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The Supreme Court just struck down another law limiting abortion access. Here are other restrictions that could be affected.
Add to list On my list States have created hundreds of laws in the past several years that could restrict or even eliminate abortion access. Monday’s reset the prospects for dozens of those laws. Many of the laws were the court’s 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which deemed abortion a constitutional right. President Trump increased the chance of change with his appointments of Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, on the court. The swing vote in the , was Chief Justice John Roberts. It was truly a swing. He cast his vote to sustain a precedent, but he had stood against four years ago. []...…Add to list On my list States have created hundreds of laws in the past several years that could restrict or even eliminate abortion access. Monday’s reset the prospects for dozens of those laws. Many of the laws were the court’s 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, which deemed abortion a constitutional right. President Trump increased the chance of change with his appointments of Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, on the court. The swing vote in the , was Chief Justice John Roberts. It was truly a swing. He cast his vote to sustain a precedent, but he had stood against four years ago. []...WW…
Trump-fueled promotion of unproved coronavirus drug generated spike in prescriptions, study finds
Add to list On my list Publicity about a small study of a potential treatment was enough to create a 200 percent increase in hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine prescriptions in March. Although the biggest surge was short-lived, almost a half million extra prescriptions were filled over a 10-week period studied by researchers, according to the results in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The national study found that hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine prescriptions were increasing slowly when the pandemic was declared, but shot up after publicity about a on March 17. Although that...…Add to list On my list Publicity about a small study of a potential treatment was enough to create a 200 percent increase in hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine prescriptions in March. Although the biggest surge was short-lived, almost a half million extra prescriptions were filled over a 10-week period studied by researchers, according to the results in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The national study found that hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine prescriptions were increasing slowly when the pandemic was declared, but shot up after publicity about a on March 17. Although that...WW…
Tracking the coronavirus vaccine, state by state
PLEASE NOTEAs of Aug. 15, 2022, this page is no longer being updated. Please see the Post’s . Vaccination counts are available .Reported doses administered by day In the last week, an average of were administered, over the week before.Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Note: Due to adjustments in reporting, Pennsylvania removed 1.2 million doses on Nov. 23. On March 13, the CDC reported 4.6m doses due to a data anomaly; in reality, 2.98m fell within a 24-hour period.Jump to a stateSelect a stateSelect a stateSearch statesAbout two-thirds of the country is fully vaccinated...…PLEASE NOTEAs of Aug. 15, 2022, this page is no longer being updated. Please see the Post’s . Vaccination counts are available .Reported doses administered by day In the last week, an average of were administered, over the week before.Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Note: Due to adjustments in reporting, Pennsylvania removed 1.2 million doses on Nov. 23. On March 13, the CDC reported 4.6m doses due to a data anomaly; in reality, 2.98m fell within a 24-hour period.Jump to a stateSelect a stateSelect a stateSearch statesAbout two-thirds of the country is fully vaccinated...WW…
‘I just pray God will help me’: Racial, ethnic minorities reel from higher covid-19 death rates
Dennis Bannister’s daughter, Demi, was the first to die.She was only 28, a beloved third-grade teacher who likely caught the virus during a training at her Columbia, S.C., school district. Doctors diagnosed her with a bladder infection, and by the time they realized their mistake, it was too late. Not long after, the family’s matriarch, Shirley, 57, complained of difficulty breathing. She was twice sent home from the emergency room before returning by ambulance and being put on a ventilator. She died soon after.Which left Dennis Bannister, childless and a widower, sitting on his porch last...…Dennis Bannister’s daughter, Demi, was the first to die.She was only 28, a beloved third-grade teacher who likely caught the virus during a training at her Columbia, S.C., school district. Doctors diagnosed her with a bladder infection, and by the time they realized their mistake, it was too late. Not long after, the family’s matriarch, Shirley, 57, complained of difficulty breathing. She was twice sent home from the emergency room before returning by ambulance and being put on a ventilator. She died soon after.Which left Dennis Bannister, childless and a widower, sitting on his porch last...WW…
Where votes are still being counted
Actual votesExpectedPercentPercentage of votes counted in each countyLoading data... on a county to see details.After days of uncertainty, Joe Biden has become the president-elect of the United States. In a year with record-breaking turnout, there are still millions of votes left to be counted.[]Those outstanding votes are not projected to change the allocation of electoral college votes or allow President Trump to overtake the former Vice President. Control of the Senate and the party composition of the House, however, remain in the balance.It for ballots to be counted for days after the...…Actual votesExpectedPercentPercentage of votes counted in each countyLoading data... on a county to see details.After days of uncertainty, Joe Biden has become the president-elect of the United States. In a year with record-breaking turnout, there are still millions of votes left to be counted.[]Those outstanding votes are not projected to change the allocation of electoral college votes or allow President Trump to overtake the former Vice President. Control of the Senate and the party composition of the House, however, remain in the balance.It for ballots to be counted for days after the...WW…
U.S. sees significant drop in vaccinations over past week
This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareDaily coronavirus vaccinations have slowed significantly for the first time since February, a sign that demand is slipping even though every American adult is now eligible for the shots.About 3 million Americans are getting vaccinated daily, an 11 percent decrease in the seven-day average of daily shots administered over the past week. The unprecedented drop is rivaled only by a brief falloff that occurred in February, when forced the closure of vaccination sites and delayed shipments nationwide.The downturn hits as half...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareDaily coronavirus vaccinations have slowed significantly for the first time since February, a sign that demand is slipping even though every American adult is now eligible for the shots.About 3 million Americans are getting vaccinated daily, an 11 percent decrease in the seven-day average of daily shots administered over the past week. The unprecedented drop is rivaled only by a brief falloff that occurred in February, when forced the closure of vaccination sites and delayed shipments nationwide.The downturn hits as half...WW…
How Georgia became a swing state for the first time in decades
Add to list On my list If President-elect Joe Biden’s razor-thin lead in Georgia holds, 2020 will become the first year since 1992 that a Democrat wins the state. Georgia’s reemergence as a battleground marks a major shift in its political landscape that would have seemed almost inconceivable even four years ago. Biden leads President Trump by about 10,000 votes out of 5 million cast, and Georgia state officials said Friday that such a narrow margin . Yet even if a recount does reverse the result, the state has returned to the ranks of the competitive, its leftward shift propelled by a...…Add to list On my list If President-elect Joe Biden’s razor-thin lead in Georgia holds, 2020 will become the first year since 1992 that a Democrat wins the state. Georgia’s reemergence as a battleground marks a major shift in its political landscape that would have seemed almost inconceivable even four years ago. Biden leads President Trump by about 10,000 votes out of 5 million cast, and Georgia state officials said Friday that such a narrow margin . Yet even if a recount does reverse the result, the state has returned to the ranks of the competitive, its leftward shift propelled by a...WW…
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