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...After three decades of opposition, the number of Germans who support nuclear energy is creeping upwards. According to surveys by the Bielefeld-based Emnid Institute for both the atomic lobby Deutsches Atomforum and the anti-nuclear organization Greenpeace Germany, 48% of Germans are in favor of extending the remaining running times of the country's nuclear power plants, compared to 40% two years ago. "People are starting to come around to the idea of keeping our plants open longer," Claudia Kemfert, head of energy and the environment at the Berlin-based DIW research institute, tells TIME...
Abortion-rights advocacy groups are pushing back. On July 6, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) released a poll of 1,000 likely voters conducted by the Mellman Group indicating that 71% favor including reproductive services such as birth control and abortion as part of health reform. The poll also found that 75% believe an independent commission should determine what medical services are covered among the basic benefits offered under health reform. (Congress is also considering giving that power to the Health and Human Services Secretary.) Said NWLC vice president Judy Waxman: "Congress should refrain from practicing medicine...
...proposals for a new, government-administered health-insurance program to help lower costs. President Obama said on June 23 that the so-called public plan "makes sense" as part of an overall health-reform package; on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are sparring over its pros and cons. Democrats--who favor a public option--can't agree on a plan among themselves, while across the aisle, Republicans are warning of creeping socialism and health-care "rationing." Hold on tight: this battle is just beginning...
SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE In a June 9 legislative draft, space designated for details of a public plan just read "policy under discussion." Dodd and Kennedy favor a public-insurance plan...
What exactly did the panel recommend? The FDA advisory panel, made up of scientists, doctors and consumer representatives, voted to make four major changes in the way acetaminophen is dispensed and packaged. First, it voted 21 to 6 in favor of lowering the maximum daily dose of nonprescription acetaminophen for adults, which is currently set at 4,000 mg; the panel did not specify a new maximum dosage. Second, the committee voted 24 to 13 to reduce the maximum single adult daily dose to 650 mg from the current maximum of 1,000 mg, or the equivalent of two tablets...