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In urging senators to support the delay, CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz before the vote promised, “You each have my commitment to continue to work with you on meeting our shared goals of ensuring patient access and protection of the public health.” Hemp industry groups are hopeful this will give them more time to persuade lawmakers to regulate their products rather than ban them, The Hill reported.
“Scientists need to know if they do something wrong, they will get caught," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during the closed-door fireside chat with staffers and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. Kennedy also said that the U.S. would have "done better" if he and other critics of the covid pandemic response had been listened to more, Bloomberg reported.
The federal government offered states a grace period that would allow people to stay on Medicaid through 2027 by declaring themselves too sick to work, without verification, until 2028. Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Utah instead are implementing stricter work requirement rules than the administration required, Politico reported.
The California-based company has issued a voluntary recall of prepared foods that contain jalapeños after its Mexico-based supplier was identified as a potential source of a salmonella outbreak. Meanwhile, Americans are becoming skeptical of fresh produce amid the spread of cyclospora, Politico reported.
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Adults with unresectable advanced cutaneous melanoma will now be able to take a combination of Tudriqev and Opdivo. The approval gives more patients "a fighting chance," said Karim Mikhail, acting director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Also: The FDA has approved a drug for narcolepsy type 1.
Tularemia is a rare, potentially serious illness that is spread by ticks and deer flies that have fed on infected animals, such as wild rabbits, hares, muskrats, and rodents. The bacterial disease does not spread from person to person, but humans who handle infected animal tissue can become sick. Other news is on salmonella, cyclosporiasis, measles, and more.
Under proposed Senate Bill 903, companies would not be allowed to advertise chatbots as therapy. The measure would also add rules for AI use in clinical health spaces, CalMatters reported. The intent of the measure is to ensure AI cannot practice psychotherapy, said the bill's author, San Diego Democratic Sen. Steve Padilla.
Most of the payout would be used to fund mental health treatment and education, The Washington Post reported. “Meta’s platforms create a public nuisance because their purpose and effect is to optimize engagement, including in ways that are detrimental to teenagers’ health and safety,” New Mexico Judge Bryan Biedscheid wrote in his ruling Thursday. Meta said it will appeal the ruling.
The Republican senator from Kentucky wants Dr. Anthony Fauci held accountable for declining to answer questions about his handling of the covid pandemic, Politico reported. As legal experts explore the gray legal areas of the case, President Donald Trump has already weighed in. “Maybe he should” be prosecuted, Trump said.
The Washington Post reported that White House officials are drafting an executive order that would focus on the vaccine schedule, research around autism, and parental choice, according to several people familiar with the matter. In other news: It's been a year since the CDC shooting.
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Health workers are striking over pay in Congo as the world's second-largest Ebola outbreak surges. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of State pledged an additional $242 million in funding for Ebola response and preparedness efforts in the region and for humanitarian assistance related to the outbreak, AP reported.
Neither of the Republican-backed measures used the word "abortion." But both would have made it easier to move forward with abortion bans through judicial elections or constitutional amendments.
A federal investigation into Network for Hope, the multistate organ procurement group, found that it prepared dozens of patients who were still alive for organ recovery, The Washington Post reported. Network for Hope's CEO has said it “strongly disagrees” with the decision and will appeal it.
The panel voted 8-7 to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the nation’s response to the covid-19 pandemic, in contempt. The Washington Post reported that Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has said that if his committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt, he would refer the matter to the Justice Department for potential prosecution.
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