Biden signs bill to declassify intelligence on Wuhan lab
President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on any possible links between a lab in China and the…
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Read the transcript of Texas court hearing on fate of mifepristone
Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023.Moises Avila | AFP | Getty ImagesA federal judge in…
Texas judge will soon rule on mifepristone. Here’s what could happen
The Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine wants Judge Kacsmaryk to nullify the FDA's medical approval of mifepristone, which would effectively ban the abortion pill across the US.Senate…
Democrats tell Walmart, Costco, Albertsons, Kroger to sell mifepristone
In this 2018 photo, mifepristone and misoprostol pills are provided at a Carafem clinic for medication abortions in Skokie, Illinois.Erin Hooley | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesSenate…
Texas judge told attorneys to keep date of a key hearing quiet
Citing death threats and harassing phone calls, the federal judge who is presiding over a pivotal case that could decide the future of the abortion pill in the U.S. asked attorneys not to…
Judge shares hearing date after outcry
A federal judge in Texas publicly disclosed that he scheduled a hearing in a case seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, after…
Veterans’ Health will cover Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi for some patients
The Veterans' Health Administration will cover Eisai and Biogen's Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi for some patients, the companies announced on Monday.In a statement, Eisai said veterans in…
House votes to declassify intelligence on possible Wuhan lab leak
Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus…
North Carolina lawmakers intervene to defend restrictions
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022.Evelyn Hockstein |…
Biden budget would cap monthly insulin prices at $35 for people with private insurance
A woman who had type 1 diabetes since she was a teenager, displays her insulin for injection, on March 02, 2023 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden's federal…