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Durbin & Braun Introduce Legislation To Improve Safety And Ensure Transparency For Dietary SupplementsÂ
 Durbin & Braun Introduce Legislation To Improve Safety And Ensure Transparency For Dietary SupplementsÂ
 (9 out of 10 American adults support listing requirements for dietary supplements) Â
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022, bipartisan legislation to require dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which provided FDA with authorities to regulate dietary supplements. However, DSHEA did not require dietary supplement companies to register their products with FDA—leaving the agency without the much-needed authority or information to properly understand or oversee the market. In 1994, there were 4,000 dietary supplements marketed in the United States. Today, there are anywhere between 50,000 and 80,000.
“FDA—and consumers—should know what dietary supplements are on the market and what ingredients are included in them,â€Â said Durbin, “There are tens of thousands of products on the market and we don’t know about many of them. Americans deserve a transparent dietary supplement market, and it’s past time that we deliver it for them. I’m grateful to Senator Braun for working with me on this important legislation.â€
“A large majority of Americans take dietary supplements daily, yet there is little transparency into this industry to allow patients and providers access to information needed to make decisions around dietary supplement consumption,â€Â said Braun. “I am proud to introduce this legislation to improve visibility into the dietary supplement industry because American consumers deserve to know what they’re taking. Having this information will enhance Americans’ health care options.â€
“Today, FDA has few tools to spot and address dangerous supplement ingredients, and risky products are often found only after people have been harmed,â€Â said Liz Richardson, director of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ health care products project. “This bipartisan, pragmatic proposal would bring transparency and stronger safety oversight to the vast dietary supplement marketplace. Nine in 10 adults support requiring manufacturers to inform the agency of all supplements they make and their ingredients. This bill would answer that call, and Congress should pass it without delay to ensure that FDA knows which products are being sold—and what’s in them.â€
“Transparency is the best disinfectant, and a mandatory product listing will give FDA and consumers visibility into the dietary supplement marketplace,â€Â said Steve Mister, President & CEO of Council for Responsible Nutrition. “CRN member companies produce a large portion of the dietary supplements marketed in the United States, so we know responsible industry supports mandatory product listing for supplements. We appreciate the opportunity to work with Sens. Durbin and Braun on this critical legislation.â€
“The dietary supplement marketplace is an uncertain place for consumers — so little transparency, so much confusion. The American Medical Association appreciates the bipartisan effort of Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Mike Braun (R-IN) to introduce some clarity to this situation. The Dietary Supplement Listing Act would create a much-needed electronic database so consumers can access vital product information. We urge Congress to be on the side of consumers and pass this legislation,” said AMA President Gerald E. Harmon, M.D.
The Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022Â would require companies to provide FDA with vital information about their products, including product names; a list of all ingredients; an electronic copy of the label; allergen statements; health and structure/and function claims, and more. This information would be made public to Americans.
More than 75 percent of American adults use a dietary supplement.  No product is without risk, which is why greater oversight is needed. In 2021, FDA received more than 2,400 adverse event reports related to dietary supplements. However, due to significant underreporting, FDA estimates the actual annual number of adverse events is 50,000. Over the last 27 years, annual dietary supplement sales increased from $4 billion to more than $50 billion.
FOOTNOTE: This legislation is endorsed by the Council for Responsible Nutrition, Pew Charitable Trusts, the American Medical Association, and U.S. Pharmacopeia.
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up In 28 States
COVID-19 Hospitalizations Up In 28 States
BECKER HEALTHCARE
COVID-19 hospitalizations are ticking up in 28 states and Washington, D.C.
Nationwide, COVID-19 cases increased 61 percent over the past 14 days, according to HHS data collected by The New York Times. Cases of COVID-19 have increased in the last 14 days in 44 states and Washington, D.C. Reported case counts may be directionally helpful at this point of the pandemic, given the use of rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests that result in under-counting.
“I think that we’re dramatically undercounting cases,” former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, told CBS News on April 11. “We’re probably only picking up one in seven or one in eight infections.”
Hospitalizations are up 6 percent nationwide over the last 14 days, with a daily average of 15,908 people hospitalized with COVID-19 as of April 27. Here are the 14-day changes for hospitalizations in each state and Washington, D.C., reporting an increase, along with their daily average hospitalizations:
New Hampshire: 80 percent (78 hospitalizations)
Vermont: 66 percent (52)
Massachusetts: 60 percent (443)
New York: 41 percent (1,923)
Connecticut: 39 percent (221)
Hawaii: 34 percent (51)
Wyoming: 30 percent (8)
New Jersey: 27 percent (562)
Iowa: 24 percent (82)
Minnesota: 24 percent (307)
Michigan: 20 percent (555)
Rhode Island: 18 percent (59)
Oregon: 15 percent (229)
Pennsylvania: 13 percent (704)
Illinois: 13 percent (634)
North Dakota: 12 percent (51)
Maryland: 11 percent (343)
Washington: 11 percent (543)
South Carolina: 10 percent (108)
Colorado: 9 percent (146)
Delaware: 9 percent (133)
Wisconsin: 8 percent (216)
Florida: 6 percent (1,031)
Virginia: 6 percent (274)
Maine: 5 percent (121)
Indiana: 4 percent (250)
Nebraska: 4 percent (74)
Washington, D.C.: 2 percent (69)
Alabama: 1 percent (172)
The 14-day changes for cases in each state reporting an increase, along with their daily average cases, can be found through HHS data collected by The New York Times here. Seven-day changes for cases in each state can be found here.
The more contagious omicron subvariant BA.2 makes up 68.1 percent of new cases in the U.S., according to the latest estimates from the CDC. New Jersey has the highest proportion of BA.2 cases of all states, according to the latest ranking of states by the subvariant’s prevalence.
President Joe Biden signed into law on March 15 a sweeping $1.5 trillion bill that funds the government through September. The legislation did not include the COVID-19 funding the White House had requested from Congress because of partisan disagreement about offsetting the funding.
Senate negotiators agreed to a $10 billion COVID-19 aid package April 4, repurposing earlier unused COVID-19 funds. The legislation’s package is now complicated by conflict over President Biden’s immigration policy. Republican senators now want a vote on an amendment that would keep in place the Title 42 border restrictions, which allow limits on immigration because of the pandemic. The bill can’t proceed without the vote, they say.
U.S. lawmakers began their two-week recess on April 8 without acting on the $10 billion COVID-19 relief package. They returned to the session this week.
The current lack of funding is affecting resources for COVID-19 testing and treatment. The Health Resources and Services Administration stopped accepting providers’ claims for COVID-19 testing and treatment of the uninsured on March 22 because of a lack of sufficient funds and stopped accepting claims for the vaccination of uninsured people on April 5. The federal government is also cutting back shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments to states by 30 percent, and the U.S. supply of those treatments could run out as soon as May.
Local Riding Ledgend ‘Cowboy’ Jones Dies At Age 79
Jockey ‘Cowboy’ Jones Dies At Age 79
Jones rode his first winner in 1959 and was a perennial leading rider at both Ellis Park and the now-defunct Miles Park (located in Louisville, Ky.). The jockey won his final race at Ellis Park in 2004, completing a record of winning races during six different decades. He fell just short of becoming the first jockey to win a race across seven different decades when he finished second in a race at Fairmount Park in 2013.
He continued to ride races off-and-on for nearly 10 more years, with his final mount coming in July 2014 at Ellis. Â Jones found the winner’s circle at Ellis Park in 2019 as an owner; the filly Matt’s Honey paid $21 to win a $5,000 claiming race.
Jones is an Ellis Park icon as much for being a character as his riding and was immortalized with an Ellis Park bobblehead in 2003.
A book about Jones’ life was published in 2014 by author Angie Karcher, titled: The Legendary R.A. Cowboy Jones: Over 50 Years as a Jockey. According to Amazon:
“This hardcover book tells the story of legendary horse jockey Robert A. Cowboy Jones. Born and raised in Herrin, Illinois, Cowboy knew what he wanted to do with his life at the age of 13 when he saw another child riding a pony. In the1950s he began jockeying at nearby county fairs. After more than 50 years, Cowboy has jockeyed at nearly every Midwest track but is the hero at Ellis Park (Henderson, KY), where he began riding in 1959. Still today the sign Home of R.A. Cowboy Jones still hangs in the jockey’s quarters. Cowboy s career was not without its challenges, having broken over 80 bones in racing accidents, including all of his fingers. He was 5 foot 9 inches when he began riding, but now in his 70s, he is 5 foot 2 inches.â€
“He was one of a kind, â€Hall Of Fame Trainer,” Larry Jones (not related) said, “He might’ve been the toughest cowboy I’ve ever known.”
Four Home Runs Push Sycamores To Win Over Lady Aces
Four Home Runs Push Sycamores To Win Over Softball Aces
Aces are back home this weekend to face Salukis
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Solo home runs by Marah Wood and Jenna Nink gave the University of Evansville softball team a 2-0 lead after the second inning, but four homers by Indiana State saw them finish with a 12-4 win on Wednesday evening at Cooper Stadium.
Leading the way for the Purple Aces (23-21, 8-13 MVC) was Marah Wood, who was 2-for-3 with three RBI and her 8th home run of 2022.
Wood opened the scoring with a solo home run to deep left field in the bottom of the first. It was her 8th of the season. In the next frame, it was Jenna Nink’s turn. Her first homer in an Aces uniform put her team up 2-0 after two innings.
A wild sequence of events led to four Sycamore runs in the third. Evansville committed two errors while ISU added four hits in the inning. Home runs by Amanda Guercio and Annie Tokarek made it an 8-2 game in the middle of the fourth. The long balls continued to fly for ISU with Kennedy Shade and Guercio each hitting 2-run shots to push the advantage to 12-2. In the bottom of the 5th, Wood hit a 2-run double to wrap up the scoring with ISU taking the 12-4 win.
Sydney Weatherford suffered the loss for UE, giving up eight runs, seven earned, in four innings.
UE looks to get back on the winning track with its final home weekend against Southern Illinois. The Aces and Salukis open the 3-game series on Saturday at 12 p.m. with a doubleheader. It will also mark Senior Day. Full details will be released prior to the weekend.
ECVB MEETING
Meetings of the Evansville-Vanderburgh County Convention &Visitors Commission, Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc., Evansville Visitors Center, Inc., Evansville Events, Inc., Evansville-Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Commission Building Corporation, and Evansville-Vanderburgh Convention & Visitors Commission Sports Complex Operations Corporation, (collectively “Commissionâ€) will hold their regular monthly meeting Thursday, April 28th, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the Old National Events Plaza 715 Locust St, Walnut AB Evansville, IN
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Fielding errors doom Trailblazers in road matchup at Lincoln Trail
ROBINSON, Ill. – The Vincennes University Trailblazer baseball team took a short trip north to Robinson for another mid-week showdown with the Statesmen Tuesday afternoon.
Vincennes gave up one big inning to host Lincoln Trail, where three fielding errors led to a big six-run inning for the Statesmen.
VU attempted a comeback but ultimately fell short as Lincoln Trail came away with the 12-7 win.
The Statesmen came into the game looking for some revenge against the Blazers after VU picked up the 5-4 win in 10 innings April 19 at Jerry Blemker Field.
Lincoln Trail got started early, scoring a run in each of the first two innings to grab the early 2-0 advantage.
Lincoln Trail grabbed control of the game in the bottom of the third, when the Statesmen scored six runs on three hits in the inning, while VU surrendered three errors and walked one batter.
Vincennes looked to close the gap in the fourth, with sophomore Peyton Lane (New Paris, Ohio) and freshman Colton Evans (Henderson, Ky.) leading off the inning with back-to-back doubles.
Evans would come around to score later in the inning on a ground out to cut the deficit to 8-2.
LTC grew their lead back with a pair of runs in the fourth and a run in the fifth before Vincennes scored again in the seventh.
Sophomore Josiah Sizemore (Cambridge City, Ind.) hit a double and scored on a wild pitch. Freshman Mahkai Pelzer (Douglasville, Ga.) reached on an error and would score on an RBI single by freshman Will Egger (Terre Haute, Ind.)
The Statesmen responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the seventh to take a 12-4 lead.
VU looked to mount a massive late comeback in the ninth, with Pelzer, Egger and sophomore Colin Long (Evansville, Ind.) leading off the inning with three-straight singles.
Colton Evans would drive in a run on an RBI single and freshman Nick Kapostasy (Cincinnati, Ohio) followed him with a sacrifice fly to cut the margin to five.
This would be as close as VU would get though as the comeback attempt fell short with Lincoln Trail picking up the 12-7 win on their home field.
“You give up a big inning and give up six runs, four of them unearned and it’s hard to overcome those crooked numbers,†VU Head Baseball Coach Chris Barney said. “Our guys battled back. We got ourselves back into the game. But we’ve got to do a better job right from the start and not allow so many free bases. A couple free bases and three errors in that inning and all of a sudden you give up six runs in an inning and that’s a tough obstacle to overcome.â€
VU had four multi-hit games at the top of their order Tuesday, with Long, Lane and Evans each coming up with two hits, including doubles by Lane and Evans and Evans picking up a pair of RBI’s.
Will Egger entered the game in the seventh to take over behind the plate and recorded two singles in two plate appearances, while also coming away with an RBI.