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The Newest FDA-Approved Injectable, SKINVIVE, Is Unlike Anything on the Market

“This is an important, watershed moment in injectable filler development.”

Marie Claire

The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

WEKU

Republican-appointed federal judges grill FDA in mifepristone hearing

A legal challenge against a widely used abortion drug could be headed to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

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Appeals court weighs FDA approval of abortion drug - Roll Call

The oral arguments in the abortion drug case are the latest in what has become the next front in the battle over abortion.

Roll Call

Federal appeals court seems skeptical of FDA's abortion pill approval

The court is likely to issue a final decision in the coming weeks.

Axios

New hope for an antidote to death cap mushrooms and other poison fungi

The death cap mushroom is one of the deadliest poison fungi on earth. Few effective treatments are available. But a team of Chinese and Australian scientists say they've made a leap forward.

WEKU

Beyond the 'abortion pill': Real-life experiences of individuals taking mifepristone

Ahead of oral arguments in a federal appeals court over access to mifepristone, more than 150 people shared stories with NPR about how they used the medication — and how it changed their lives.

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First Thing: Quad summit cancelled after Joe Biden calls off trip to Australia

Leaders will instead meet on sidelines of G7 in Hiroshima this weekend. Plus, how mifepristone became a target of the US anti-abortion movement

The Guardian - UK

How mifepristone became a target of the US anti-abortion movement

The abortion pill, first invented in 1980 in France, was slow to be accepted in the US. Now, it’s at the center of a major court fight

The Guardian - US

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

A federal appeals court in New Orleans hears arguments Wednesday on whether a drug used in the most common method of abortion was properly approved by a government agency more than two decades ago

The Independent UK

OpenAI Chief Sam Altman Wants an FDA-Style Agency for Artificial Intelligence

His licensing proposal would slow down A.I. innovation without really reducing A.I. risks.

Reason

An Innocuous Dye Could Hold the Antidote to the World’s Deadliest Mushroom

The death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) is responsible for the most food poisoning deaths worldwide. Scientists used CRISPR to identify a potential antidote.

Inverse

Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades-old rule – a health policy researcher explains the benefits

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on May 11, 2023, that it has officially dropped restrictions that prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood under many circumstances on May 11, 2023. The ban was initially put in place in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, but for…

The Conversation

1st-of-its-kind menopause drug targets brain misfiring behind hot flashes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new pill for moderate to severe hot flashes.

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Families scramble to find growth hormone drug as shortage drags on

Children who need growth hormone to achieve their full stature are having trouble getting the medicine. A shortage has stretched months longer than expected and could last the rest of the year.

Axios

The biggest startup flameouts of the last decade

Vice now joins an ignominious club of well-funded flameouts.

Inverse

Menstrual Products Are Wildly Unregulated — Here’s What to Watch Out For

Amid calls for more disclosure and research into the health effects of these products, some states require more transparency.

The Independent UK

Restaurant’s sushi roll blamed for poisoning 41 and killing 2

The fatal victims ordered the “special roll,” which contained salmon and morel mushrooms

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The Independent UK

New menopause drug for hot flashes gets FDA approval

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of drug to treat hot flashes caused by menopause

The Conversation

An obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what's behind the Victorian-era Comstock Act

Anti-abortion groups are looking for new ways to wage their battle against abortion rights, eyeing the potential implications of a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, that could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

The Conversation

Gene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness – and ongoing clinical trials are looking to extend these treatments to other diseases

An estimated 295 million people suffer from visual impairment globally. Around 43 million of those people are living with blindness. While not every form of blindness can be cured, recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered new ways to treat some forms of inherited blindness through gene therapy.

WEKU

More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules

While the number of people eligible to donate blood has expanded, the agency says it will continue to monitor the safety of the blood supply.

Al Jazeera

US relaxes restrictions for gay, bisexual men to donate blood

Updated guidelines will replace three-month abstinence rule that LGBTQ advocates had long decried as discriminatory.

The Independent UK

Restaurant’s sushi roll blamed for poisoning 41 and killing 2 in Montana

The fatal victims ordered the “special roll,” which contained salmon and morel mushrooms

The Independent UK

New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US

New blood donations rules will allow sexually active gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to give in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration guidelines ease decades-old restrictions on blood donations put in place to protect the blood supply from HIV

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