The following is a summary of current health news.
Explainer: Can Pill Prescriptions Overcome US Abortion Ban?
If the U.S. Supreme Court upholds its landmark 1973 Row v. Wade decision, the right to abortion nationwide, the demand for abortion pills, which can be determined through online telemedicine visits, will increase. Conservative states have already rushed to limit the practice, and if the row falls, they will be able to ban it altogether, experts say. What is a medical abortion?
Cowid America case increased, N. American case increased for 5th week -PAHO
The number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. rose 12.7% last week from the previous week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday, as infections continued to rise in Central and North America. More than 616,000 new cases were reported in the U.S. last week, with the death toll down 1% from 4,200, the agency said.
Rhode Island Supreme Court upholds state abortion rights law
Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law guaranteeing the abortion rights of its citizens, as abortion rights appear to be under threat at the national level. The Rhode Island Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by several individuals and the abortion group Servants of Christ for Life, challenging the state's reproductive privacy law. The law, signed in 2019 by then-Governor Gina Raymondo, a Democrat, effectively protects the rights to abortion, as defined by the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Rowe v. Wade.
Regeneration of Covid drugs outside the United States helps reduce revenue
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has reported better-than-expected sales from its COVID-19 antibody outside the United States and its strong demand for the blockbuster drug Dupixant and Ilia. The প্রথম 216 million first-quarter sales of intravenous covid drug through a partnership with Roche, which sells drugs under the Ronaprev brand outside the United States, have helped Regeneron limit the risk of not being sold in the United States – its largest market.
Factbox-abortion in America if Supreme Court overturns Rowe v. Wade
Here is how abortion could be in the United States if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Row v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The first restrictions will apply in 13 states, including the so-called Trigger Act https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe# If this judgment is ever overturned, it will take effect. The states are Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, according to the Gutmachar Institute, an abortion rights advocacy group.
With the spread of the virus in China, Beijing has taken steps to prevent covid
Beijing has closed several metro stations and bus routes and on Wednesday extended COVID-19 bans on several public venues, focusing on efforts to avert Shanghai's fate, where millions of people have been under severe lockdown for more than a month. The central city of Zhengzhou had earlier announced restrictions, with dozens of large populations joining the center under some form of lockdown because China wanted to eradicate a virus that was believed to have first appeared in Wuhan in late 2019.
The United States granted emergency contraception after the Supreme Court reduced the right to abortion
White House spokeswoman Jane Sackie said Wednesday that she was looking at a grant from the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to help fund emergency contraceptive expansion as a possible response to a 1973 Supreme Court overturning decision. White House spokeswoman Jane Sackie said Wednesday. “What we've done so far … where we've seen restrictions … created is the need for grant awards for example, which provide funding to expand emergency contraceptive access,” Saki told reporters at a press briefing.
Grants to US abortion rights groups The number of clinics has risen since the Supreme Court leaked.
Grants to abortion clinics and abortion rights advocacy groups have been flooded since a leaked US Supreme Court ruling showed that judges were apparently ready to overturn the 1973 Landmark Row v. Wade ruling. The draft ruling, released by Politico on Monday evening, sparked a frenzy of American abortion clinics, groups that pay individuals for abortions and help organizations seek to secure abortion access.
Moderna is seeing more sales of the Covid vaccine later this year
Moderna Inc on Wednesday forecast more vaccine sales in the second half of the year than in the first six months, as it expects the virus that causes COVID-19 to follow a more seasonal pattern that requires a booster shot in the fall. The U.S. vaccine maker is developing a potential next-generation booster that aims to create broader protections targeting both the Omicron variant as well as the main strain of the coronavirus.
Abortion-rights protesters rally in US, draft inspired by Supreme Court opinion
Protesters rallied in cities across the United States on Tuesday under the slogan “Stop Our Bodies,” demanding the protection of abortion rights after a draft Supreme Court opinion was leaked that would overturn the 1973 Rowe v. Wade ruling. Thousands of people turned out for the abortion-rights rally in New York City, one of the largest protests by Americans for political and social upliftment, just months before voters went to the polls in the midterm congressional elections.
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