
The New Jersey Republican told his fellow House members that he was being treated for depression. His four-month absence did not go unnoticed and, given that he's voted against paid sick leave for his constituents, is a bitter pill for some to swallow. “He’s been able to rely on things he directly voted against,” said Yarrow Willman-Cole of the nonprofit New Jersey Citizen Action.
The AI giant has launched Claude Science, an application to be used in scientific laboratories, Stat reported. Anthropic will focus on creating drugs for diseases that are not being targeted by its pharma customers.
The law banning "sell by" dates begins Wednesday, leaving the “Best if Used By” and the "Use By” labels as the only two in use for product safety in California, AP reports. In news from across the nation: rural Americans' health screenings; swim lessons for kids with autism; a listeria outbreak; and more.
Twenty Zyn products will carry a modified risk claim that "using ZYN instead of cigarettes puts you at a lower risk of mouth cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis." More administration news is about New York’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, policies regarding people with disabilities, violent policing, and more.
On Tuesday, a majority of justices reaffirmed the principle that, with few exceptions, anyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen, rejecting an executive order by President Donald Trump that would have fundamentally redefined what it means to be an American. It also upheld state laws from West Virginia and Idaho blocking the participation of transgender female athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams.
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