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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has supported broader access to peptides. A new policy will make it easier for small compounding pharmacies to make them.
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Trump administration will allow pharmacies to make popular peptides
Sydney Lupkin
The Department of Health and Human Services will let small compounding pharmacies make six peptides that haven't been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It may not be enough to meet demand.
Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, Oct. 15, 2021.
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Trump administration wants to remove regulations on a super planet-heating gas
Julia Simon, Kirk Siegler
Jordan Neely was shouting threats on the NYC subway. Fellow passenger Daniel Penny put Neely into a chokehold and killed him. Journalist Anand Giridharadas believes both men felt abandoned. Above, protestors rally in support of Neely in New York City on May 24, 2023.
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New book revisits the 2023 killing of an unhoused man in crisis on the NYC subway
Tonya Mosley
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh and his colleagues voted to hold their benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday. The central bank had raised rates in September, in an effort to curb persistent inflation.
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Fed holds interest rates steady even as inflation remains stubborn
Scott Horsley
Texas Standard
From Ann Richards to Gina Hinojosa: What has — and hasn’t — changed for women in Texas politics
Only two women have been elected governor of the Lone Star State. Could that be about to change?
Abbott’s appeal freezes Hinojosa’s access to Musk emails
Senders of mysterious trans advocacy texts and mailers in Texas must reveal themselves, judge rules
A Texas cop signed on to help ICE deport his neighbors. It tore the town apart
Texas Standard for Oct. 28, 2026: What changed for women in Texas politics after Ann Richards
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