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Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths Surged Among Black Babies in 2020

March 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Despite a record-low infant mortality rate in 2020, a new study found an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black babies during the first year of the Covid pandemic. The rate of SIDS, or sudden […]

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FDA Approves Pfizer’s Nasal Spray Zavzpret to Treat Migraine

March 11, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

People suffering from migraines who can’t take pills or injections due to nausea or vomiting will soon have access to pain relief in the form of a nasal spray designed for quick relief of migraine […]

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WHO Warns About Biggest Cholera Surge in 20 Years

March 7, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After noting a sharp surge of cholera in at least 30 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about the outbreak, pointing out that factors such as the economic crises, climate change, […]

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Drugmaker Eli Lilly says it will cut insulin prices by 70%

March 2, 2023 Maja Popovska

Some insulin could be getting a major price cut. More than 7 million Americans depend on insulation. For more than a million, it’s life-saving.  But it’s expensive. One study found that a quarter of insulin […]

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Zero-Calorie Sweetener Linked to Strokes, Heart Attacks

February 28, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new study has found that popular zero-calorie sweetener has links to strokes, heart attacks, blood clots, and death. A sugar replacement called erythritol has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack, and death, […]

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Louisiana Anti-Abortion Group Calls on Doctors to Provide Care Exempted by Ban

February 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

An influential group in Louisiana that has long opposed abortion access is calling out medical providers and their legal advisers who have cited the state’s ban on most abortions to deny treatments that remain legal. […]

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Democratic AGs File Lawsuit against FDA over Limitations on Abortion Medication

February 25, 2023 Dime

Attorneys general from twelve states with Democratic governors filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming that the agency’s limits on the sale of the abortion drug mifepristone are unfounded, Fox News […]

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Republican Lawmakers Investigating Pentagon’s Abortion Travel Policies

February 25, 2023 Dime

The Pentagon’s decision to impose “pro-abortion” travel regulations for its personnel is the subject of a new investigation being launched by House Republicans, Fox News informed. On Thursday, a group of 29 Republican members of […]

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Leaded Airplane Fuel is Still Poisoning Children

February 23, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Leaded gasoline for cars has long been banned by the U.S. But smaller aircrafts continue to use leaded gasoline. The aviation industry has managed to escape America’s war on lead.  The fuel is exposing hundreds of […]

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CDC: COVID Jabs Added to Official Child Immunization Schedule

February 21, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

COVID-19 vaccines have been added to the child and adolescent immunization schedule by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which released a few updates last week to it with several recommendations. The schedule […]

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Panel Backs Moving Opioid Antidote Narcan over the Counter

February 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A life-saving opioid overdose drug – Narcan – could be hitting store shelves. The overdose-reversing drug naloxone should be made available over the counter to aid the national response to the opioid crisis, U.S. health […]

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US Lack of Medical Leave in Focus as Spain Passes New Law

February 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Spain has passed a new “period pain” law that allows women to take medical leave. The new law has brought the lack of U.S. medical leave into focus.  Spanish women suffering from “period pain” will now […]

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Free Covid Care for Uninsured to Continue After Biden’s Push

February 17, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

While plotting a quicker wind-down of its broader Covid pandemic response, the Biden administration is mulling a plan to keep vaccines, tests, and treatments free for the uninsured into 2024. The plan aims to calm […]

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Teen girls ‘engulfed’ in violence and trauma, CDC finds

February 14, 2023 Maja Popovska

Teenage girls are experiencing record-high levels of sadness and violence.  A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a record-high percentage of teen girls are persistently sad or hopeless.  Nearly […]

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Republicans Clash with Prosecutors over Enforcement of Abortion Bans

February 13, 2023 Dime

Republican lawmakers are clashing with local prosecutors in their states over the enforcement of near-total abortion bans.  Republicans in red states like Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina and Texas are getting frustrated with local prosecutors.  Progressive […]

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NYC Mayor Adams says Mask Mandates Might Need to Return

February 13, 2023 Dime

In an interview with Caribbean Power Jam Radio’s “The Reset Show,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams justified the removal of a COVID vaccine mandate for city workers and said that mandates might be reinstated […]

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U.S. state attorneys battle over medication abortion lawsuit

February 11, 2023 Maja Popovska

On Friday, dozens of U.S. state attorneys general commented on a lawsuit seeking a court order preventing access to a medicine used in medication abortion, with Republicans supporting the action and Democrats warning of “devastating […]

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In Post-Roe World, Conservatives Embrace New Kind of Welfare

February 10, 2023 Dime

An influential group of conservative intellectuals hope to represent the future of a post-Trump Republican Party.  These conservatives are pushing Republicans to move on from Reagan-era family policies and send cash to families.  Some lawmakers […]

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Texas Conservative judge could ban abortion pill nationwide

February 9, 2023 Maja Popovska

The overturning of Roe v. Wade was just the beginning of the dismantling of abortion rights in the U.S., POLITICO reports. A single judge could outlaw the abortion pill nationwide, and experts warn that this […]

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Abortion battles in state capitols to watch in 2023

February 9, 2023 Maja Popovska

Battles over abortion are heating up across the United States, especially in state capitol buildings as lawmakers wrestle with how much to restrict or expand abortion access, Reuters reports. Several months after the U.S. Supreme […]

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House votes to drop COVID vaccine mandate for international travelers

February 9, 2023 Maja Popovska

One of the last few pandemic travel restrictions still in effect, the majority of international air travelers must now have the COVID vaccine, but the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal this requirement on […]

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Abortion issue gets to high point in Arizona

February 8, 2023 Maja Popovska

Arizona is home to one of the most contentious abortion laws in the U.S.  Soon tens of millions of sports fans will be turning their attention to the state for Super Bowl LVII, to be […]

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Nearly 60 hair relaxer lawsuits against L’Oreal, others

February 7, 2023 Maja Popovska

Nearly 60 lawsuits are claiming that hair relaxer products sold by L’Oréal and other companies cause cancer and other health problems, Reuters reported. Those dozens of lawsuits will be consolidated in a Chicago federal court.  […]

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Federal judge says constitutional right to abortion may still exist

February 7, 2023 Maja Popovska

Abortion may still be protected by the constitution even after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, POLITICO reports. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., suggested that there may still be a constitutional right […]

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USDA updates nutrition standards for school meals

February 4, 2023 Maja Popovska

In an effort to make school meals healthier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday put forth significant reforms, with a focus on cutting salt and sugar, The Hill reports. The plan, which will […]

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Mpox almost gone in US 

February 1, 2023 Maja Popovska

The Biden administration ended the U.S. public health emergency declaration for the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, CNN reported. The outbreak leaves both lessons and mysteries in its past.  Over the summer, the virus […]

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Biden Ends Covid Emergency Status

January 31, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Biden will end the U.S.’s Covid emergency status on May 11. It marks a major step meant to signal that the crisis era of the pandemic is over. It comes nearly three years after the […]

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FDA Committee Votes to Roll Out a New Covid Vaccination Strategy

January 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously on a proposal to simplify the nation’s strategy for vaccinating people against Covid. The federal advisory panel is aiming to simplify and […]

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Blood Test Developed That Detects Alzheimer’s Years Before Diagnosis

January 27, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London showed that a blood-based test developed by its scientists could detect Alzheimer’s disease three and a half years before a clinical […]

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FDA Proposes Limits for Lead in Baby Food

January 25, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Food and Drug Administration wants to limit the amount of lead in baby food.  The FDA proposed maximum limits for the amount of lead in baby foods after years of studies revealed that many […]

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