Medications
Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold
A government appeal in the legal fight over allowing girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions has officially been put on hold.
Jun 12, 2013
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Medications
Court to allow girls to buy morning-after for now (Update)
A federal appeals court is permitting girls of any age to buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales.
Jun 5, 2013
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Medications
Feds fight morning-after pill age ruling in NY
(AP)—Department of Justice lawyers have again asked a federal appeals court in New York to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after ...
May 25, 2013
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Health
US court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban
A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
May 21, 2013
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Health
US government files morning-after pill appeal (Update)
(AP)—The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.
May 13, 2013
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Health
US supreme court rejects challenge to new cigarette labeling
(HealthDay News) —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a tobacco industry challenge to a controversial 2009 federal law that mandates graphic warning labels on cigarettes. The high court refused to hear the case, essentially ...
Apr 22, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
US high court weighs dispute over AIDS funding
(AP)—The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Monday with the constitutional implications of a policy that forces private health organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition to get AIDS funding.
Apr 22, 2013
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Health
US to revise cigarette warning labels (Update)
The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit.
Mar 19, 2013
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Health
NY court: Group can sue over soap chemical
(AP)—A New York federal appeals court says environmental activists can try to prove that a chemical found in some soaps is potentially dangerous.
Mar 15, 2013
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Medications
US court rejects bid to reclassify marijuana (Update 2)
A U.S. appeals court Tuesday rejected a petition to reclassify marijuana from its current federal status as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical use.
Jan 22, 2013
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