The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just authorized the 2023-2024 updated mRNA Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use.  These updated vaccines have been “formulated to more closely target currently circulating variants,” and “include a monovalent (single) component …

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A Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official recently sent a letter to Anne Milgram, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator, recommending that DEA reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III.  Under the Controlled Substances Act, Schedule I covers …

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Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights (OURR) filed a complaint for a “writ of mandamus involving an expedited election matter” against the Ohio Ballot Board in the Supreme Court of Ohio on August 28, 2023.  The November 7, 2023 Ohio General …

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Since 1994, ProMED, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases, has provided alerts on potential infectious disease outbreaks through its free email subscription service.  ProMED was launched by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), and it is “an essential source …

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Ohio is conducting a Special Election on August 8, 2023 with a single issue on the ballot – Issue 1, Proposed Constitutional Amendment Elevating the Standards to Qualify for an Initiated Constitutional Amendment and to Pass a Constitutional Amendment.  This …

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