SCOTUS Issues Temporary Stay on Abortion Pill Restrictions On Friday, SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary hold on a Texas district judge's ruling that blocked the Food and Drug Admin.'s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone after the Dept. of Justice (DOJ) requested the Supreme Court's intervention.... Abortion
California to End Business With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Issue On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted that the state would cease doing business with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain announced that it wouldn't dispense abortion pills in 20 Republican states.... Abortion
CDC Issues Alert for Drug-Resistant Stomach Bug The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it's tracking a rise in stomach illnesses caused by infections with 'extensively drug-resistant' Shigella bacteria. Shigella is resistant to multiple antibiotics including azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and ceftriaxone.... Medicine & healthcare
US States Suing for Improved Abortion Pill Access A lawsuit filed Thursday by a dozen Democratic Party-led US states, led by Washington and Oregon, challenges federal restrictions put on mifepristone, the abortion pill, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).... Abortion
US Study: Nasal COVID Vaccine Shows Promise in Phase 1 Trial Preliminary results from a Phase 1 clinical trial of a nasal vaccine developed by US-based startup Blue Lake Biotechnology have shown to reduce the risk of symptomatic COVID by 86% over three months when used as a booster dose.... Vaccination
FDA Considering Over-the-Counter Narcan On Wednesday, independent advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to recommend the over-the-counter sale of Narcan, known generically as naloxone. Narcan is used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses by blocking the effect of opiates on the brain.... United States of America
Moderna CEO to Testify on COVID Vaccine Price Hike Stéphane Bancel, the CEO of Moderna, is scheduled to testify before the US Senate about plans to raise the price of its COVID vaccine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) confirmed Wednesday.... United States of America
Australian Study: Lung Protein May Prevent COVID According to a University of Sydney study published in the journal PLOS Biology on Friday, a protein produced in the lungs called LRRC15 can stick to the COVID virus to form a natural protective barrier to block infection, which could explain why different people suffer from different severities ... Metaculus
Study: Antidepressants May Be Linked to Antibiotic Resistance A new study from Australia's Queensland University has shown that the use of antidepressants may cause antibiotic resistance in the Escherichia coli (E Pharmaceuticals
Antibiotic Use in Farming to Climb Amid Fears of Drug-Resistance A study published in PLOS Global Public Health 3 has found that the use of antibiotics in animal farming is forecast to climb 8% between 2020 and 2030. Overuse of antibiotics in animals is believed to cause an increase in antibiotic resistance in humans, in turn causing a rise in untreatable bact... Metaculus
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