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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is delaying the effective date of a rule that requires new health warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements. This delay, ordered by a court in Texas, pushes the effective date to January 14, 2022, from its original date of June 18, 2021. The rule implements the Tobacco Control Act, mandating vivid graphics depicting the harmful effects of smoking. The postponement was needed due to legal challenges and court orders.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has postponed the effective date of parts of a new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that were supposed to amend certain nondiscrimination policies. Originally, the rule was set to take effect on January 12, 2021, but the court delayed parts of it until August 11, 2021, following a legal challenge. The rule involves how HHS programs should handle nondiscrimination based on factors like age, disability, sex, and sexual orientation, and its adherence to Supreme Court decisions. The rest of the rule that wasn't challenged remains in effect as planned.