Health
US gun deaths reach new highs
Murders and suicides involving guns have reached an all-time high in the United States, health officials reported Thursday.
Oct 7, 2022
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News tagged with health law
Health
New survey suggests little progress against U.S. teen vaping
The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there's been little progress in keeping e-cigarettes out of the hands of kids.
Oct 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Eliminating sexual violence could reduce poor mental health among teens
The prevalence of serious mental health problems among 17-year-olds could drop by as much as 16.8% for girls and 8.4% for boys if they were not subjected to sexual violence, such as sexual assault and harassment, according ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Medications
US law can't require coverage of HIV prevention drugs, judge rules
A US judge ruled Wednesday in favor of Christian employers who refuse, on religious grounds, to provide workers with health insurance that covers the cost of drugs that help prevent HIV/AIDS.
Sep 8, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Veterans who worked as 9/11 first responders can't access WTC health program due to technicality
Nate Coward didn't ask questions when his company of the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment was called on to recover and bury the Pentagon's dead after a jetliner blew a massive hole in the military headquarters on Sept. 11, 2001.
Aug 30, 2022
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Addiction
Understanding supervised safe injection sites
This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed supervised injection sites in the state. The legislation would have allowed supervised injection sites to operate in Los Angeles, San Francisco ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Health
Access to paid sick leave linked to lower mortality rate among US adult workers
Access to paid sick leave is linked to a lower rate of mortality among US working age men and women, according to new research in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study shows that laws requiring employers ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
South Carolina lawmakers consider near total abortion ban
A small group of South Carolina lawmakers have given their approval to a near total abortion ban that does not include exceptions for pregnancies' caused by rape or incest.
Aug 16, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Biden to sign executive order protecting women traveling for abortion
President Joe Biden was poised to sign a new executive order on Wednesday that would make it easier for women to travel to another state to get an abortion.
Aug 3, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nearly half of all states have now passed laws limiting authority to respond to public health emergencies
Newly updated data released today by the Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research on LawAtlas.org captures details of laws in 21 states that establish new limits on executive authority to act in response to ...
Jul 28, 2022
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