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40 million would lose abortion access if court blocks pill, study shows

163% more women would lose access to abortion care if the FDA's approval of mifepristone is revoked.

Axios · Feb 10, 2023

Dominic Raab calls for 'zero bullying' despite claims he drove officials to breakdowns

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said he is 'confident' he has 'behaved professionally at all times' after civil servants who worked for him warned they had lost weight, suffered breakdowns or even felt suicidal

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2023

Stop speaking publicly about bullying inquiry, union chief tells Raab

The Deputy Prime Minister has said that the allegations against him published in the media were ‘mostly incorrect’.

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

CBD is not a cure-all – here's what science says about its real health benefits

Over the last five years, an often forgotten piece of U.S. federal legislation – the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill – has ushered in an explosion of interest in the medical potential of cannabis-derived cannabidiol, or CBD.

The Conversation · Feb 9, 2023

Q&A: Why Bernie Sanders says his ‘Medicare for All’ dream must wait

After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. The job gives the health care industry’s biggest Washington nemesis an unprecedented opportunity to shape health care reform in Congress. But…

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Remembering the Great Pizza Funeral of 1973

Fifty years ago, dozens of people gathered in Ossineke, Michigan, for one of the strangest funerals in American history

Reason · Feb 9, 2023

Trump judge’s ruling could ban abortion pill across the US

Far-right groups have asked to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, which has been on the market for decades

The Guardian - US · Feb 9, 2023

Robin Abcarian: Bad news: A Texas judge holds the future of medication abortion in his very conservative hands

Could a federal judge really declare that an abortion drug used safely by millions of American women over more than two decades did not receive proper vetting and force it off the market?

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

Texas scientists create fentanyl vaccine to combat opioid epidemic

To combat the fentanyl epidemic in the United States, researchers at the University of Houston have created a fentanyl vaccine that could help prevent overdoses. They aim to test the vaccine in a human trial within the next year.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Biden's Anti-Vaping Policies Undermine Cancer Moonshot

To reduce cancer deaths, Biden should stop restricting safer nicotine alternatives.

Reason · Feb 8, 2023