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More medical gloves are coming from China, as U.S. makers of protective gear struggle

The federal government has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to boost American production of medical gloves, but some companies say it's not enough when imported gloves have gotten cheaper.

WEKU

GOP adds social policy riders to House Labor-HHS-Education spending bill - Roll Call

As House scrambles to complete spending bills, the latest Labor-HHS-Education bill includes new conservative social policy riders.

Roll Call

Tennessee attorney general sues federal government over abortion rule blocking funding

Tennessee’s top legal chief says the federal government is wrongly withholding millions of dollars in family planning funds after the state refused to comply with federal rules requiring clinics to provide abortion referrals due to its current ban on the procedure

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Becerra, White House release $3.7 billion in home heating aid - Roll Call

The Biden administration is releasing 90 percent of the fiscal 2024 allocated funding for LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Roll Call

Mammograms are recommended beginning at age 50. Are women getting them?

71.6% of women 50 and older have had a mammogram in the past two years. The biggest gap in screening rates is between insured and uninsured women.

USAFacts

The U.S. is modernizing its 39-year-old organ transplant system–just in time for the AI revolution

For the first time since the national system’s creation in 1984, multiple organizations will participate in the system’s operations.

Fortune

US nutrition panel’s ties to top food giants revealed in new report

Transparency group US Right to Know finds members linked to Nestlé, Coca-Cola and others, raising conflict-of-interest questions

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What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?

Medicare and Medicaid are mandatory spending programs and that keeps them relatively safe in the early days of the shutdown, but 42% of the Department of Health's staff will be furloughed.

WEKU

How Medicare Is Affected by a Government Shutdown

A look at how Medicare is affected by a government shutdown, as well as other government-related health care.

Kiplinger

Where to order free COVID tests from the U.S. government—and why you should think twice before throwing away expired ones

If your medicine cabinet is bereft of COVID tests, now is the time to stock up: The U.S. government is again mailing out free kits, ahead of an anticipated fall and winter surge.

Fortune

Here’s how to get free Covid at-home tests as cases rise

Starting 25 September, all American households can place an order for four free tests

The Independent UK

Here’s how to get free Covid tests

Starting 25 September, all American households can place an order for four free tests

The Independent UK

How to get free Covid tests from the government

Starting 25 September, all American households can place an order for four free tests

The Independent UK

4 free COVID-19 tests per household will be available Monday — how to get them

The Biden administration is providing funding to produce another round of free at-home tests via the COVIDtests.gov program.

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The Independent UK

Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household

Roll Call

Abortion rights group seeks legal action over emergencies - Roll Call

The Center for Reproductive Rights contends bans in three states blocked women from seeking abortions in emergency medical circumstances.

Roll Call

With naloxone now more available, HHS officials tout its use - Roll Call

The event, held at HHS headquarters, came during the same week that naloxone became available for purchase without a prescription.

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3 Cannabis Stocks to Consider Buying as HHS Recommends Easing Restrictions on Marijuana

Cannabis stocks could deliver outsized gains if marijuana is rescheduled, per a recent HHS recommendation. While the DEA weighs its options, here's a look at three names with significant upside potential, according to analysts.

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Reason

35 Years Ago, a Judge Said Marijuana Did Not Belong in Schedule I. HHS Finally Agrees.

The 1988 case highlighted the DEA's stubborn insistence that marijuana has no "accepted medical use."

Chicago Sun-Times

Marijuana reclassification won’t fix conflict between state, federal laws on pot

Moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III would facilitate medical research and benefit pot suppliers, but the federal prohibition on pot use would remain.

Reason

Rescheduling Marijuana Would Leave Federal Prohibition Essentially Untouched

Although the HHS-recommended change would benefit researchers and the cannabis industry, it would not resolve the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws.

Roll Call

HHS releases long-awaited nursing home staffing proposal - Roll Call

The Biden administration's proposed rule would mandate minimum staffing in nursing homes, but it falls short of what advocates had pushed for.

The Independent UK

US regulators might change how they classify marijuana. Here's what that would mean

When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed

Reason

What Rescheduling Marijuana Would and Wouldn't Do

Although it would leave federal prohibition essentially untouched, the change would facilitate medical research and dramatically reduce taxes on state-licensed suppliers.

Reason

The High Costs of Biden's Price-Controlled Drugs

Americans will be sicker and deader in the long run than they otherwise would have been.

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