Mass confusion after MAP, Inc. loses federal funding to run Head Start centers in northern Mississippi
Nearly 2,000 families may be without child care at the start of this school year after dozens of child care centers run by Mississippi Action for Progress in northern Mississippi have not reopened after losing their federal funding. Mississippi Action for Progress Inc., an administrator of Head Start pre-kindergarten centers, has lost funding to run […]
Federal Judge Halts FDA’s Abortion Pill Approval
A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the FDA’s 2000 approval of mifepristone (Mifeprex) — the most commonly used drug for medication abortion nationwide. Importantly, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, also stayed the effective date of his order for 7 days to allow the federal […]
Katie Couric’s Breast Cancer
In 2000, 2 years after the death of her husband, Jay Monahan, from colon cancer, Katie Couric underwent a colonoscopy live on “The Today Show,” leading to a 20% jump in national colonoscopy screening rates, something the University of Michigan dubbed the “Couric Effect.” Now, Couric is once again advocating for cancer screening. On September […]