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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Monday, the federal government announced new recommendations requiring hospitals to seek consent before performing tests on patients, especially those under anesthesia.The KSHB 41 I-Team has reported extensively on this practice for a year and a half, and our reporting led to the passing of a law in Missouri banning nonconsensual pelvic exams.related No Consent Part 2: What are local councilors doing about non-consensual pelvic exams?The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), requires that hospitals have a process in place to obtain informed consent from patients…
April 1, 2024new jersey law journal Becker is pleased to announce that Ronald L. Pearl has joined the firm as a consultant in the community association practice. View announcement › April 1, 2024Daily work review Congratulations to Becker's newest shareholder Donald P. Dufresne REAL ESTATE | Government Law and Lobbying View announcement › April 1, 2024new york law journal In Memoriam: Marvin Salenger (1937-2024) One of the World's Truly Great Trial Lawyers The New York legal community is proud to honor Marvin Salenger, a luminary of trial lawyers who became synonymous with excellence and integrity in the courtroom. I'm mourning…
Israel's parliament passed a bill on Monday that would allow the closure of Al Jazeera's reporting operations in Israel, a decision the White House deemed “concerning” about restricting press freedom.The bill, which passed 71-10, paves the way for Israel to shut down foreign media outlets it deems to pose a security risk, a move widely seen as targeting Al Jazeera. . Israel accuses the Qatar-based news agency of being a propaganda arm for Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused the organization of supporting Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack. .”Al Jazeera violated…
mississauga, ontario, April 1, 2024 /CNW/ – Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. (TSX:MFI) and the Maple Leaf Center for Food Safety recognized the government's efforts. Canada About today's investment announcement 1 billion dollars Establish a national school lunch program over the next five years. This investment will work with states and territories to expand existing school meal programs to reach an additional 400,000 children across the country. Canada.Maple Leaf Food Safety Center Logo (CNW Group/Maple Leaf Food Safety Center)”Maple Leaf Foods and the Maple Leaf Center for Food Safety are excited and grateful that the federal government has acted on its…
Al Jazeera satellite channel employees are shown working in the Jerusalem bureau in 2017. Israel's parliament on Monday approved a law targeting foreign broadcasters that would allow the government to shut down the operations of foreign broadcasters deemed a security threat. File photo: Atef Safadi/EPA April 1 (UPI) — Israel's parliament on Monday approved a new law allowing the government to temporarily shut down the operations of foreign broadcasters deemed a security threat, but backers say the bill is funded by Qatar. It claims to target Al Jazeera news channel. Israeli lawmakers approved the bill by an overwhelming 71-10 vote,…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis took to the streets in Jerusalem on Monday, continuing three days of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and demanding new elections.Protests have intensified as the war in Gaza approaches the end of six months, with anger growing over the government's handling of the 134 Israeli hostages still held by Gaza's Islamist movement Hamas. .”We came here to protest, to demand elections as soon as possible. We have reached our limit,” Timna Ben, a protester in Jerusalem, said, using Netanyahu's nickname. “I feel like we really need to get rid of Bibi.” .Prime…
A photo of slain Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akre hangs on the wall as a reporter works inside the agency's offices in Ramallah on May 9, 2023. CPJ urgently urged the Israeli government not to close the Jerusalem-based Al Jazeera bureau. April 1, 2024. (Photo: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) WASHINGTON, DC, April 1, 2024 — The Committee to Protect Journalists urges the Israeli government not to shut down the Jerusalem-based Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera affiliate and to prevent the media from covering news events in Israel and Gaza during the war. We urgently request freedom of reporting. current conflict. On Monday,…
File – July 27, 2010, California Operating Room. Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before undergoing pelvic exams or other sensitive areas. The federal government announced Monday, April 1, 2024, especially if the test is performed while the patient is unconscious. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP) – Hospitals will obtain written informed consent from patients before undergoing pelvic exams and other sensitive areas, especially if the test is performed while the patient is unconscious. The federal government announced Monday. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires consent for breast, pelvic, prostate and rectal…
WASHINGTON DC – NOVEMBER 14: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) (left) and … [+] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) holds a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2019, to introduce legislation to transform public housing as part of her proposed Green New Deal. Liberal MPs called on affordable housing advocates and climate change activists to join them in making the announcement. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Getty Images Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, which would spend millions of dollars to retrofit public housing…
of Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday (April 1) that it now has powerful tools to combat scammers impersonating government agencies and businesses. New rules that went into effect Monday allow the FTC to sue in federal court to recover money for fraud victims and seek civil penalties against fraudsters, the FTC announced Monday. press release. The rule was finalized in February, when the FTC announced it would target people who: impersonation fraud This includes government seals or company logos, government or company impersonations or similar email or web addresses, or terms that falsely imply affiliation with a government or…