Health

• Nobel in medicine goes to 2 scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

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  Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

• Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison

  1-10-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 40

  Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison.

• Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

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  As Nebraska's new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the...

• Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy change

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  Mississippi has seen a consistent rise in the number of families accepting public assistance for child care since lawmakers banned abortion in...

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• Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally

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  Dianne Feinstein once stood at the center of a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. Decades later, in death, she's being lauded by LGBTQ+ leaders as a...

• The Supreme Court will take up abortion and gun cases in its new term while ethics concerns swirl

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  The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics - guns and abortion - and concerns about ethics swirling around the...

• House adds anti-abortion guardrails to bill reauthorizing global AIDS relief

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  The House has voted to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief after adding pro-life protections, teeing up a showdown with the...

• EEOC sues UnitedHealthcare for firing workers who wanted religious exemptions to vaccine mandates

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  The Biden administration has filed federal lawsuits against two employers that denied religious accommodation to workers seeking an exemption from...

• Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation, authorities say

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  Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones has been arrested on accusations of violating a domestic violence temporary protection order,...

• Confirmed heat deaths in Arizona's most populous metro keep rising even as the weather turns cooler

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  Confirmed heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county continue rising even as the weather turns cooler in the hottest metropolitan...

• The Navy will start randomly testing SEALs and special warfare troops for steroids

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  The Navy will begin randomly testing its special operations forces for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs beginning in November, taking...

• Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky

  30-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 42

  Tennessee and Kentucky can continue to ban gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws...