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Texas governor signs law banning sale of lab-grown meat

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/27 9:25A Scripps News Group
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill making it illegal to sell lab-grown meat in the state. In 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the countrys first lab-grown chicken, meat produced from chicken cells without harming or...

Justices preserve key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/27 5:42A AP via Scripps News Group
The Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Acts preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects some 150 million Americans. The 6-3 ruling...

Sen. Cassidy questions qualifications of new CDC vaccine panel members

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/24 6:07A Justin Boggs
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana expressed concern that new members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices lack the expertise to be on such a panel. The ACIP provides government...

What is tularemia? How to stay safe from the tick-borne illness this summer

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/21 5:24A Scripps News Group
As the warm weather brings more people outdoors, health experts and advocates are raising concerns about the increasing risk of tick-borne illnesses, including some that are rare but potentially serious. Rebecca Roll, chair and founder of Lyme...

Baby delivered from Georgia mother who was declared brain dead 4 months ago

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/17 5:12A Scripps News Group
A baby was delivered via Cesarean section from a pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain dead about four months ago after a medical emergency put her on life support, according to Atlanta TV station WXIA . The family told WXIA the baby,...

Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated months after being cut

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/12 6:24A AP via Scripps News Group
More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation's top public health agency received notices Wednesday that they are being reinstated, according to a union representing the workers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed...

FDA Approves Merck’s Enflonsia to prevent RSV in infants

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 6/12 4:44A Scripps News Group
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug from Merck designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common but potentially serious seasonal illness. The drug, Enflonsia, is a long-acting monoclonal antibody...
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