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Truvada, or PrEP, is a medication that can reduce HIV infection by more than 90 percent. Health officials consider it an important HIV prevention tool. Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have collaborated to reintroduce the PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023 to help reduce HIV. Photo: Gilead Sciences.

, after Senators (D-NY), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) along with US Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn., Richie Neal (D-Mass), Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Sean Casten (D-Ill.), and Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), announced a raft of new proposals to establish a national paid family and medical leave program and modernize the current Family and Medical Leave Act. With one in four American women compelled to within two weeks of giving birth—despite often not being fully healed and having to care for a newborn with round-the-clock needs—this legislation couldn’t be more urgent. The US is one of only six countries in the world without a national paid leave policy; 189 others, including those less developed, offer families time off to care for a newborn or family members in need. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, during which they announced the proposals, Senator Gillibrand said: “We have paid the price of not having a national paid leave program.

See also: Biden recognizes World AIDS Day, highlights impact of HIV on LGBTQ community“There were mentions of LGBT focus, and transgender issues were mentioned but not highlighted as much as it should be. There was a mention of race [in the Trump plan].

Senate Democrats are pushing for two of their Republican colleagues to resign following Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol building, claiming that their roles in challenging the results of November’s election helped to "undermine" democracy.

Minnesota Democratic Sen.Tina Smith on Tuesday won reelection by defeating Republican challenger Jason Lewis, Fox News projects. With 90% reporting, Smith had 48.81% of the vote, with Lewis at 43.52% -- a win for Democrats in the battleground state, which narrowly voted for then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Democratic Minnesota Sen.Tina Smith is running in her second race in two years as she faces a tight contest with Republican rival Jason Lewis. The senator previously served as chief of staff for Minneapolis Mayor R.T.