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DOJ flips on gender-affirming care SCOTUS case |
President Trump's Department of Justice switched positions on a major Supreme Court case regarding gender-affirming care for minors. |
The Biden administration argued that a Tennessee ban on puberty blockers and hormones unlawfully denied children and teens the same care afforded to others. "The Department has now determined that SB1 does not deny equal protection on account of sex or any other characteristic. Accordingly, the new Administration would not have intervened to challenge SB1 — let alone sought this Court's review of the court of appeals' decision," Deputy Solicitor General Curtis Gannon wrote in a Friday letter. The Trump administration had been expected to change the federal government's stance on the court case, but Gannon's letter is notable in that it urges the Supreme Court to issue its decision even though the government has changed its opinion on the case. During oral arguments, the court's conservative majority appeared likely to uphold the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, which would be lockstep with the federal government's new stance. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, Lambda Legal and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, who are representing transgender teens and their families in the case, admonished the Trump administration for changing its view. "These Tennesseans have had their Constitutional right to equal protection under the law violated by the state of Tennessee. This latest move from the Trump administration is another indication that they are using the power of the federal government to target marginalized groups for further discrimination. We condemn this latest move and will continue to fight to vindicate the constitutional rights of all LGBTQ people," the groups said in a joint statement. Read more about it from The Hill's Zach Schonfeld. |
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How policy will be impacting the health care sector this week and beyond: |
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Users who search for abortion information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) website are now directed to try searching for the word “adoption.” The change comes less than a week after more than a dozen federal agency websites — including the CDC’s — went offline. Some of the CDC's webpages have since been restored, but scientists and public health researchers are concerned that … |
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Many people undergo a juice cleanse in an effort to detoxify the body and improve health, but new research suggests they do more harm than good. Researchers from Northwestern and San Raffaele universities found a diet of only vegetable and fruit juice, even for just three days, can lead to shifts in gut and oral bacteria linked to inflammation and cognitive decline. The study, published in the “Nutrients” journal, looked … |
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All live bird markets in New York City and several neighboring counties were ordered to be closed on Friday after inspectors found seven cases of bird flu. New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) issued the closure order for live bird markets in New York City, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau counties. Westchester County includes New York City’s northern suburbs. Nassau and Suffolk counties cover all of Long Island to … |
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NCAA prohibits transgender athletes in women's sports |
The NCAA announced Thursday it would no longer allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sports and would limit participation to those assigned female at birth. The policy change, approved by the NCAA board of governors, comes one day after President Trump signed an executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports. "We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- Measles outbreak mounts among children in one of Texas' least vaccinated counties (KFF Health News)
- Corewell becomes first Michigan healthcare system to limit gender-affirming care for minors (Detroit Free Press)
- Iowa lawmakers advance bill to advance more parental authority over HPV vaccines (Des Moines Register)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- Flu levels now highest since 2009 pandemic, CDC reports (CBS)
- CDC scientific report resumes publication after unprecedented pause (The Washington Post)
- CDC posts, then deletes, data on bird flu spread between cats and people (The New York Times)
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President Trump on Friday said he would end the terms of multiple members of the Kennedy Center board and make himself chair of a new board, putting … Read more |
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