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• Abbott Restarts Baby Formula Plant Linked to Contamination The February shutdown of the largest formula factory in the country led to the supply problems that have forced some parents to seek formula from food banks, friends and doctor’s offices.
  Associated Press, June 06, 2022
• Novavax Hopes Its COVID Shot Wins Over FDA, Vaccine Holdouts The FDA is poised to consider authorization for Novavax's COVID vaccine this month. The company is hoping to find a niche among some of the unvaccinated who might agree to a more traditional protein vaccine.
  Associated Press, June 03, 2022
• With Roe in Doubt, States Weigh Letting Nurses Do Abortions Abortion rights activists are pushing for more state laws that would allow advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives to perform early-term abortions.
  Associated Press, June 02, 2022
• Baby Formula Shortage Highlights Racial Disparities The mother of two had been struggling to breastfeed her 1-month-old daughter ever since she was born, when the hospital gave the baby formula first without consulting her on her desire to breastfeed.
  Associated Press, May 27, 2022
• UCLA Reinstates Mask Mandate as California COVID Cases Surge Los Angeles County's public health director, Barbara Ferrer, applauded UCLA's decision, which she said comes amid a "substantial uptick" in cases across the region.
  Associated Press, May 27, 2022
• US Census Bureau: Big City Losses Early in COVID Pandemic "The pandemic really changed my mindset about how I wanted to live or how I needed to live."
  Associated Press, May 26, 2022
• US Making COVID Antiviral Drug More Available at Test Sites The nation's first federally backed test-to-treat site is opening Thursday in Rhode Island, providing patients with immediate access to the drug once they test positive.
  Associated Press, May 26, 2022
• 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