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Opinion writers examine the case of an Ohio rape victim and her abortion.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried's office also issues concealed gun licenses. Her arguments leverage a recent Supreme Court decision that struck down New York laws limiting guns. Also: Rising health insurance prices in Colorado, a North Carolina health plan reinstates coverage of trans surgery, and more.
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The samples were taken by the city's health department from an area near a creosote treatment facility. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee, White House infrastructure czar Mitch Landrieu talked about investments to speed up lead water pipe replacements to clean up drinking water.
During the pandemic, rules on how stable opioid addiction patients could take methadone were relaxed, and now researchers found that easing of rules didn't lead to more deaths. In other news, Louisiana scientists link frequent addition of salt to meals to early deaths from numerous causes.
The massive donation is aimed at curbing suffering caused by global issues like covid, AP reports. Gates says the foundation plans to spend $9 billion yearly in aid by 2026. Meanwhile, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital boosted investment in its plan to study and combat pediatric diseases.
The 19th reports on worries over the impact of the end of Roe V. Wade on what children are taught in school about sex, with Texas Republicans particularly in the spotlight for plans to potentially teach medically false information. Separately, risks of more domestic violence are also a concern.
U.S. officials have completed inspection of a Danish vaccine factory and are expected to authorize the facility, meaning hundreds of thousands more monkeypox vaccine doses may be available by the end of July. But Republican Sen. Richard Burr has slammed the White House's monkeypox response.
The bill now goes back to the Senate. It authorizes about $285 billion over the next decade to treat ailments that have been tied to the military's customary practice of disposing of trash — including toxic substances — in burn pits. It would streamline veterans’ access to such care and would cover any service member stationed in a combat zone for the last 32 years.
The data came from a Generation Lab/Axios poll, which also showed that about half of the 18- to 29-year-old male respondents would be likely to take oral contraceptives if approved in the future. Meanwhile, in Arizona, the Republican attorney general is pushing to unblock an abortion ban.
A 27-year-old Columbus man was charged Wednesday with impregnating the girl, who was forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion because of Ohio's six-week ban on the procedure. The story made headlines after President Biden condemned the girl's lack of freedom. Several news outlets and high-profile Republicans then expressed doubt that the girl's story was true. Scroll to our Editorials section to read The Wall Street Journal's retraction and other opinions about the case.
Researchers in Italy find that in families that have had mild infections from the virus, children showed higher levels of antibodies than did the adults. A possible link between covid and Type 1 diabetes, slow demand for vaccines for kids, and teen sports betting are also in the news.
The AP reports that BA.5, the highly transmissible covid variant now spreading across the U.S., accounts for 65% of cases. In other news on the pandemic: reinfection risk, loss of smell, mask mandates, and more.
The administration says withholding these drugs could violate civil rights law. Still, its effort to assert that federal law preempts state bans on abortions is likely to be challenged in court.
Instead of relying on mRNA technology, Novavax is the nation's first protein-based covid-19 vaccine. The two-dose shot should be available “in the next few weeks," according to the Department of Health and Human Services, but first needs clearance from the CDC.
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Funds come from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Treasury Department, and the World Bank and are to support the complex and stressed health system in the country during the invasion. USA Today reports that telehealth assistance is also coming from U.S. doctors.
As part of the settlement, about $34 million in cash will be handed to the city, plus $20 million worth of Narcan, which can treat overdoses in emergency situations. In New Mexico, AP reports that doctors are pressing legislators to permit use of psychedelic mushrooms for mental health therapies.
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