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A growing number of legislators in the state of South Dakota believe you should have the right to decide what goes into your body and have introduced a bill that would end vaccine mandates and all future medical mandates that may be introduced in the state in the generations to come. The US Supreme Court …
In an initiative to reduce the amount of e-cigarettes being smoked by teenagers a compromise has been met in a temporary partial ban, with sales of most flavored pods popular with youth being banned but flavored liquid nicotine for open tank devices being exempt in attempted action of the current administration against the increasingly growing …
President Trump has signed the “right to try” legislation allowing critically ill patients the right to bypass the FDA regulations for access to experimental medicine, this provides hope to many who may not have otherwise had. The FDA already has an expanded access program for compassionate use for certain seriously ill patients to apply to …
Government officials have announced that it is ending medical research by government scientists using human fetal tissue, disregarding advice from scientists reminding that such research has led to lifesaving medical advances. In a statement Health and Human Services Department announced policy changes will not affect privately funded research, and government funded research conducted by universities …