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Federal appeals court blocks mailing of abortion pills in ruling with nationwide effect

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A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone under current Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules, a move the court acknowledged would «as a practical matter, have a nationwide effect,» and one that sets up a likely Supreme Court battle over abortion access.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling could restrict abortion pill access across the country, restoring rules supporters say protect patient safety and state authority, while critics warn it will make access harder even in states where abortion remains legal.
The decision means women will now have to see a medical professional in order to obtain a mifepristone prescription, restoring a requirement that had been lifted during the COVID-19 pandemic under former President Joe Biden.
Mifepristone is one of two drugs commonly used in medication abortions and accounts for a majority of abortions in the U.S., according to research from the Guttmacher Institute.
ABORTION PILL MIFEPRISTONE STAYS AVAILABLE BY MAIL FOR NOW AS FDA FACES 6-MONTH REVIEW DEADLINE
A packet of Misoprostol abortion pills. (Sergei Gapon/AFP)
The court’s order blocks mail-order distribution of the drug and effectively halts pharmacy-based dispensing allowed under recent FDA rule changes, requiring it to be dispensed in person under earlier safety protocols.
«It is true, as the district court noted, that a § 705 stay ‘would, as a practical matter, have a nationwide effect.’» the court wrote, putting in plain terms the sweeping implications of the decision.
Judges sharply criticized the FDA’s handling of the drug’s safety data, saying the agency had «previously eliminated the requirement to report mifepristone’s adverse events,» and calling it «unreasonable» to remove reporting requirements and then rely on the resulting lack of data to justify expanded access.
The ruling also sided with arguments from pro-life states, including Louisiana, which said federal policy undermined their abortion laws.
«Every abortion facilitated by FDA’s action cancels Louisiana’s ban,» the court wrote, adding that the state’s policy recognizes «every unborn child is [a] human being… from the moment of conception.»
REPUBLICAN SENATORS BLAST FDA FOR EXPANDING ABORTION PILL ACCESS

Pro-life demonstrators march to the Supreme Court for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. in 2025. (Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images, File)
«Once lost, that sovereign prerogative of protecting unborn life cannot be regained,» the court added.
The ruling marks a major escalation in the legal fight over abortion drugs, pitting federal regulators against states seeking to enforce stricter abortion laws in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Pro-life groups quickly praised the decision.
«This is a win we’ve been waiting for, and we pray it holds,» Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins said.
«We can’t remain the United States of America if abortion loving states allow criminal enterprises to be set up, breaking the laws of their pro-life neighbors,» she added.
NEW YORK DOCTOR INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY PRESCRIBING ABORTION PILL TO PATIENT VIA TELEMEDICINE IN LOUISIANA

Boxes of mifepristone used for medical abortions. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters, File)
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins called the ruling «great news for the unborn,» adding that the issue «should be before the U.S. Supreme Court soon.»
Pro-choice advocates sharply criticized the decision.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said mifepristone is «safe, effective, and essential,» calling the ruling «yet another cruel attack on abortion access.»
«Restrictions on abortion care are restrictions on life-saving health care,» she added.
As Fox News Digital previously reported, a federal judge had allowed mifepristone to remain available by mail on a temporary basis last month while legal challenges and federal review efforts continued.
PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT CONFRONTS HIGH ABORTION RATES THREE YEARS AFTER DOBBS

Pro-life supporters hold signs outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images, File)
Judge David C. Joseph previously cautioned against «government by lawsuit,» emphasizing that the FDA’s ongoing safety review, not litigation, should determine long-term policy.
That review remains underway, with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FDA tasked with examining safety data, adverse events and the regulatory framework on mifepristone.
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Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill had argued the policy caused «irreparable harm every day» it remained in place, warning expanded access was designed to «reach into jurisdictions like Louisiana» despite state-level abortion restrictions.
Friday’s ruling now sets up a likely appeal to the Supreme Court, where a new challenge to federal authority over abortion drug regulation could take center stage.
The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
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El dengue deja más fallecidos y acelera su expansión en Panamá

Mientras miles de panameños enfrentan síntomas similares a los de un resfriado común en plena temporada lluviosa, las cifras oficiales muestran que el dengue continúa avanzando en el país y lo hace con señales que preocupan a las autoridades sanitarias: más casos, más hospitalizaciones, más pacientes graves y más muertes.
El más reciente informe epidemiológico del Ministerio de Salud revela que hasta la semana epidemiológica 19, correspondiente del 10 al 16 de mayo, Panamá acumulaba 2,581 casos de dengue, 113 más que los reportados una semana antes, cuando el país registraba 2,468 contagios. Pero el aumento no se limita únicamente al número de enfermos.
Los casos con signos de alarma pasaron de 291 a 311 en apenas una semana, mientras que los casos de dengue grave aumentaron de 15 a 17. Las hospitalizaciones también crecieron de 307 a 328 pacientes y las defunciones subieron de siete a ocho. La tasa nacional de incidencia pasó de 52.3 a 54.7 casos por cada 100 mil habitantes, reflejando una expansión sostenida de la enfermedad en distintas regiones del país.
La Región Metropolitana continúa siendo la más afectada con 680 casos acumulados, seguida por Colón con 462 y Bocas del Toro con 265. Entre los corregimientos con mayor cantidad de contagios figuran Tocumen, Puerto Pilón, Veracruz, 24 de Diciembre, Belisario Frías y Las Garzas. Los adolescentes de entre 10 y 14 años siguen siendo el grupo más impactado, con una tasa de incidencia de 78 casos por cada 100 mil habitantes.

Uno de los principales desafíos para las autoridades es que los primeros síntomas del dengue suelen confundirse con los de un resfriado, una gripe o incluso otras infecciones virales.
Sin embargo, existen diferencias importantes. Mientras los resfriados suelen provocar congestión nasal, estornudos y dolor de garganta, el dengue se caracteriza por una fiebre alta repentina, dolor intenso de cabeza, dolor detrás de los ojos, dolores musculares y articulares severos, cansancio extremo y malestar general.
Precisamente por esos dolores musculares y articulares intensos, la enfermedad es conocida popularmente como la “fiebre quebrantahuesos”. Algunos pacientes también pueden presentar náuseas, vómitos y erupciones en la piel varios días después del inicio de los síntomas.
Los especialistas advierten que el mayor riesgo aparece cuando la fiebre comienza a desaparecer. Contrario a lo que muchas personas creen, la reducción de la temperatura no siempre significa mejoría. Es en ese momento cuando algunos pacientes desarrollan signos de alarma que pueden anticipar un cuadro grave.

Entre las señales que requieren atención médica inmediata figuran el dolor abdominal intenso y persistente, vómitos continuos, sangrado de encías o nariz, presencia de sangre en heces o vómitos, dificultad para respirar, somnolencia excesiva, irritabilidad o una sensación marcada de debilidad.
Cuando estos síntomas aparecen, el paciente puede requerir hospitalización para recibir líquidos intravenosos, monitoreo constante y tratamiento especializado.
Los datos oficiales muestran precisamente que cada vez más pacientes están llegando a esa fase crítica. En una sola semana se sumaron 20 hospitalizaciones adicionales y dos nuevos casos de dengue grave, indicadores que suelen ser observados con especial atención por los epidemiólogos porque reflejan la presión que la enfermedad ejerce sobre el sistema de salud.
El comportamiento observado en Panamá coincide con una tendencia regional. Diversos países de América Latina han reportado durante los primeros meses de 2026 un aumento de casos favorecido por las lluvias, las altas temperaturas y la proliferación del mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmisor del virus.

Naciones como Brasil, Colombia, Perú, Honduras y Costa Rica han mantenido sistemas de vigilancia reforzados debido a la persistencia de brotes y a la circulación simultánea de distintos serotipos del dengue.
Las autoridades sanitarias panameñas insisten en que la principal herramienta para contener la enfermedad sigue siendo la eliminación de criaderos. El mosquito deposita sus huevos en recipientes con agua acumulada, por lo que tanques destapados, llantas, botellas, latas, cubetas y otros objetos abandonados pueden convertirse en focos de reproducción.
Mientras el país entra en los meses de mayor intensidad de la temporada lluviosa, el avance de las estadísticas deja un mensaje claro: el dengue continúa ganando terreno. Y aunque la mayoría de los pacientes se recupera sin complicaciones, el aumento simultáneo de contagios, hospitalizaciones, casos graves y fallecimientos demuestra que la enfermedad sigue representando una amenaza significativa para la salud pública panameña.
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Foreign enemies have a shockingly simple way to track US troops overseas, lawmakers warn

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon after U.S. Central Command disclosed it had received multiple threat reports indicating foreign adversaries were exploiting commercially available location data to target or surveil American military personnel overseas.
In a letter to War Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies, lawmakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., warned that the Pentagon «has not taken basic steps to protect U.S. military personnel from the serious counterintelligence and force protection threat posed by the collection and sale of personal information, including cell phone location data, by data brokers.»
The lawmakers cited information provided by U.S. Central Command, which told Congress it «has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.»
The warning centers on the vast commercial data broker industry, which collects and sells location information generated by smartphones, apps and advertising networks. Lawmakers say adversaries may be able to purchase or otherwise obtain that data and use it to identify military installations, monitor troop movements or track individual service members.
HACKERS CLAIM MASSIVE BREACH OF COMPANY THAT TRACKS AND SELLS AMERICANS’ LOCATION DATA
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon about adversaries exploiting commercially available location data to target or surveil American military personnel overseas. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
After revealing that CENTCOM had received multiple threat reports involving adversaries exploiting commercial location data, the lawmakers argued the Pentagon has failed to adequately address a vulnerability that has been known for years.
«That foreign adversaries are still able to buy location data collected from the phones of U.S. personnel serving in military hotspots is a direct result of DOD leadership’s failure to prioritize this threat and implement common sense cyber defenses recommended by federal cybersecurity experts,» the lawmakers wrote.
According to the letter, CENTCOM told lawmakers it only rolled out a capability to administratively disable location sharing on government-issued smartphones in May. Lawmakers also said advertising identifiers — unique tracking numbers used by advertisers and data brokers to monitor devices across apps and services — remain active on government-issued devices despite longstanding recommendations from cybersecurity agencies to disable them.
ALLSTATE SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRACKING AND SELLING 45M AMERICANS’ LOCATION DATA
The lawmakers urged the Pentagon to disable advertising identifiers on all government-issued smartphones and issue guidance requiring personnel to do the same on personal devices used overseas or on military installations. They also called for the Departement of War to replace web browsers that facilitate advertising-related data collection with privacy-focused alternatives that include anti-tracking protections.
The Pentagon has been grappling with the security implications of commercially available location data for years. In 2018, the fitness-tracking app Strava inadvertently revealed the locations and movement patterns of military personnel after publishing a global heat map of user activity. Similar concerns later emerged involving other fitness and location-based applications that exposed military installations and, in some cases, could be used to identify individual service members.
The War Department subsequently issued guidance restricting the use of applications and devices that share geolocation data in operational areas. But lawmakers argue the department has not fully implemented more basic protections designed to limit the collection and sale of location information in the first place.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Pentagon for comment.
Cybersecurity experts say the concern extends far beyond fitness-tracking applications.

The lawmakers cited information provided by U.S. Central Command, which told Congress it «has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.» (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)
The commercial data ecosystem collects vast amounts of location information generated through smartphones, mobile applications, advertising technology systems and other digital services.
«The United States’ foreign adversaries have plentiful opportunities to exploit commercial location data on Americans, because so much location data is collected, shared, sold, inferred, and much more across the commercial market on millions of Americans every day,» Justin Sherman, CEO of research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies, told Fox News Digital.
Sherman said foreign adversaries can potentially obtain access to location data through data brokers, digital advertising networks and other commercial systems that collect and sell information about users’ movements.
«If you’re one of the United States’ foreign adversaries, you have advanced cyber capabilities, but you see all this U.S. data out there on the commercial market, you’d think: ‘why hack when I can buy?’»
«Foreign adversaries can take advantage of gaps in U.S. privacy laws, failures in other countries to lock down data, and the pervasiveness of digital systems to get location data from data brokers, real-time bidding networks for digital ads, and many other commercial sources,» Sherman said.

The commercial data ecosystem collects vast amounts of location information generated through smartphones, mobile applications, advertising technology systems and other digital services. (Source: U.S. Army )
Once obtained, Sherman said the data can potentially be used to identify individuals, track their movements over time and build what intelligence professionals refer to as «patterns of life» — detailed pictures of a person’s routines, habits and activities.
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«The sale of location data in particular on Americans’ devices puts military personnel at risk, can expose their families and other people in their lives, and allow anyone with the data to see the sites they visit, map patterns of life, run intelligence operations against them, and more,» Sherman said. «It’s a serious national security threat.»
The lawmakers’ letter raises fresh questions about how much commercially available data foreign adversaries can access and whether existing Pentagon safeguards are sufficient to protect American troops operating in sensitive environments around the world.
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