The Menopause Legislation That Has Halle Berry Yelling
Florida bans lab grown 🥩; Six months till presidential election
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Good morning,
Madonna was ‘Popular’ this weekend. She performed before the biggest concert ever, with an estimated 1.6 million people attending on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach. Best part: It was free!
🎶 Her 1987 concert at Paris’ Parc des Sceaux with 130,000 people was her previous biggest concert.
⏰ Saturday’s show was about two-hours long.
It was the last show of her greatest-hits ‘Celebration’ tour, which began in October.
🎤 Not the only one: Rolling Stones and Rod Stewart also hosted million+ audiences at that Brazilian beach.
Hope your week gets off to a ‘Celebration’!
Mosheh, Jill, & Lauren
🩺 CONGRESS MAKES PUSH TO BOOST MENOPAUSE CARE
A group of bipartisan, all-female senators is leading the charge on a new $275 million bill that would boost federal research and physician training on menopause.
They are getting some help from a leading lady: Halle Berry, who wants to de-stigmatize menopause. She says, "The shame has to be taken out of menopause. We have to talk about this very normal part of our life that happens."
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
The Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act seeks to boost services and support for a condition that the women senators say is widely misunderstood.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) says men in leadership have not made the issue a priority, but, “we now have women in top positions. We know these issues. We know they need to be a priority.”
Menopause statistics in the US. Via: letstalkmenopause.org
“THE CHANGE”
Often called the change of life, menopause signals the end of a woman's menstrual periods. There are a wide-range of symptoms — from the common hot flashes to lesser known heart conditions — and it varies person-to-person.
Academy Award-winning actor Halle Berry shared her perimenopause misdiagnosis journey. A doctor concluded her pain during sex and exhaustion was from the ‘worst case of herpes’ he ever saw. It was actually perimenopause.
Berry said her doctor would not say the word ‘menopause,’ when she brought up her symptoms that were related to it. He added, “You don’t look like you’re in menopause, I could never say that. And if I said that to all my female clients, they’d punch me.”
Patients and health care providers have said they are confused about potential treatments.
Only 30% of US physician residency programs have a formal menopause curriculum, while 80% of OB-GYN residents feel ill-prepared to discuss menopause.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) notes that, to date, there are few federally funded clinical trials on menopause and menopausal hormone therapy.
MO NEWS COMMUNITY REACTION: Mo News member @g2endo shared, “As endocrinologists, we are READY to do the work needed. We are hormone doctors. We need more funding for research!!! And time to do it.”
🥩 FLORIDA BANS LAB-GROWN MEAT
Florida is saying no to lab-grown meat — the first state to ban cultivated meat from being sold there.
🐄 With the cattle industry lobbying, other states might soon follow suit.
CURTAILING CULTIVATED MEAT
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says that “Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs.”
What is it: Cell-cultivated meat is grown in a lab from a sample of animal cells and is an edible meat substitute. Chicken, fish and beef can all be produced. Here’s a video on it.
It was first developed in the Netherlands in 2013. Now, more than 100 companies work on related products.
Proponents see lab-grown meat as a way to fight climate change (reduce methane emissions) and food insecurity. The United Nations supports it. Global population protein needs will also double in the next 25 years.
Unlikely ally: The North American Meat Institute, a trade association representing 95% of red meat producers and suppliers, says the ban will “restrict consumer choice and stifle innovation,” and give foreign players an upper hand.
Opponents say it will threaten the agriculture and ranching industries. Beef cattle generate over $900 million a year in the state. Florida ranks ninth in the US for beef cattle production.
Some meat producers and lobbyists are pushing legislation to ban lab-grown meat from school lunches.
THE OTHER 49 STATES
In the US, the meat industry is worth about $300 billion. While there is currently no lab-grown meat at US supermarkets, two startups earned USDA approval last year for their cultivated chicken to sell to restaurants.
📌 SIX MONTHS TO ELECTION DAY: IT MAY COME DOWN TO “DOUBLE HATERS”
Have you started paying attention to the presidential race yet? We are officially six months from election day, and the race is tight. Former President Trump and President Biden are effectively tied in a new ABC News poll. Trump leads among all adults and registered voters, while Biden leads among likely voters. The results in all three categories fall within the poll’s margin of error.
A five-way race also has the race effectively all tied up. Trump 42%, Biden with 40%, then 12% for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2% for Cornel West and 1% for Jill Stein.
The third party candidates still need to get on all 50 states’ ballots.
ISSUES AT HAND
Trump faces 34 felony counts in the ongoing hush money trial in New York — the only one of the four criminal cases voters will likely see a ruling on before November. Even if he is convicted of a felony, 80% of Trump supporters say they’ll still back him.
Over to Biden, the economy and international issues are top concerns for his reelection. When asked which candidate they trust, voters give Trump the edge on the economy, inflation, crime, immigration, gun violence, and foreign policy. Biden has the edge on health care and abortion. The two men are tied when it comes to “protecting democracy.”
The double haters: There is a growing group of voters being called the “double haters” or people who dislike the two major party candidates.
Back in 2020, just 3% of the voters viewed the two unfavorably. Now, polling shows dissatisfaction between 16-20% — a repeat of the 2016 election with Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Axios reports, “double haters represent an extraordinarily broad range of views,” and their votes could decide the election. Will they stay home, vote for a 3rd party candidate, or vote for the lesser of two evils?
⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
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📌 At a private donor event, Trump likens the Biden administration to the 'Gestapo' (NBC NEWS)
📌 Mexican thieves kill three surfers (2 Australian and 1 American) in Baja California (AP NEWS)
📌 Trump VP hopeful Gov. Kristi Noem suggests Biden's dog should be put down, and admits that her book falsely claims she met Kim Jong Un (CBS NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel to close Al Jazeera news network in the country, accusing Qatari-owned network of supporting Hamas (CBS NEWS)
📌 Why China is buying gold like there’s no tomorrow (NY TIMES)
📌 How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workers (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Russia puts Ukraine's Zelensky on criminal 'wanted' list (FRANCE 24)
📌 Rwanda won't guarantee how many migrants it will take from UK (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 It’s tick season: How to get them under control (USA TODAY)
📌 Boeing set to launch astronauts to International Space Station today aboard new capsule, after years of delays (AP)
📌 Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants (ABC NEWS)
📌 A record number of satellites entered orbit last year, adding concerns about congestion (AXIOS)
📌 To fend off aggressive female mosquitoes, L.A. is releasing thousands of sterile males (NBC NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Highlights: Tom Brady roasted by top comedians and celebs in Netflix special (PEOPLE)
📌‘SNL’ mocks parents’ response to campus protests in cold open (DEADLINE) 📌 Dua Lipa deep-dives into Drake and Kendrick Lamar ‘beef’ in ‘SNL’ sketch (TODAY)
📌 Longshot Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose (NPR)
📌 Vanessa Bryant honors late daughter Gigi’s 18th birthday by hosting basketball camp in her memory (PEOPLE)
📌 What is the 2024 Met Gala theme? "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," explained (CBS NEWS)
🗓 ON THIS DAY: MAY 6
1994: Paula Jones, a former state of Arkansas employee, filed a sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. The investigation would lead to the Monica Lewinsky revelations.
Jones reached a settlement with Clinton in November 1998.
1998: Steve Jobs introduced Apple's first iMac.
TV SERIES FINALES: 1957: ‘I Love Lucy’ 2004: ‘Friends.’ 52 million viewers tuned-in.
DEBUT ALBUMS: 1996: Backstreet Boys’ self-titled album; 1997: Hanson’s 'Middle of Nowhere.'