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Hillary is great, but look at other women too, activists say
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton would be the runaway favorite among Democrats for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, a new Quinnipiac University poll shows, but activists at EMILY’s List, who have launched a campaign to elect the first...
Tags: Joe Biden, Mark R. Warner, Executive Branch, Politics, Regional Authority
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Obama 'very comfortable' with age restriction on 'morning after' pill
MEXICO CITY -- President Obama says he’s “very comfortable” with a Food and Drug Administration ruling that maintains age restrictions on females who can buy the so-called morning after pill without a prescription. The rule announced...Tags: Justice System, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Politics
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Plan B One-Step debate continues
Confused by the wrangling in federal court over the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive? You're not the only one. As U.S. attorneys work hastily to halt a federal judge's order regarding the sale of the so-called morning-after pill, medical and...
Tags: Consumers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Health Treatments
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Plan B contraception and Obama's betrayal of women
President Obama spit his game, as the kids say, when he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd at a Planned Parenthood conference a little over a week ago: “You’re making me blush,” he cooed to their thunderous applause. “I love you back.&...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Science, sex and birth control
Democrats claim we have one party that upholds science and one that rejects it. When it comes to climate change, presidential polling, stem cells, evolution and other topics, we are told, Republicans have no use for actual experts. They'd rather listen to...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Abortion Issue, Acetaminophen (drug), Justice System, Chemical Industry
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Obama's budget eyes health costs, cigarette tax
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the...
Tags: Tobacco Products, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, Health Insurance Cost
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Common sense on Plan B
Last week, a federal district judge in New York ruled that girls younger than 17 should be allowed to purchase the Plan B contraceptive pill over the counter. Unlike the Obama administration, Judge Edward Korman got this one right. The 2011 decision by...Tags: Justice System, Health Organizations, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments
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U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine
Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...
Tags: Science, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Health Treatments, Research
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Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Social Security, Politics, Barbara A. Mikulski, National Parks
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Corbett’s Medicaid Mire Campaign Fodder?
Capitol IdeasYo, If you see smoke coming from the Capitol on Tuesday, don’t panic. It’s senate Democrats trying to light a fire under Public Welfare Department to get Gov. Tom Corbett to accept Medicaid expansion that is being offered under the...... -
Court ruling lifts age limit on morning-after pill
President Obama once fretted about the prospect that girls as young as 10 or 11 could walk into a drugstore and buy emergency contraception pills as easily as "bubble gum or batteries." With his blessing, the Department of Health and Human Services...Tags: Planned Parenthood, Health Organizations, Justice System, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Teen contraception decision: Doctors say science trumps politics
Science trumped politics, but politics may still present problems for teens trying to purchase emergency contraception. “A lot of stuff is going to happen over the next 30 days,” said Dr. Cora Breuner, a pediatric medicine specialist at...Tags: Justice System, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Health Treatments
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