Pritzker signs executive order restricting data collection on Illinoisans with autism
Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order on Wednesday to protect autistic Illinoisans from unauthorized data collection.
Advocates call on lawmakers to increase DSP wages
Advocates took to Springfield Wednesday to call on more support for those who work with the intellectual and developmental disability community. Several lawmakers joined members of AFSCME Council 31 to support a $2 per hour wage increase for direct service personnel. “An investment in DSP wages is an investment in improving the lives of people […]
Cook County reports first two measles cases of 2025
Health officials confirmed the first two measles cases in Cook County on Wednesday.
White House Looks to States for Help Reining in Gun Violence
The White House will bring together Wednesday what administration officials say is the largest-ever gathering of state legislators focused on gun violence prevention. Lawmakers want to do more to curb gun violence, but many don’t know where to start, said Stefanie Feldman, JD, director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, during a […]
Ron DeSantis Flailed When Fox News Asked Why So Many Floridians Are Uninsured
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks Wednesday during the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox Business Network and Univision at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press There was a genuine milestone in Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate: Somebody finally asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis why so many of […]
FDA Panel Reluctantly Backs Patisiran for ATTR Cardiomyopathy
FDA advisors conceded on Wednesday that the benefit-risk balance of patisiran (Onpattro) technically checks out in wild-type or hereditary transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM, also known as cardiac ATTR amyloidosis) — though they were unconvinced that the benefits are actually meaningful. At the end of the day, the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee ultimately voted […]
Appeals Court Backs Some Limits to Abortion Pill Access
A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 Wednesday that the abortion pill mifepristone (Mifeprex) should remain on the market, although with some restrictions. “We conclude that the medical organizations and doctors’ claim as to the [drug’s] 2000 approval [not being valid] is likely barred by the statute of limitations,” wrote Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the […]
‘I Just Want The Life That I Deserve’: Trans Youth Open Up
On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law four different measures attacking LGBTQ+ rights. One of them bars minors from receiving gender-affirming care, blocks health insurance from covering such care for adults, and prohibits trans people from changing the sex indicated on their birth certificates. Another says that adults can be criminally charged […]
New Yorkers Protest Killing Of Jordan Neely
Protests erupted at a subway station and on the streets of New York City on Wednesday just days after a Black homeless man was killed on a train by another subway rider. Jordan Neely, 30, was put in a chokehold and killed on the northbound F train in New York by a 24-year-old Marine veteran […]
Do Away With ‘Lockout’ Period in iPLEDGE, FDA Advisors Urge
An FDA advisory committee on Wednesday voted 17-4 (with one abstention) to recommend removing a “lockout period” from a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) for isotretinoin prescribing that requires patients to wait an extra 19 days — and take an additional pregnancy test — if they miss a 7-day window for picking up their […]