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Sanders tests positive for COVID-19 during Senate break as infections rise nationally
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Boeing's corporate greed and more: Letters to the Editor — March 24, 2024: NY Post readers discuss Boeing's decline, a reexamination of the ...
nypost.com/2024/03/23/opinion/boeing-puts-shareholders-over-safety-and-more-letters/
AIRING OF GRIEVANCES: Sen. Rand Paul just released his annual report exposing $900B in government squander. trib.al/ksG7Myg
Mark Kelly says he’s tested positive for COVID ‘after four years of avoiding it’: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) announced Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 ...
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Romney steps in as Halloween dog parade emcee: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) stepped in as the emcee for the annual bipartisan Halloween dog parade after host Sen ...
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Senator Menendez's wife of three years at center of bribery allegations: Three years ago, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez announced that after months of COVID-19 ...
reuters.com/world/us/senator-menendezs-wife-three-years-center-bribery-allegations-2023-09-22/
Minnesota senator tests positive for COVID-19: Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith (D) on Tuesday announced she has tested positive for COVID-19 ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4223531-minnesota-senator-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
Sen. Stabenow tests positive for COVID: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said Thursday that she tested positive for COVID-19 and would continue working remotely as ...
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Duckworth tests positive for COVID-19 : Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) will be absent from the Senate in the coming days after testing positive for COVID-19 ...
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Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance's 'Freedom to Breathe' bill bans federal mask mandates - UPI.com
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The Slatest for Jan. 19: The Law Won’t Stop Trump From Becoming President Again—but This Might
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Republicans introduce legislation to ban federal mask mandates in schools, on airplanes
thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4189868-republicans-introduce-legislation-to-ban-federal-mask-mandates-in-schools-on-airplanes/
Ted Cruz's Beer Stunt Sparks Avalanche of Jokes, Mockery: Cruz was responding to remarks by the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and ...
newsweek.com/ted-cruzs-beer-stunt-sparks-avalanche-jokes-mockery-1823622
Bob Menendez Wife Nadine Arslanian Menendez Got Job at Egypt-Linked COVID Lab Fusion Diagnostics Laboratories
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Education Sec.: Ted Cruz wrong on classroom COVID outbreak and masks: Biden administration's education chief weighs in on Texas senator's criticism of ...
dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/09/13/education-sec-cardona-ted-cruz-wrong-to-oppose-masking-in-classroom-with-covid-outbreak/
Ana Navarro Suggests Bob Menendez's Wife Is The Cause Of His Legal Woes On 'The View': "Gold Bars For A Gold Digger"
decider.com/2024/04/19/ana-navarro-suggests-bob-menendezs-wife-cause-legal-woes-the-view-gold-bars-gold-digger/
Crisis at Gaza’s Main Hospital, and More: Plus, Tim Scott suspends his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and a rise in reports of ...
nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/gaza-hospital.html
Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 for third time in one year : Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said on Sunday that he tested positive for ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/4115140-durbin-tests-positive-for-covid-19-for-third-time-in-one-year/
Rand Paul links governor’s race to Anthony Fauci, COVID in campaign stop for Daniel Cameron
courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/10/20/kentucky-governor-election-2023-rand-paul-daniel-cameron-campaign-stop/71243696007/
Eric Schmitt had no authority to end school mask mandates as Missouri AG, judge rules
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Mike Braun, other GOP senators want to ban travel from China to the US over illnesses
indystar.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/05/senator-mike-braun-tommy-tuberville-jd-vance-marco-rubio-seek-china-travel-ban/71813567007/
Moderna stands its ground at Sanders hearing: Moderna's CEO wouldn't commit during a Senate hearing to reconsidering roughly quadrupling the price of ...
axios.com/2023/03/23/moderna-stands-ground-covid-vaccine-pricing
The case for electing Joe Biden to a second term in 2024: Democrats are split on if Biden should step aside for Kamala Harris or another younger nominee.
vox.com/politics/2023/3/1/23610230/joe-biden-2024-campaign-election-democrats-kamala-harris
Congress on track to end COVID emergency before White House's May 11 plan: Sen. Schumer has told colleagues Biden is not expected to veto the resolution.
axios.com/2023/03/29/congress-end-covid-emergency-early
Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 for third time in one year: Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said on Sunday that he tested positive for ...
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Hawley’s bill to declassify information about COVID origins clears Congress, heads to Biden
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U.S. Senate Democrat Durbin tests positive for COVID, will quarantine: U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the chamber's No. 2 Democrat, said on Sunday that he will ...
reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-democrat-durbin-tests-positive-covid-will-quarantine-2023-03-19/
Now Is the Time to Defeat the Insatiable Greed of the Prescription Drug Industry: The following are the prepared remarks of a speech delivered by Sen ...
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Quick Glance: The Time Has Come to End the Prescription Drug Industry's Insatiable Greed
- Nobody knows how many people die because they can't afford to buy their prescription drugs.
- How is it possible that Americans pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?
- In fact, only ten pharmaceutical companies in the United States - AbbVie, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Merck, Moderna, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amgen, Gilead Sciences, and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals - made more than $102 billion in profits in 2021, an increase of 137 percent from the previous year.
- But it's not just the profits of the industry.
House unanimously tells Biden to declassify information about the origins of Covid-19
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Missouri’s US legislators send money home, demand COVID facts: While U.S. Rep. Cori Bush secures $82.2 million in 2022 flood relief, U.S. Sen ...
stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/missouri-s-us-legislators-send-money-home-demand-covid-facts/article_c70c51c2-a9e6-5574-a1d2-a009707ef87d.html
California Sen. Laphonza Butler tests positive for COVID-19: California Sen. Laphonza Butler tests positive for COVID-19 and is working remotely.
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/laphonza-butler-covid-18427477.php
Jill Biden tells young Namibians ‘you are the keepers of democracy’: Jill Biden’s speech to Namibian students, focused on promoting democracy in the young ...
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/24/jill-biden-namibia-speech/
Musk fires back after criticism of gender pronouns tweet about Fauci: Twitter CEO Elon Musk fired back on Sunday night after facing backlash for tweeting that ...
thehill.com/policy/technology/3771492-musk-fires-back-after-criticism-of-gender-pronouns-tweet-about-fauci/
Quick Glance: Musk's 'dangerous' denunciation of Fauci - White House
- Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of both Twitter and Tesla Inc.
- Elon Musk's public rebuke of top US health official Anthony Fauci is "dangerous" and "disgusting," according to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
- The seasoned immunologist has over 50 years of public service and has worked as an adviser to seven US presidents, beginning with Republican Ronald Reagan.
- Dr. Fauci has stated that he has received death threats.
Bernie Sanders was the only lawmaker masked at State of the Union — and people noticed
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Moderna won’t raise price on COVID vaccine after pressure: Moderna said its COVID-19 vaccine would remain free, even for the uninsured, after federal funding ...
nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-moderna-wont-raise-price-covid-vaccine-20230216-vxb3ulpp4rhh3esfvbsknbddiq-story.html
Letter: If Lee had ever served in the military he would know vaccinations are an expected price of serving
sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2022/12/21/letter-if-lee-had-ever-served/
Maryland’s Ben Cardin, chairman of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recovering from COVID-19
baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-cardin-covid-20231013-7tgtfl5li5by5o5hl36kd4pcwq-story.html
"I am against electric vehicle subsidies," Vivek Ramaswamy said in an interview that touched on the UAW strike and his views on climate change.
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U.S. Energy Department assesses with 'low confidence' COVID may have originated from Chinese lab leak
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Quick Glance: COVID most likely emerged from a China lab leak, according to the US Department of Energy: reports
- The World Health Organization pledged in mid-February to do everything possible "until we get the answer" on COVID's origins.
- The determination, which was noted in a classified report by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines' office, marks a shift by the Energy Department, which had previously stated that it was unsure how the virus emerged.
- The conclusion, reportedly based on new intelligence, is nonetheless significant because the department oversees a network of national laboratories, some of which conduct advanced biological research.
- According to the Journal, four US intelligence agencies believe COVID spread naturally, while two others are split.
Sen. Angus King tests positive for COVID-19 : Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine) on Thursday announced he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and will isolate during ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3832120-sen-angus-king-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
Maria Bartiromo Is Still Pushing Unproven COVID-19 Treatments And We Can't Even: The Fox Business host touted hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin as "effective" ...
huffpost.com/entry/maria-bartiromo-hydroxychloroquine-ivermectin_n_64133f3fe4b00c3e607277f7
Some Democrats are worried about Harris’s political prospects: In interviews, more than a dozen Democratic leaders and activists expressed misgivings about ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/30/harris-democrats-worry/
Sanders Wants Answers Over 'Unconscionable' Moderna Vaccine Price-Gouging
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The weighted politics of the debate over covid-19 origins: We're not much closer to knowing how the pandemic began, but there's no shortage of people willing to ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/27/china-covid-wuhan-lab-energy-department/
The public health emergency is ending. Covid isn’t.
politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2023/02/02/the-public-health-emergency-is-ending-covid-isnt-00081008
Chris Murphy tests positive for COVID-19 : Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday as lawmakers head into the home stretch of the ...
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Rick Scott Is Unfortunately Kind of Right About Novak Djokovic: Rick Scott is unfortunately right about Novak Djokovic; The Biden administration’s policy of ...
nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/rick-scott-is-unfortunately-right-about-novak-djokovic.html
Treasury Department IG probing DeSantis’ migrant flights : The Treasury letter marks the first time federal authorities have acknowledged they’re looking into ...
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Quick Glance: Feds looking into whether DeSantis inappropriately utilized COVID monies to pay for migrant transport to "sanctuary destinations"
- A federal inquiry is underway investigating Ron DeSantis' use of COVID relief monies to support the contentious flights of asylum seekers from Texas to Martha's Vineyard as part of his campaign to "transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations."
- The program for recovery funds includes rigorous guidelines for how the money can be spent.
- According to documents, Florida government paid Destin, Fla.
- DeSantis, Ron The Treasury Department said the investigation will "review the allowability" of states diverting pandemic money for "related to immigration," according to Richard Delmar, deputy inspector general for the Treasury Department, in a letter to Sen.
GOP majority’s to-do list includes COVID-19 response, origins — and Fauci: Congressional Republicans are floating sweeping investigations into the Biden ...
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Supreme Court won’t hear Missouri lawsuit over COVID aid for tax cuts in loss for Schmitt
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Ex-Sen. Burr: SEC probe into trading over with 'no action': RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded its investigation of ...
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Quick Glance: The SEC's investigation into former Senator's stock sales has concluded without charges.
- The SEC closed its probe into former Senator Richard Burr three years after he sold more than $1.6 million in equities in response to Covid-19 briefings.
- Mr. Burr sold more than $1.6 million in stocks in a flurry of transactions on Feb. 13, 2020, just days after the briefings.
- According to federal court files, Mr. Burr also spoke by phone with his brother-in-law Gerald Fauth that day; immediately after that contact, Mr. Fauth presumably authorized a broker to sell stocks in his wife's account, the filings said.
Federal spending bill to include $800M in grants for cities dealing with migrant crisis
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Rand Paul says U.S. botched covid. He could soon lead probes of it.: The Kentucky Republican, a fierce critic of the pandemic response, is in line to chair ...
washingtonpost.com/health/2022/11/02/rand-paul-senate-help-committee-chairman-covid/
Lin-Manuel Miranda cuts Broadway-focused ad for Schumer’s reelection bid: Lin-Manuel Miranda is not throwing away his shot at giving a star-studded boost to ...
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Opinion | Do the Democrats Deserve Re-election?: Looking at the midterms as a referendum.
nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/lets-pretend-for-a-minute-that-theres-just-biden-to-worry-about.html
Top environment committee Democrat tests positive for COVID-19, cancels trip to climate summit
thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3727716-top-environment-committee-democrat-tests-positive-for-covid-19-cancels-trip-to-climate-summit/
Morning Update: Billions of COVID-19 benefits went to ineligible recipients: Auditor-General says $4.6-billion in overpayments risks going uncollected ...
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-morning-update-billions-of-covid-19-benefits-went-to-ineligible/
Time runs out for Missouri AG to appeal ruling in school mask mandate lawsuit: A Jackson County judge ruled in May that the attorney general lacked any legal ...
stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/time-runs-out-for-missouri-ag-to-appeal-ruling-in-school-mask-mandate-lawsuit/article_f418488a-2254-11ee-a98f-174a229421e5.html
America Is Lucky Gas Prices Aren’t Higher Right Now: Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been an unexpected gift to Joe Biden.
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/10/gas-prices-biden-china-zero-covid/671785/
Sen. Schumer calls on FDA for action on kids’ medicine shortages amid surge of COVID, RSV and flu
nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-schumer-fda-action-kid-medicine-shortage-20221219-qzeujljjk5fnzdqd5ncnhpt22e-story.html
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Sen. Burr Cited COVID When He Dumped Shares Ahead of Stock Market Crash, According to FBI Records
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Sen. Manchin, Sen. Murkowski test positive for COVID: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are able to vote remotely by proxy, but members of the U.S ...
pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-manchin-sen-murkowski-test-positive-for-covid
Quick Glance: Sen. Manchin has been isolated after testing positive for coronavirus.
- Joe Manchin, 74, has disclosed that he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is undergoing treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms.
- Manchin's illness, combined with Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) recent absence from voting due to two hip operations, highlights the frailty of Democrats' Senate dominance.
- During this campaign season, Democrats expect to push many legislative initiatives through the 50-50 chamber, including votes next week on a top-tier proposal limiting pharmaceutical pricing and extending federal subsidies for health insurance.
- Democrats have gained control of the chamber thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote. Lawmakers are set to hold a final vote on a bipartisan bill to enhance semiconductor output.
Opinion | President Biden Has Covid. Now What?: “If all goes well, this will be a nonstory … and that’s the story.”
nytimes.com/2022/07/21/opinion/biden-covid.html
Quick Glance: US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID.
- The US president, Joe Biden, tested positive for COVID.
- The president, 79, is "experiencing very mild symptoms," according to his press secretary, who revealed the news.
- The White House coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, said Mr. Biden's symptoms began on Wednesday and include a runny nose, dry cough, and exhaustion.
- NBC News reported on June 16 that the president tested negative for the virus twice that week.
Biden's COVID-19 symptoms are nearly resolved, the White House doctor says: Dr. Kevin O'Connor, the White House physician, reports that President Joe Biden has ...
npr.org/2022/07/25/1113441886/biden-covid-19-symptoms-are-nearly-resolved-the-white-house-doctor-says
Quick Glance: Doctor: Joe Biden's COVID symptoms have 'nearly totally disappeared'
- On Friday, July 22, 2022, US President Joe Biden talks virtually during a meeting with his economic team in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, D.C.
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- Biden has not made any public appearances since a virtual conference with economic experts on Friday.
America Is Lucky Gas Prices Aren’t Higher Right Now: Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been an unexpected gift to Joe Biden.
theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/10/gas-prices-biden-china-zero-covid/671785/
Biden and Harris Would Both Beat Either Trump or DeSantis in 2024: Poll: The Echelon Insights survey also found a majority of voters don't want either Biden or ...
newsweek.com/2024-odds-biden-harris-trump-desantis-1726687
Mitch McConnell says labor shortage will end when people run out of stimulus money
businessinsider.com/mitch-mcconnell-labor-shortage-end-people-run-out-stimulus-money-2022-7
Cornyn tests positive for COVID-19: Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, which could further complicate the ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3582810-cornyn-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
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Sen. Chuck Schumer tests positive for COVID-19: Sen. Chuck Schumer has tested positive for COVID-19, his spokesperson said Sunday night.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-chuck-schumer-tests-positive-covid-19/story
Quick Glance: Chuck Schumer tested positive for Covid-19, according to a spokesperson.
- Senator Chuck Schumer tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing "very mild symptoms," according to his spokesperson.
- "As a part of his regular testing regimen, Leader Schumer received a positive test result for COVID-19."
- "The Leader is fully vaccinated and double boosted, and has very mild symptoms," spokesman Justin Goodman said in a statement issued late Sunday evening.
- Schumer is the latest high-profile Washington figure to test positive for the drug, following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris in April.
Baldwin tests positive for COVID-19: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Sunday announced she tested positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely from quarantine ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3649456-baldwin-tests-positive-for-covid-19/
Ex-Senator Burr Says SEC Won’t Take Action on His Stock Trades
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Harris, Yellen focus on community finance at Freedman Forum: WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plan to use this ...
apnews.com/article/health-business-kamala-harris-covid-janet-yellen-0caa72b0cbf0820ffe440991bf079a51
Joe Biden's hugely consequential Covid isolation: A fatigued, runny-nosed President Joe Biden entered Covid solitude on July 21 with his legislative agenda ...
cnn.com/2022/08/06/politics/joe-biden-consequential-week/
DC's pioneering 'Baby Bonds' plan aims to narrow wealth gap: WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her ...
apnews.com/article/covid-health-education-b365606b5c5433aa0f5febac0b2ae2d6
GOP's Ted Cruz feuds with Elmo over kids getting COVID-19 vaccines: Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took aim at popular children's show character ...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/gops-cruz-feuds-elmo-kids-covid-19-vaccines/story
Quick Glance: Texas Senator Ted Cruz blasts Elmo for "aggressively" promoting the COVID vaccine for children.
- Cruz took to Twitter to express his displeasure with a new "Sesame Street" public service announcement starring Elmo and his father Louie.
- "You then have @elmo aggressively advocate for vaccinating children UNDER 5," he wrote.
- The PSA, created by Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind "Sesame Street," in collaboration with the Ad Council and COVID Collaborative's COVID-19 Vaccine Education, was released in response to the recent FDA emergency use authorization and CDC recommendation of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID vaccines for children aged 6 months and older.
- COVID immunization for this age group is another option in parents' toolbox to help their children succeed."
Ron Johnson won’t back same-sex marriage bill in current form: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in new comments said he will not support the Senate’s marriage equality ...
thehill.com/homenews/senate/3632703-ron-johnson-wont-back-same-sex-marriage-bill-in-current-form/
GOP Seizes on Biden's 'Pandemic Is Over' Remark to Demand Medicaid Cuts: On top of pushing for an end to pandemic-related Medicaid funding, Republican Sen ...
commondreams.org/news/2022/09/20/gop-seizes-bidens-pandemic-over-remark-demand-medicaid-cuts
Got Covid but working through it? That’s nothing to boast about: Another day, another public figure insisting a deadly virus isn’t going to slow them down ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/13/got-covid-but-working-through-it-thats-nothing-to-boast-about
Sens. Durbin and Duckworth ask Walgreens CEO to revisit pharmacy beliefs policy: A letter from Illinois senators asks Walgreens' CEO to revise policy on ...
usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2022/07/28/walgreens-ceo-contraception-beliefs-policy/10178326002/
Quick Glance: Senators Durbin and Duckworth have asked Walgreens CEO to reconsider its pharmacy beliefs policy.
- Its policy specifies that pharmacists may refuse medicines for religious or moral reasons.
- "Such limitations are exacerbated by Walgreens" policy, which can come at the expense of your customers" right to privacy," they warned.
- According to Walgreens senior director of external relations Fraser Engerman, instances of pharmacists denying contraception due to personal or religious beliefs are rare, and policies are designed to meet the needs of Walgreens' patients and customers while respecting its employees' beliefs.
- Durbin stated on Wednesday that politicians and pharmacists had no business standing in the way of a woman's access to health care.
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