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Month: June 2023

First on CNN: HHS announces actions from Walgreens and CVS to ensure women’s access to medications

By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced Friday that pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS are voluntarily taking additional measures – including updated trainings and creating specialized teams – to ensure that women have access to medications like birth control, methotrexate and misoprostol. When

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FDA recommends vaccine manufacturers make single-strain Covid-19 boosters that target Omicron spinoff XBB.1.5 for the fall

By Meg Tirrell and Carma Hassan (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it has recommended that Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers make single-strain booster shots for this fall that would target the currently circulating Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5. “Based on the totality of the evidence, FDA has advised manufacturers who will be updating

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Ahead of Juneteenth, congressional lawmakers again seek to remove exception for slavery from US Constitution

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for crime.” The “Abolition Amendment” was introduced on Wednesday ahead of Juneteenth – the national holiday commemorating the

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