| Excerpt: | "Today, Senate Democrats sided with American families over special interests, voting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health insurance, and everyday energy costs and reduce the deficit, while making the wealthiest corporations finally pay their fair share," said President Joe Biden in a special statement. |
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| Published at: | 1:45 PM on Sunday, August 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Breaking News, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals |
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Category Archives: Healthcare
A win for America! U.S. Senate passes climate and health focused Inflation Reduction Act
Schumer, Manchin announce agreement on major climate and health focused budget bill
| Excerpt: | "This is the action the American people have been waiting for," President Joe Biden said in a statement. "This addresses the problems of today – high health care costs and overall inflation – as well as investments in our energy security for the future." |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Budgeting, Climate Crisis, Fiscal Responsibility, Pharmaceuticals, Strong Commonwealth |
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COVID-19 Update: Novavax wins FDA approval; President Biden fights off BA.5
| Excerpt: | A new vaccine has been approved to protect Americans against COVID-19. Meanwhile, President Biden's personal physician is providing regular updates on his battle with COVID. The President is taking Paxlovid and isolating as he recovers from his bout with the virus. |
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| Published at: | 9:14 PM on Monday, July 25th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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COVID-19 Update: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants may make for a difficult summer
| Excerpt: | The newest variants of COVID-19, BA.4 and BA.5, are highly transmissible and creating new waves of COVID-19 infection as we enter summer. |
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| Published at: | 8:35 PM on Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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Patty Murray, Kim Schrier release new ads in wake of Alito court’s Dobbs decision
| Excerpt: | In the spots, Murray and Schrier speak directly to voters in a single take, emphasizing that they are unequivocally committed to reproductive rights, while noting that their opponents are not. |
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| Published at: | 8:22 PM on Friday, June 24th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Reproductive Rights, WA-08, WA-Sen |
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Alito court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to criminalize reproductive rights
| Excerpt: | In an extreme decision, the United States Supreme Court has gutted almost fifty years of precedent and removed recognition of an important right supported by a majority of Americans. |
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| Published at: | 11:02 AM on Friday, June 24th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Privacy, Reproductive Rights |
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Book Review: It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful relates how art helped combat AIDS
| Excerpt: | Lowery chronicles the art installations by the collective Gran Fury, including Kissing Doesn’t Kill and All People With Aids are Innocent, while also describing the tragic consequences AIDS was having on the members themselves. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Media & Culture, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Books, Combating Diseases, Global Health |
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Distract and distort: Republicans declare Alito Court the victim after anti-Roe draft leaks
| Excerpt: | The extreme right wing has moved quickly to distract and distort in the wake of Politico's publication of Samuel Alito's draft opinion holding that the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was egregiously wrong. |
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| Published at: | 6:17 PM on Friday, May 6th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation |
| Tags: | Reproductive Rights |
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts admits that leaked Alito draft is authentic
| Excerpt: | A draft of a majority opinion overturning the United States Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision from 1973 and leaked to Politico is authentic, Chief Justice John Roberts has admitted in a statement released by the Court. |
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| Published at: | 10:08 AM on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation |
| Tags: | Reproductive Rights |
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President Biden pitches plan to lower the cost of essential drugs at appearance in Auburn
| Excerpt: | The 46th President spoke not for the ages, but of years as a widowed parent of two little boys who could not afford childcare even as a U.S. Senator, as an aneurysm patient cared for by nurses. |
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| Published at: | 10:18 PM on Friday, April 22nd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Events |
| Tags: | Pharmaceuticals, Presidential Visits |
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Transportation providers endanger health of traveling public in rush to abandon masking
| Excerpt: | The sudden policy shift, made with absolutely no regard for the potential adverse impacts on immunocompromised passengers, children, or those not wishing to travel in mask optional environments, is yet another development that will likely help prolong the pandemic -- with deadly and ominous consequences. |
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| Published at: | 11:05 PM on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness, Transportation |
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COVID-19 Update: States, local governments consider drawdown of mask mandates
| Excerpt: | As the omicron wave begins to fade, states and local governments are considering changes to rules requiring the wearing of masks to protect against COVID-19. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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COVID-19 Update: New Secretary of State Steve Hobbs implements vaccine mandate
| Excerpt: | Hobbs' predecessor Kim Wyman, a Republican, had chosen not to require employees reporting to her to be vaccinated, in a break with the rest of the state's executive department. |
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| Published at: | 12:43 PM on Friday, January 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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Inflation Reduction Act passes the U.S. House, heads to President Joe Biden’s desk