In 2023, Florida and Texas became the first states to pass laws that banned DEI efforts in higher education. Several other states, including Idaho, North Carolina, and Wyoming, passed laws targeting such programs this year.
A study found that nearly 80% of the top U.S. hospital websites failed to fully comply with recommended accessibility standards, potentially preventing people with disabilities from accessing essential digital resources.
In an initiative that appears to be the first of its kind nationwide, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper and state health officials unveiled a plan this week to boost federal payouts to hospitals that take specific steps to ease the burden of medical debt for low-income patients.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lit the fast-tracking of an innovative personalized treatment for advanced prostate cancer following a promising clinical trial where the cancer disappeared completely in almost 40% of participants.