Cannabis consumption is associated with lower rates of obesity among patients with hepatitis B, according to data published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. A team of investigators affiliated with France’s National Institute of Health assessed the relationship between cannabis use and body weight in a cohort of 3,700 patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) … Continue reading Study: Cannabis Use Inversely Associated with Obesity in HBV Patients
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This week House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on seven scientists who initially believed COVID-19 may have leaked from the Wuhan lab to provide … Continue reading Comer, Scalise, Jordan Call on Scientists Who Privately Supported Lab Leak Theory to Provide Answers Under Oath
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to over 700 Texas hospital executives about how President Biden’s Build Back Better Act would have a devastating impact on Texas hospitals, medical providers, and Texans who are uninsured or from underserved communities. As Sen. Cruz highlights in the letter, the Build Back Better Act would cut Disproportionate … Continue reading Build Back Better guts Medicaid reimbursements
House Committee on Oversight Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Republican lawmakers renewed their request to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Acting Director Lawrence Tabak to provide all documents and communications about a grant awarded to EcoHealth Alliance, which funneled taxpayer funds to … Continue reading Comer, Oversight Republicans Again Press for Information About Taxpayer Funds Awarded to Wuhan Lab and Possible Fauci Cover-Up
On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), alongside 48 of his Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, informed GOP leadership that they will refuse to fund the enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandates when government funding runs out later this month. "Congressional Republicans must once again decide whether they will vote to fund a federal government that is enforcing tyrannical … Continue reading 48 Republicans join Rep. Roy in fight to defund Biden’s vaccine mandates
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding COVID-19: “This week marks two years since the federal government first declared the new coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency. “I don’t need to recount the staggering number of lives lost or the terrible upheaval throughout society that our … Continue reading Given Current COVID Facts and Science, “It Is Time for the State of Emergency to Wind Down”
Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and Select Subcommittee Republican lawmakers today called on CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to provide the scientific evidence for the agency’s COVID-19 guidelines and policies that have caused harm to children’s … Continue reading Top Republicans: CDC’s COVID Policies Harm Generation of Children
ouse Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra on his lack of leadership during a public health crisis. LETTER EXCERPT: “We write to request that you … Continue reading Republican Leaders Question HHS Sec. Becerra on Being MIA for COVID-19 Response
In his first legal opinion as Virginia’s Attorney General, Jason Miyares opined that the Code of Virginia does not grant Virginia’s state colleges and universities the power to require the COVID-19 vaccine as a general condition of enrollment or in-person attendance. “Although the General Assembly specifically authorized public institutions of higher education to assist the Department … Continue reading Virginia AG Declares Colleges Cannot Mandate Vax
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanding answers after the agency decided to limit the use of monoclonal antibody treatments this week. In the letter, the Senator asks: Identify who specifically decided to limit the use of these monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19.What was the … Continue reading Ted Cruz Demands Answers From The FDA For Limiting Monoclonal Antibody Treatments
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