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FDA announces plans to phase out petroleum based food dyes

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday announced actions to phase out the use of petroleum based food dyes in U.S. food products, citing concerns over potential health impacts on children. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary pointed to studies linked petroleum based dyes to ADHD, obesity, diabetes, insulin resistance and cancer in his remarks on Tuesday. He announced the FDA would be initiating a plan to revoke the authorization …

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Republican senator asks Kennedy to restore HHS staff that worked on coal miner health

A Republican senator on Tuesday indicated disagreement with at least some of the firings and closures being made by the Trump administration in the name of efficiency. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) pushed back on decisions that cut an office and workers seeking to support coal miners’ health. “I believe in the President’s vision to right size our …

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Abortions set to resume at Wyoming’s only clinic following court ruling

Wyoming’s only abortion clinic will reopen and begin providing care after a judge on Monday suspended two laws restricting abortion in the state. Wellspring Health Access said it will resume abortions on Thursday, following a temporary injunction granted by a district court judge, which halted the laws from taking effect as the case progresses. One law would require clinics providing surgical abortions to be licensed …

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Around the Nation

Local and state headlines on health care:

Money set aside to help New Hampshire opioid crisis could be steered elsewhere in state budget (NHPR)
New law increases oversight at Arizona sober living home (ProPublica)
Early Texas hospital data shows millions spent in care for non-U.S. citizens (The Texas Tribune)

What We’re Reading

Health news we’ve flagged from other outlets:

Suicides and rape at prized mental health center (The New York Times)
An ‘insane’ calculus: A pharma company raised price for a rare disease drug 150% to cover Medicaid rebates (Stat)
The ranks of Obamacare ‘fixers’ axed in Trump’s reduction of health agency workforce (KFF Health News)

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Tesla earnings plunge 71 percent in first quarter

Tesla’s quarterly earnings dropped by 71 percent, the company announced Monday, marking the latest sign of bad news for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle … Read more

Trump blasts Supreme Court while arguing trials for migrants ‘not possible’

President Trump complained Monday of being “stymied at every turn” by the courts, arguing the administration can’t hold trials for migrants it plans … Read more

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