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Analysis-Hims’ obesity drug business may get boost as employers drop coverage

By Amina Niasse NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - Telehealth provider Hims and Hers Health may get a boost next year from employers dropping coverage of weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Zepbound and Foundayo to rein in costs, investors and analysts ...
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Pritzker approves law sealing reproductive medical records past state lines

(The Center Square) - Four years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled overturned the right to abortion nationwide, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation he and lawmakers said will protect reproductive freedom in Illinois. ...
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Illinois wheat harvest looks good despite storms

(The Center Square) - Most Illinois wheat escaped damage from severe storms across the state, but recent rainfall could affect crops not already harvested. Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, wind, hail ...
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Exclusive-Trump to seek more than $1.4 billion in Ebola funding from Congress

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - The White House is planning to seek more than $1.4 billion in new funds from Congress to address the widening Ebola virus outbreak as soon as Wednesday, according to a Trump administration official. The request, which is set ...
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US FDA officials say hiring picks up speed with more than 2,000 jobs to start

By Deena Beasley June 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which cut more than 3,000 employees last year, has been authorized to hire 2,200 people, Lowell Zeta, acting chief of staff for the FDA commissioner, said on Tuesday at the BIO International ...
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Dozens of states could face new costs because of high error rates in SNAP food aid

Several dozen states could have to fork over millions of dollars to provide food aid to lower-income residents, if they don't cut down on payment errors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Nine states, meanwhile, won't have to pay a penny toward SNAP benefits, because ...
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Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 1,118

DAKAR, June 24 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 1,118, including 291 deaths, government data showed on Wednesday. The number represented the total number of confirmed cases as of Tuesday, according to a situation ...
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Cervical cancer deaths 49% higher for women living in poverty: Report

(NEW YORK) -- Cervical cancer deaths are 49% higher for women living in poverty, a major report released on Thursday finds.Women living in poverty were also 23% more likely to develop cervical cancer compared to those living in higher-income areas, according to the report ...
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Pfizer dismissed from US states’ drug price-fixing lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel June 24 (Reuters) - Pfizer has been dismissed as a defendant in a sweeping antitrust lawsuit in which most U.S. states accused dozens of drugmakers and executives of fixing prices of generic drugs, causing patients to overpay. In a decision on Tuesday, Chief ...
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Judge temporarily blocks subpoenas in criminal probe of transgender care at New York hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) - A judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors in Texas from getting access to the medical records of transgender patients treated at New York hospitals on Wednesday, saying they were part of an improper government effort to "demonize and eradicate an entire ...
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US military requires flu vaccine for some after outbreak in Texas training center

June 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has resumed requiring flu vaccines for some service members in an exception to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's guidance declaring the shots voluntary two months ago. The decision follows a flu outbreak among recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland ...
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South African civil groups warn of dire impact as US phases out HIV program funding

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Civil society organizations in South Africa said Wednesday that adolescent girls and women are among the first vulnerable groups to feel the pinch of U.S. foreign aid cuts as the Trump administration phases out its more than $400 million support annually ...
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