Eye on Washington
Supreme Court gets a new chief justice, grand plans emerge for rebuilding flood-ravaged Gulf Coast, and OTC status for Plan B again in limbo.
The first Monday in October was the day the Supreme Court opened a new session. This year, John Roberts, brand-new chief justice, presides. Roberts was confirmed just in time for the court's opening, taking the place made vacant by the death of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist in September. With Roberts safely on the bench, senators who spent most of past month trying to find out what his views really are on sticky issues such as abortion and the right to die may get some answers.
Attention in Congress this month will focus almost entirely on filling in the broad outlines of the Gulf Coast reconstruction plan laid out by President George W. Bush. And-if the president sends a nomination for the second vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement-the Senate will also be considering the qualifications of that candidate.
Pediatric patients with uveitis at elevated risk of cataracts, study finds
July 24th 2024Risk for cataract development was assessed at specific follow-up durations of 1 year, 2 years, 5 years, and 20 years following the index date, with an increased risk of cataracts development among patients aged younger than 18 years present at each time point.
