The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market authorization to the first at-home syphilis test amid a decades-long rise of cases in the U.S. The test, which detects syphilis antibodies in human blood, provides a result within 15 minutes. “Access to home tests may help increase initial screening for syphilis, including in individuals who may...
Most Americans have a positive outlook on jobs in the criminal justice realm as a whole, but less were satisfied with the roles Vice President Harris has previously held, a new survey found. The YouGov poll, released Thursday, found that respondents held the highest regard for forensic scientists (78 percent), social workers (71 percent), police...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Harris unveils new health care platform Vice President Harris unveiled her economic plan Friday, leaning into aggressive populism and making it clear she plans to build off the Biden administration’s health care accomplishments if elected to the Oval...
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied the Biden administration’s emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rule. The sweeping changes to Title IX, which protects against sex discrimination in schools, cover sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time. Various Republican state attorneys general have persuaded judges to block implementation...
Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic agenda Friday, and much of her plan involves taking the health care accomplishments made by the Biden administration further. Speaking in North Carolina, Harris vowed that under her administration, Medicare negotiations would continue and grow to encompass all Americans, not only Medicare beneficiaries. “Just yesterday we announced...
The Montana Supreme Court struck down a law requiring parental consent in order for children to have abortions, and the state's senators remained silent.
U.S. protests, global conflicts and the Democratic convention being held in Chicago this coming week are among the many similarities political observers note between the year 1968 and 2024.