Tag: Food and Drug Administration
Food fight: FDA plan to cut trans fats from foods divides consumers
Schools, same sex marriage, ‘dreamers’ win in court
Courts in 2014 struck down Arizona laws by siding with gays, abortion providers, and illegal immigrants. Public school students also got a big win in court, but that case probably...
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Abortion law blocked after US Supreme Court refuses to act
Arizona will not be able to enforce controversial limits on medication abortions, at least not now. The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected a bid by attorneys for the state...
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Federal judge to rule on abortion rules injunction
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ai??i?? New rules that would block many women in Arizona from having pill-induced abortions are getting a closer look by a federal judge who will decide whether...
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4 executions loom, but drug shortage is a concern
The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to hear four Arizona capital cases, opening the door for a spate of executions in the coming months. Now the question is: Which chemical...
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State secret
Arizona tries to conceal identity of firm that makes chemical for lethal injections Masks are synonymous with executioners. So in keeping with that tradition, the Arizona Department of Corrections tried...
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Arizona takes step to finally outlaw laetrile
Outbreak fears rise as childhood immunization exemptions increase
The percentage of Arizona parents citing personal beliefs in opting out of vaccines required for children has increased steadily since 2000 yet remains relatively low overall: 3.4 percent among kindergartners...
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Morning-after pill avoids spotlight in new contraception law
While a bill allowing religiously motivated employers to deny contraception coverage to workers spurred heated debate on its path to becoming law this session, one of its provisions was largely...
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Bill would impose new abortion restrictions in Arizona
A sweeping anti-abortion bill would generally ban abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy and impose an array of new disclosure requirements, including having the state post online depictions of...
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Officials: FDA notice on antibiotics use wouldn’t affect Arizona agriculture much
[caption id="attachment_42073" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="A class of antibiotics typically used to treat pneumonia in cattle will soon be under greater restriction, according to the Food and Drug Administration. In order...
