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Trump Signs ‘Right-to-Try’ Law

In a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed Right to Try legislation into law. The law will allow patients with life-threatening conditions to ask drugmakers for medicines that have not yet been FDA-approved but that have at least completed phase 1 testing. The patient must have run out of approved treatment options and must […]

Democratic Governors Threaten to Sue over Planned Parenthood Funds

The nation’s 14 Democratic governors are threatening to sue the Trump administration if it follows through on a proposal that would partially defund Planned Parenthood. “If this reckless policy is finalized as written, we will have no choice but to explore all possible avenues, including legal options, to block it from harming the women in our states,” […]

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Why Hurricane Maria Killed Thousands, Not Dozens

On its own, Hurricane Maria doesn’t seem to have killed a large segment of Puerto Rico’s population. The real culprit, it seems, was the loss of electricity, water and cellphone service in the following weeks and months after the hurricane’s impact, which fatally deprived thousands of the island’s residents of the medical care they desperately needed. Puerto […]

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Harvard Teaming With Google to Reduce Harmful Chemical Use

BOSTON – Harvard University is teaming up with Google to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in building products and materials. Organizers say the initiative announced Wednesday targets chemicals used in consumer products like furniture and carpets that science has shown have potential negative health effects. The goal is to create a set of tools […]

Risk for Women

President Donald Trump’s plan to withhold federal funds for organizations that perform abortions or make referrals for them will endanger women’s access to a wide range of health care, such as birth control, Pap tests for cervical cancer and testing for breast cancer and sexually transmitted infections. Trump’s effort is designed to placate a group […]

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Sudden Closing of Hospital Problematic for Expectant Mothers

KENNETT, Mo. — The sudden closure of a hospital has left some expectant mothers in the Missouri Bootheel region scrambling for care in an area that already has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the U.S. St. Louis Public Radio reports that Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett recently announced that it […]

Professor: Ebola Could Spread to Europe

Dr. Ashish Jah said the spread of the disease to the urban city of Mbandaka last week poses serious concerns as to how far it spreads. The World Health Organisation said today there have been 22 confirmed, probable or suspected deaths from Ebola since April 4. But Dr. Jah warned it could spread to Europe and the […]

San Franciscans to Vote on Ban of Flavored Tobacco

SAN FRANCISCO — A major tobacco company is pumping millions of dollars into a campaign to persuade San Francisco voters to reject a ban on selling flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, certain chewing tobaccos and vaping liquids with flavors like cotton candy, mango and cool cucumber. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has contributed nearly $12 […]

Disease Could Kill Millions, Bill Gates Warns

He’s one of the most highly-regarded figures in the technology industry, and now Bill Gates has warned that a deadly disease could be on its way. Speaking at a conference last month, Gates claimed that the disease could spread in as little as six months, wiping out up to 30 million people in the process. He said: “There’s one […]

Judge Blocks Trump Cuts to Teen-Pregnancy Program

A fourth federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to prematurely end grants aimed at cutting teen pregnancy rates. Judge John Coughenour in Washington state ruled Tuesday afternoon that the administration unlawfully ended grants two years early for the King County Health Department in Seattle, which participated in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. […]

GOP Senators Offer Plan to Cut Health Costs

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana released a multi-part proposal Tuesday morning that he hopes will catalyze a debate in Congress about how lawmakers can go about lowering health care costs while delivering value to patients. “Families and patients have seen their health insurance premiums and the cost of care go up year after year. […]

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Supreme Court Declines Challenge to Abortion Pill Law

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a challenge to a restrictive Arkansas law that for now will end the use of medication abortions in the state and could close two of the state’s three abortion clinics. The law requires doctors who provide medication abortions to have a contract with a second doctor who has […]

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