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AI Disclaimer Bills Draw Support in NY First-of-its-kind legislation introduced last month in New York ( AB 10103 / SB 9450 ) would require generative artificial intelligence systems to notify users...
FDA Advisory Panel Rejects Use of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD An advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration rejected the use of MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress...
With no action at the federal level, over a dozen states have enacted comprehensive consumer privacy legislation since 2018. Many of these bills, however, have been significantly watered down by the...
Last June a new federal law went into effect that requires companies with 15 or more employees to provide “reasonable accommodations” for workers who are pregnant or have recently given birth...
LA County Launching Ambitious Plan to Address Medical Debt Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health has developed an ambitious plan to address the problem of medical debt, which impacted...
In spite of a 2016 federal law requiring child-resistant packaging on bottles of liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes, or vapes, reported cases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reached an all-time high last year.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), co-sponsor of the 2016 measure, said he aims to expand the child-resistant packaging requirement to include disposable and pod-based e-cigarettes. The current law doesn’t require protective packaging on e-cigarette devices themselves.
Several states, including California, New York and Utah, have also banned some or all flavored e-cigarettes. A study published in 2021 showed that e-cigarette sales overall declined 25 percent to 31 percent in states that imposed such bans. (KFF HEALTH NEWS)
The number of shares of company stock held by medical device companies’ CEOs has a bearing on the speed at which the companies issue recalls, according to a new study. The larger the CEO’s ownership stake, the slower the recalls are in coming. (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
Loans issued to nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal Paycheck Protection Program may have helped the facilities deal with staffing shortages, according to a new study. The study didn’t indicate if the loans resolved such shortages, but it did show that staffing hours increased at the facilities that used them. (19TH NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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