#Political promises won’t end drug shortages

#Political promises won’t end drug shortages

At any given point this year, at least 300 prescription drugs in the U.S. have been in short supply. From ADHD medication to chemotherapy treatments, patients’ well-being and longevity are put at risk by critically low supplies when patients are unable to get the drugs they need.  If drug shortages have hit anyone harder than…

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#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee  

#Democrats urge FDA to include civil rights, disability and ethics advocates on digital health committee  

A group of Democratic senators asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include members with backgrounds in civil rights, medical ethics and disability rights on the agency’s new Digital Health Advisory Committee. The FDA announced the nine-member committee in October to help explore issues related to digital health technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and…

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#Press: Impeach me now, tell me why later 

#Press: Impeach me now, tell me why later 

For Republican members of the 118th Congress, it’s a good thing they can’t be expelled for legislative malpractice. If so, they’d all be out of a job. And rightfully so.  Last week’s vote to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden is one of the most irresponsible actions taken in the history of Congress. It is…

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#As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces

#As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces

The scenes of Jewish students experiencing antisemitism on college campuses are frightening. But colleges are also workplaces, and the antisemitism that Jewish staff and faculty are experiencing is no less frightening for its intensity, their inability to avoid it and their greater and more particularized fear of retaliation. The agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination…

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#President Biden says he’s fighting back against abortion bans. He’s ignoring the oldest one

#President Biden says he’s fighting back against abortion bans. He’s ignoring the oldest one

We are in the midst of a monumental reckoning for last year’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights have won in every election since the ruling, and politicians are scrambling to respond to a popular constituency that they neglected for years. Yet the reproductive rights movement should make one thing clear to any politician…

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