A new rule could provide access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients; North Dakota governor signs law banning most abortions in the state; legislators call on China to cooperate in investigation of COVID-19 origins.
HHS has released a notice of proposed rulemaking that could provide access to health care for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The proposed change applies to the health insurance marketplaces, the Basic Health Program, and some Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). If the rule is finalized, it could lead to 129,000 previously uninsured DACA recipients receiving health care coverage.
North Dakota has become the latest state to ban most abortions, only allowing abortion up to 6 weeks’ gestation in cases of rape, incest, or medical emergency, after Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed the bill into law, according to the Associated Press. The state’s only remaining abortion clinic, the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, closed last year and moved across the border to Moorhead, Minnesota. The ban is expected to be challenged in court, with critics saying it will force women to seek unsafe and illegal abortions.
House legislators investigating the origins of COVID-19 have called on the Chinese government to make available Chinese scientists and military officials for testimony in Washington, according to The Hill. This comes in response to what lawmakers said were Chinese embassy efforts to interfere in the probe. The committee has requested that China make available at least 5 officials linked to the state’s health administration, the military, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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House lawmakers are expected to advance a contracting ban today on 5 Chinese research firms; US government officials temporarily relaxed strict guidelines on how laboratories handle, store, and transport H5N1 bird flu samples; a recent report found that the number of abortions occurring in the US continued to grow despite bans.
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