A rash of illnesses involving a Virginia lake highlights the need for outdoor swimmers to be cautious of illnesses hidden in the water. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that anti-abortion doctors who challenged FDA rules regarding mifepristone, an abortion pill, did not have a legitimate basis for their suit. Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday promises to be historic.
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Should we worry about getting sick from a lake?
An alarming surge of infections at a lake is a stark reminder for swimmers to practice caution and good hygiene at outdoor watering holes this summer. Health officials are investigating after nearly two dozen cases of illness were reported in Virginia involving people, mostly children, who visited the same lake over Memorial Day weekend. There were no swimming advisories at Lake Anna on Thursday, but health officials said more testing of lake water was underway this week to determine whether a public health risk may persist . This case highlights the need to be vigilant against major waterborne threats that may not be visible to the naked eye, including brain-eating amoebae.
Access to the abortion pill remains the same – for now
Two years after erasing the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court took the opposite path. The justices challenged the widely used abortion drug mifepristone on Thursday for allegedly limiting access to the drug and jeopardizing the independence of the Food and Drug Administration.
Despite the court’s deep ideological divide on abortion, the decision was unanimous. The justices ruled that the anti-abortion group that brought the case, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, did not have standing to sue.
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