by Jordana Choucair | Jun 9, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The House voted nearly along party lines to pass the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package of bills that seek to tighten gun restrictions. Among the provisions are raising the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21 and banning civilians from using...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 7, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. has waster more than 82 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since the onset of the pandemic. The new figure translates to approximately 11 percent of doses distributed by the federal...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 7, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Leading Republican senators involved in gun talks on Capitol Hill have signaled that it’s unlikely Congress will raise the age requirement for purchasing semi-automatic firearms from 18 to 21. Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis both said proposals to ban...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 6, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
• Health policy experts say that the CDC and FDA aren’t the only federal institutions that have bureaucratic and cultural issues that slowed America’s pandemic response; the National Institutes of Health needs a critical look. Of the 40 published clinic trials...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 6, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox vaccine doses for people who have had high-risk exposures to the virus as part of a nationwide effort to prevent a major outbreak. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 1, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The House Judiciary Committee announced it will markup a gun control package on Thursday. The “Protecting Our Kids Act” includes proposals that would raise the age limit to purchase some semi-automatic rifles to 21 years old, establish a federal ban on new...
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