Health

On Tuesday, a judge in Western New York invalidated a ballot measure called the Equal Rights Amendment. This measure would have made reproductive rights and protection against discrimination part of the state constitution. State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle, a Republican from the Rochester area, ruled that the state Legislature did not follow the correct procedure when passing the measure.

A group of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will convene in the next month to discuss Eli Lilly's new Alzheimer's drug, the company announced on Tuesday. The meeting will take place on June 10, three months after the FDA expressed its intention for experts to carefully assess the safety and effectiveness of the drug, known as donanemab. …

The newly appointed Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin has a number of challenging issues to address in his in-tray. The public is eagerly waiting for him to take action on the…

A federal judge on Monday rejected an attempt to toss a suit challenging Alabama’s attorney general’s threat to prosecute those who help with out-of-state travel for abortions, paving the way for the case to move forward. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, in a preliminary ruling Monday, said the case brought by the Yellowhammer Fund —…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked state public health officials to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to livestock workers to prevent the spread of bird flu. The CDC's assessment indicates that the risk of bird flu to the general public remains low, but workers in close proximity to…

The financial outlook for Medicare improved in the past year, and the program’s funding to pay all the costs for hospital services of older and disabled beneficiaries won’t run out until 2036, five years later than last year’s estimated date. A stronger than expected economy and lower expenditures on services such as inpatient hospital and…