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Elizabeth Warren: 'I am open to suspending deportations'
Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a town hall meeting at Grinnell College, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Grinnell, Iowa . Asked about the email on Saturday, Warren offered a much less pointed response, saying that she's long talked about "anger", including previous year during the Brett M. [Full Article...]
Health department hosting drive-thru flu shot clinic
People who are being treated for HIV can gain effective protection against seasonal flu with the influenza (flu) vaccine, new findings confirm. The Rhea County Health Department will provide flu shots November 19 at no cost to anyone who wishes to receive one at the DeliMart in Evensville from 8:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m. [Full Article...]
As House prepares for public impeachment hearings, Republicans want whistleblower to testify
Only the Intelligence Committee will hold hearings in the public phase starting Wednesday. Under House rules for impeachment , Nunes, R-Tulare, has the right as the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee to request witnesses testify before the committee. [Full Article...]
Democrats release Fiona Hill, Lt. Col. Vindman impeachment transcripts
Speaking to reporters in New Hampshire on Thursday, Pence stood by Trump and said if Americans read the administration's rough transcript of the call they will find "there was no quid pro quo, the president did nothing wrong". Marie Yovanovitch, who was abruptly pulled from her post as United States ambassador to Ukraine in May, will testify on Nov 15. Asked what she believes the motivation ... [Full Article...]
Global Positioning System told to prioritise toddlers amid flu vaccine shortages
Dr Gerry Waldron, Assistant Director of Public Health (Health Protection) at the PHA, said: "We have been exploring how to best use the available stock based on evidence and clinical advice, and taking into account projections on the revised delivery schedule to maximise protection in the community". [Full Article...]
Breakthrough reported in vaping illness outbreak investigation
The CDC said the lack of THC in five of those samples does not definitively indicate the patients didn't use the drug, because THC can be hard to detect in samples taken from lungs. Vitamin E acetate is sometimes added to dilute the THC to increase profits or as a thickening agent. About two months ago, NY drew attention to vitamin E acetate when the state's public health lab discovered it in sa... [Full Article...]
Judge strikes down Trump administration's conscience rule for health care workers
The Trump administration announced the rule in May as an effort to protect the rights of people and institutions in the health care field who have moral objections to certain procedures like abortion, the provision of contraception, or "assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing". [Full Article...]
'Very important' vaping decision will be issued next week
The vaping industry is facing unprecedented scrutiny amid a mysterious epidemic of lung conditions linked to e-cigarette use that has killed 39 people and sickened more than 2,000 in the U.S. "These results are unacceptable and that is why we must reset the vapor category in the USA and earn the trust of society by working cooperatively with regulators, Attorneys General, public health officia... [Full Article...]