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Where to order free COVID tests from the U.S. government—and why you should think twice before throwing away expired ones

If your medicine cabinet is bereft of COVID tests, now is the time to stock up: The U.S. government is again mailing out free kits, ahead of an anticipated fall and winter surge.

Fortune

Here’s how to get free Covid at-home tests as cases rise

Starting 25 September, all American households can place an order for four free tests

The Independent UK

Here’s how to get free Covid tests

Starting 25 September, all American households can place an order for four free tests

The Independent UK

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How to get free Covid tests from the government

Starting 25 September, all American households can place an order for four free tests

The Independent UK

4 free COVID-19 tests per household will be available Monday — how to get them

The Biden administration is providing funding to produce another round of free at-home tests via the COVIDtests.gov program.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household

The Independent UK

Abortion rights group seeks legal action over emergencies - Roll Call

The Center for Reproductive Rights contends bans in three states blocked women from seeking abortions in emergency medical circumstances.

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With naloxone now more available, HHS officials tout its use - Roll Call

The event, held at HHS headquarters, came during the same week that naloxone became available for purchase without a prescription.

Roll Call

3 Cannabis Stocks to Consider Buying as HHS Recommends Easing Restrictions on Marijuana

Cannabis stocks could deliver outsized gains if marijuana is rescheduled, per a recent HHS recommendation. While the DEA weighs its options, here's a look at three names with significant upside potential, according to analysts.

Barchart

35 Years Ago, a Judge Said Marijuana Did Not Belong in Schedule I. HHS Finally Agrees.

The 1988 case highlighted the DEA's stubborn insistence that marijuana has no "accepted medical use."

Reason

Marijuana reclassification won’t fix conflict between state, federal laws on pot

Moving marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III would facilitate medical research and benefit pot suppliers, but the federal prohibition on pot use would remain.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rescheduling Marijuana Would Leave Federal Prohibition Essentially Untouched

Although the HHS-recommended change would benefit researchers and the cannabis industry, it would not resolve the conflict between state and federal marijuana laws.

Reason

HHS releases long-awaited nursing home staffing proposal - Roll Call

The Biden administration's proposed rule would mandate minimum staffing in nursing homes, but it falls short of what advocates had pushed for.

Roll Call

US regulators might change how they classify marijuana. Here's what that would mean

When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed

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Reason

What Rescheduling Marijuana Would and Wouldn't Do

Although it would leave federal prohibition essentially untouched, the change would facilitate medical research and dramatically reduce taxes on state-licensed suppliers.

Reason

The High Costs of Biden's Price-Controlled Drugs

Americans will be sicker and deader in the long run than they otherwise would have been.

The Independent UK

Marijuana users have higher levels of toxic metals in blood and urine, study finds

The team of researchers at Columbia University analysed data from blood and urine samples collected between 2005 and 2018 - this is what they found

Reason

HHS Asks DEA To Reclassify Cannabis as Equivalent to Testosterone and Codeine Tylenol

Plus: Tennessee prosecutor threatens to use drag law that was declared unconstitutional, ACLU asks FTC to investigate Mastercard's adult content policy, and more...

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The Independent UK

Senators hail Health Dept. recommendation to ease restrictions on marijuana

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders are hailing it as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug

Roll Call

HHS completes review of rescheduling cannabis - Roll Call

HHS completed its review of rescheduling cannabis and sent a recommendation to the DEA, the agencies confirmed.

The Independent UK

Biden health agency recommends classifying marijuana as lower-risk, opening potential for major policy changes

President Biden ordered agency to conduct scientific review law year

The Independent UK

What Biden’s announcement of Medicare negotiating drug prices means

Democrats have long wanted to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, which it hopes will lead to lower prescription costs

The Guardian - US

Biden names 10 drugs for first negotiations to cut Medicare prices

Government claims prices could fall for 9m seniors but pharma companies claim cost-reduction program is unconstitutional

Roll Call

HHS lists first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiation - Roll Call

The program is a major priority for Joe Biden, who ran for president in part on the promise to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

USAFacts

How many foster kids end up in permanent homes?

Over 600,000 kids pass through the US foster care system annually; some will be adopted, but most will be reunited with their parents.

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