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Health

CVS medication program discriminates against HIV/AIDS patients, judge says

CVS was aware of complaints and knew that its actions were a violation of a federally protected right, Senior U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled on Friday.

EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup

The final rule issued Friday follows strict limits set by the EPA on certain PFAS in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured.

BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town

Former railroad workers said during testimony and in depositions that they knew nothing about the risks of asbestos.

Indiana trans care ban

CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit denied a class of trans kids and their families’ motion for reconsideration of the appeals court’s decision allowing a ban on gender-affirming care for minors, which was signed into law last April. The one-page ruling does not explain the court’s reasoning; four of the judges voted to rehear the matter en banc.

Medical emergencies collide with abortion bans at Supreme Court

Greater access to medication abortion and protecting access to emergency reproductive care headlined President Joe Biden’s response to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court put both policies on its docket this term.

Two couples sue Southern California fertility clinic over destroyed embryos

A lab employee mistakenly used hydrogen peroxide to clean an incubator, killing dozens of embryos.

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