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Trump’s New Rules On Coal Plants Could Lead To More Premature Deaths, EPA Models Show
“This is a declaration of war against America and all of humanity — it will not stand,” says Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown. Meanwhile, a dozen states that support Obama-era regulations vow to file court challenges to the changes. Other reports on environmental news include warnings about the health toxins caused by wildfires in the West.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, said in his meeting with Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, that Kavanaugh refused to say whether Roe v. Wade had been settled correctly. “That should send shivers down the spine” of people who support the right to abortion, the New York senator said.
Each day, Karina Garcia has to take her son Jojo, a 19-year-old with severe epilepsy, off school grounds to squirt a dose of cannabis oil into his mouth, then return him to school for his special education classes. In other news: several counties file a legal challenge to the state’s mobile needle-exchange service. And a poll surveys Americans’ knowledge of overdose antidote medications.
Sen. Harris Targets ‘Implicit Bias’ To Improve Maternal Health, Especially For Black Women
“A large part of it is the biases that exist in the medical health professions that lead to these women not being taken seriously,” says Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.). “Frankly, there are a lot of biases that exist .… It’s a truth, uncomfortable as it may be.” In other women’s health news, the Palm Springs Desert Sun reports on access issues with pharmacist-prescribed birth control.
California Law Protecting Health Care Workers Is Model For National Efforts On Workplace Violence
Advocates for health care workers hope to change the view that attacks can be part of the job. In other news, nurses tend to the homeless in a program in Sacramento, and state officials are trying to recruit more dentists to accept Medi-Cal patients.
Anthem, Walmart Partner To Expand Seniors’ Access To Over-The-Counter Meds
Beginning in January 2019, Anthem Medicare Advantage members will be able to use their insurance for over-the-counter drugs, first-aid and other such supplies.
Public Health Roundup: Cancer Survival In Kids; Transforming Blood Types
News outlets cover more public health stories, including one Parkland shooting survivor’s interest in medicine and steps teachers are taking to make school lockdown less scary for kids.
Growing Number Of Americans Report Near-Constant Marijuana Use As Experts Worry About Dependency
“There are plenty of people who have problems with it, in terms of things like concentration, short-term memory, and motivation,” Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, tells The Atlantic. “People will say, ‘Oh, that’s just you fuddy-duddy doctors.’ Actually, no. It’s millions of people who use the drug who say that it causes problems.” In other pot news, more pregnant women are using the drug.
Also in the news: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is focused on issues of protecting Roe v. Wade as the Senate readies to consider the Trump administration’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And the Food and Drug Administration OKs two new forms of birth control.
Trump Presses Senate To Pass Bill Aimed At Ending Shipments Of Synthetic Opioids Into The U.S.
The bill has already been passed by the House but a group of eight health industry groups oppose part of the measure. In other news from the Trump administration: the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to relax coal-fired power plant emissions rules, and the Department of Health and Human Services considers action on prescription drug rebates.