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President Biden on Wednesday signed legislation expanding medical eligibility for veterans exposed to the toxin. This bill has immediate implications for the President.
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Biden signs veterans’ exposure to toxic substances bill
President Biden on Wednesday signed a bill that expands benefits for millions of veterans who have been exposed to toxins while on the job and who are suffering from illness as a result.
Sergeant. Honoring our commitment to addressing the 1st Class Heath Robinson Comprehensive Toxicology (PACT) Act will also expand our service connectivity estimates for a range of conditions associated with exposure to toxic substances.
- “This is the most important law our country has ever passed to help the millions of veterans who are exposed to toxic substances during military service,” Biden said in the East Room.
- “You know, Secretary McDonough can tell you that I was going to get this done.
Biden’s signature comes after a months-long legislative journey that culminated in the bill gaining bipartisan support.
Personal connection: Biden previously said he believed his late son Beau Biden’s brain tumor was linked to exposure to toxic burn scars.
The PACT Act extends Veterans Affairs (VA) medical eligibility to veterans who served in the post-9/11 era and creates a framework for establishing presumptions of service connections related to toxic exposure.
The Senate initially passed the bill by a vote of 84-14 in June, and the House later passed the bill by a vote of 342-88 in July and sent it back to the Senate due to technical changes.
However, in late July, the Senate fell five votes short of the 60 votes needed to pass the bill, and the 25 Republicans who had previously voted to pass the bill changed their votes. passed the bill 86-11, with all “no” votes cast by Republicans, citing concerns about the bill’s cost.
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Opioid trial finds Walgreens to blame
Walgreens contributed to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco by dispensing hundreds of thousands of prescriptions without conducting proper due diligence, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that over a 15-year period, Walgreens pharmacists failed to block or flag questionable orders, including tens of thousands of orders from doctors with questionable prescribing patterns. Did.
“Walgreens pharmacies filled large volumes of medically illegal opioid prescriptions, which were diverted for illicit use, likely contributing significantly to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco,” Breyer wrote.
The city of San Francisco has sued dozens of defendants, including pharmacies, drug companies and distributors, in connection with the San Francisco opioid epidemic. Walgreens was the only company not settled by the time the trial ended in his July.
Walgreens answer: “Facts and law do not support the court’s decision. As stated in this process, we have never manufactured or sold opioids, nor have we distributed them to the “Pill Mills” or internet pharmacies that have contributed to this crisis. We stand by the professionalism and integrity of pharmacists who are dedicated medical professionals. ”
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Few Americans say COVID-19 situation is improving: Gallup
Few Americans believe the COVID-19 situation in the country is improving, according to a new Gallup poll.
A poll released Wednesday found that 41% of respondents said the situation with COVID-19 was improving in the United States, down 22 percentage points from similar polls released in April and May. increase.
The poll found that 30% of respondents said the country’s COVID-19 situation was getting worse, while 29% of those surveyed said it remained the same.
Partisan division: The change was particularly pronounced among Democratic respondents.
In Gallup’s April and May polls, 56% of Democrats said things were improving, compared with just 29% in the new poll. Whereas they thought things were getting worse, 44% now think it’s getting worse.
58% of Republican respondents believe the country’s COVID-19 situation has improved, while 41% of independent respondents believe the same sentiment.
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Montana Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Restriction
Montana’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling temporarily blocking further restrictions on abortion.
Planned Parenthood said in a statement Tuesday that the Montana Supreme Court has blocked three laws enacted by the state legislature last year.
One law prohibited abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy, another set many barriers to medical abortion, and a third prohibited the provision of ultrasounds for those seeking an abortion. It was mandatory to submit documents.
A district court in September blocked the entry into force of these three laws. The Montana chapter of Planned Parenthood filed the first lawsuit challenging them.
“I am pleased that the Montana Supreme Court ruled today upholding a preliminary injunction issued by a district court in the fall, which is an inability to enforce three abortion laws, including a 20-week ban. It means that we will remain,” said Martha Stahl, president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood chapter of Montana, in a statement.
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Warren launches investigation into state abortion ban
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) has launched an investigation into how state abortion bans have impacted women’s access to health care for pregnancy, reproductive and non-reproductive care.
In a statement, Warren said her investigation was inspired by reports of “shocking stories from women in states that enacted radical abortion bans and criminalized medical care.”
A member of the Senate Subcommittee on Health Care, Warren contacted medical organizations such as the American Medical Association, Reproductive Health Physicians, National Nurses United, the American Pharmacists Association, and the American Hospital Association to gather more information. said.
- “These initial reports are a harbinger of the threats facing millions of women under a state-imposed abortion ban and their pledged ‘do no harm’ providers, and more states. They will only increase as the United States restricts access to abortion,” said the Massachusetts senator.
She highlighted specific instances in states such as Wisconsin and Texas where health care providers refused reproductive and related health care to women for fear of legal repercussions from state governments.
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what we are reading
- As monkeypox spreads, college campuses prepare for another outbreak (Stat News)
- WHO: COVID-19 deaths down 9% overall, transmission stable (Associated Press)
- New Langya virus that may have escaped from animals infects dozens (Washington Post)
by state
- Nebraska woman charged with aiding daughter’s abortion (Associated Press)
- New York physician group merges, federal warns of potential higher costs for patients (The Journal News)
- Louisiana Health Officials Directed To Remove LGBTQ Pride Content From Web (Louisiana Illuminator)
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