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Apr 17 2024
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Durham entrepreneurs work to reduce waste
The headquarters for the ReCollective, a waste management company based in Durham, is crammed inside a small loading dock. Piles of variable plastic, cardboard, and glass line the walls. Orange pill bottles and chunks of styrofoam are sorted into large bags, while other materials wait to be categorized. Textiles are churning in the washing machine. Bryce Brooks, who cofounded the ReCollective
Indy WeekApr 04 2023
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WA stockpiles abortion pills ahead of federal court ruling
OLYMPIA — The state of Washington has stockpiled a three-year supply of an abortion pill in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday. Inslee ordered the Department of Corrections, which has a pharmacy license, to buy 30,000 doses of the pill last month. State lawmakers are also introducing legislation to authorize the department to
The Seattle TimesApr 07 2023
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Abortion pill plan clears Kansas Legislature; veto expected
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents pushed a bill through the Kansas Legislature early Friday to require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed” once it's started — a measure that could face a state court challenge if its supporters can overcome the governor's expected veto. Republican lawmakers pursued the bill even though experts dispute abortion opponents
Yahoo NewsApr 24 2024
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Fauci to testify before Congress for the first time since stepping down
Anthony Fauci, former chief medical advisor to President Biden, will testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3, making it the first time he will appear before a congressional panel since leaving government work at the end of 2022. Subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced the hearing on Wednesday. Fauci had committed to testify late last year
The HillSep 22 2023
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Nebraska Mom Gets 2 Years in Prison After Buying Abortion Pills for Her Teen Daughter
On Friday, a Nebraska judge sentenced Jessica Burgess to two years in prison after she bought abortion pills for her teen daughter and helped bury the fetal remains in early 2022, according to reporters from Norfolk Daily News and Courthouse News. The sentencing went forward without a court-ordered psychological evaluation that the judge canceled for lack of funding last week. Burgess had
JezebelApr 25 2024
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As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid
Federal agencies with competing interests are slowing the country’s ability to track and control an outbreak of highly virulent bird flu that for the first time is infecting cows in the United States, according to government officials and health and industry experts.
The response has echoes of the early days of 2020, when the coronavirus began its deadly march around the world. Today,
Washington PostDec 27 2021
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Pfizer antiviral pills may be risky with other medications
As the omicron surge pummels a pandemic-weary nation, the first antiviral pills for Covid-19 promise desperately needed protection for people at risk of severe disease. However, many people prescribed Pfizer’s or Merck’s new medications will require careful monitoring by doctors and pharmacists, and the antivirals may not be safe for everyone, experts caution.
The Food and Drug
NBC News (Online)Jul 13 2023
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FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill in U.S.
Federal regulators Thursday approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill available in the United States, a milestone in decades-long efforts to make oral contraceptives easier to obtain, especially by teenagers and women who don’t regularly see a doctor.
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Opill, made by the consumer health giant Perrigo, comes six decades after
Washington PostOct 31 2023
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Kansas Judge Strikes 'Abortion Pill Reversal,' Bizarre Font Requirements Among Other Anti-Abortion Measures
In an important victory for abortion access in the Midwest, a Kansas judge ruled against a handful of stringent anti-abortion measures—some of which trace back decades under the insidiously named Women’s Right to Know Act while others were passed after the fall of Roe v. Wade. “The Act appears to be a thinly veiled effort to stigmatize the procedure and instill fear in patients that are
JezebelMar 16 2023
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Judge hears sides in challenge of FDA’s abortion pill approval
AMARILLO, Texas -- A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group's effort to overturn federal regulators' decades-old approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country's most common method for ending pregnancies. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk heard more than four hours of debate over the Alliance Defending Freedom's request to revoke or
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette