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AP reports on a lawsuit brought by NetChoice, which claimed an unconstitutional impediment to free speech. The Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit’s panel disagreed. The Social Media Parental Notification Act requires companies to get parental permission for social media and gaming apps for children under 16.
All 18 American passengers who were aboard the MV Hondius were released from quarantine Sunday. Meanwhile in Congo, frontline healthcare workers are falling prey to Ebola as the virus surges. At least 18 doctors and other healthcare workers have died during the epidemic, according to Congo’s National Public Health Institute.
The outbreak started two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made flu vaccines optional for troops in the armed services, including those entering basic training. Up to this point, recruits going through basic training were required to receive vaccinations for a variety of viruses in their first week of boot camp, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang reversed a batch of 2018 restrictions on medication abortions. This was possible after Missourians passed the Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment in 2024. Planned Parenthood said it will offer medication abortions starting this week.
The Trump administration had pulled back on the amount of funds sent to the country. Because South Africa did not change policies that the U.S. considers discriminatory toward the white Afrikaner minority, no funds will now flow, an unidentified State Department official says. Plus, despite marching orders from Congress to continue foreign aid, the Trump administration has largely refused to comply, ProPublica reports.
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The FDA has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat cancer, ABC reports. Experts warn that patients taking the drug without a prescription and the supervision of a physician risk overdosing. Plus: the effects of data centers on Americans' health; and more.
Members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health include psychiatrists, surgeons, pediatricians, endocrinologists, and primary care doctors who work with transgender patients. Politico reports that for months, the Federal Trade Commission has been pursuing legal avenues to clamp down on providers and hospitals offering gender-affirming care.
Legal experts suggest other health systems should take notice after the Department of Justice accused OhioHealth of driving up prices, Stat reports. Additional news from across the nation comes from California, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Colorado, and Virginia.
Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer Joaquin Duato spoke in an interview about his company's continuing focus on cancer treatments — eschewing the obesity medication race — with a goal of eliminating the disease in 10 years.
If the administration's plan does goes into effect in October, it would effectively sideline the CDC with regard to many global health programs and move control over much of the funding and decision making to the State Department, The New York Times reports.
Only about half of U.S. adults could afford their healthcare and had access to quality care last year, according to a West Health-Gallup Affordability Index survey. Only 1 in 5 people surveyed said healthcare costs contributed "no stress" to their lives. Plus, two analyses find hundreds of thousands of children are no longer receiving food assistance, ProPublica reports.
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With lagging contact tracing, the head of Africa's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention worries that the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could become the worst on record.
The Trump administration plans to move the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services — which currently manages billions of dollars in grants and oversees state compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act — to the Department of Health and Human Services, the AP reports.
A court order is forcing Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care for trans youth, the Colorado Sun reports, but doctors at the hospital have refused to provide the care over fear of losing their licenses or facing criminal charges.
Modern Healthcare reports that health systems are increasingly paying to train and educate workers to fill chronically short-staffed positions, as well as seeking higher-education partnerships. Other industry news is on mental health via telehealth, AI, and more.
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