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IN’s Medicaid Director to Resign, Biden Commutes Sentences of Most Federal Death Row Prisoners, FSSA is Adjusting how it covers ABA Therapy for People with Autism, U.S. Department of Agriculture Requires More States to Test Unpasteurized Milk for H5N1.

IN’s Medicaid Director to Resign, Biden Commutes Sentences of Most Federal Death Row Prisoners, FSSA is Adjusting how it covers ABA Therapy for People with Autism, U.S. Department of Agriculture Requires More States to Test Unpasteurized Milk for H5N1.

December 26, 2024

Indiana’s Medicaid Director will resign in early 2025. President Joe Biden commutes the sentences of almost all prisoners on federal death row. The Family and Social Services Administration is adjusting how it covers a common behavioral treatment for people with autism. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is requiring more states, including Indiana, to test their unpasteurized milk for bird flu or H5N1.

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