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• FDA Chief Under Fire for Slow Response to Baby Formula Issue Califf testified before a House subcommittee probing the shortage, which has snowballed into a major political controversy and forced the U.S. to begin airlifting products from Europe.
  Associated Press, May 25, 2022
• Pandemic-Weary Americans Plan for Summer Despite COVID Surge A COVID-19 surge is underway that is starting to cause disruptions as the school year wraps up and Americans prepare for summer vacations.
  Associated Press, May 25, 2022
• Google Must Protect Privacy of Abortion Patients More than 40 Democratic members of Congress are asking Google to stop the unnecessary collection of people's location data, arguing the information could be used to identify women seeking abortions.
  Associated Press, May 25, 2022
• FDA Chief to Detail Delays Inspecting Baby Formula Plant Califf gives the first detailed account of why it took his agency months to inspect the plant after first learning of potential problems last fall.
  Associated Press, May 25, 2022
• Opponents of Federal Vaccine Mandate Seek Rehearing A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
  Associated Press, May 23, 2022
• Florida Suspends Abortion Clinic After Hospitalizations An abortion clinic that serves women from all over the US South had its license suspended this weekend under an emergency order from Florida health officials after two women were hospitalized this year.
  Associated Press, May 23, 2022
• Here's How Abortion Clinics Are Preparing for Roe to Fall 'I think at this point, we all know the stark reality that we’re facing in Tennessee. We are going to lose abortion access this year,' said Jennifer Pepper, CEO, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health.
  Associated Press, May 20, 2022
• What We Know About Shuttered Baby Formula Plant And even bigger questions remain unanswered, including what caused the contamination and whether U.S. regulators could have alleviated the current formula shortage by stepping in sooner.
  Associated Press, May 18, 2022
• Two More Bills Targeting COVID Rules Head to AZ Gov. Ducey's Desk Tuesday's state Senate votes were the latest moves by GOP lawmakers to limit what they have called government overreach.
  Associated Press, May 18, 2022
• Now Is the Time to Head Off Summer COVID Surge: New Orleans Case counts average 155 a day, five times higher than a month ago, and wastewater tests show increased coronavirus concentrations in both residential and tourist areas.
  Associated Press, May 17, 2022
• New US Hospitals Face Fiscal Crisis Over COVID Relief Money Three US medical centers say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because the facilities are so new they lack full financial statements from before the crisis to prove how much it cost them.
  Associated Press, May 17, 2022
• US Allows More Baby Formula Imports to Fight Shortage 'The FDA expects measures and steps it's taking with infant formula manufacturers will mean more and more supply is on the way or on store shelves moving forward,' said FDA commissioner Robert Califf.
  Associated Press, May 17, 2022
• Baby Formula Shortage Fueling Spike in Milk Bank Interest It's a pathway that won't work for every formula-fed baby, especially those with special dietary needs.
  Associated Press, May 16, 2022
• Idaho Announces $119 Million Opioid Crisis Settlement Republican Gov. Brad Little and Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said it's the second-largest consumer settlement in state history.
  Associated Press, May 13, 2022
• Parents Swap, Sell Baby Formula; Biden to Talk to Businesses "They say it takes a village to raise a baby. Little did I know my village spans the entire US as I ping friends/family for their...local Walmarts to have them ship directly to me."
  Associated Press, May 12, 2022
• Creeping COVID-19 Cases Result in Few Mask Mandates in Schools The return of masking in schools is not nearly as widespread as earlier in the pandemic, particularly as the public's worries over the virus have ebbed.
  Associated Press, May 12, 2022
• The Tiniest Babies: Shifting the Boundary of Life Earlier Growing numbers of extremely premature infants are getting lifesaving treatment and surviving.
  Associated Press, May 12, 2022
• Running an Abortion Cinic While Waiting for Court Decision There are the clients — so many of them desperate, in need, grateful. There are the abortion opponents — passionate, relentless, often furious.
  Associated Press, May 10, 2022
• Motherhood Deferred: US Median Age for Giving Birth Hits 30 As an older parent celebrating Mother's Day on Sunday, Jacobs feels she has more resources for her son, 9, than she would have had in her 20s.
  Associated Press, May 06, 2022
• Tenn. Governor Signs Bill Regulating Medication Abortions A medical clinician will be required to be physically present when abortion pills are administered to a patient even though federal regulations now allow mail delivery nationwide.
  Associated Press, May 06, 2022