Viewpoints: Public Health Can Win Back Public Trust; What’s Behind The Ever-Increasing Insurance Costs?
Editorial writers discuss these public health issues.
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Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs
Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.
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CTE Present In 3 Out Of 4 Former NFL Players Who Died From 2008 To 2023: Study
The study, published Wednesday, suggested that more former football players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy than previously identified. “The NFL continuously strives to make the game of football safer, including by implementing strategies to reduce concussions and head impacts," the NFL said in response.
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E. Coli Outbreak Possibly Linked To Pumpkin Patch In California Leaves 3 Kids In PICU
Two adults were also sickened, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Public health officials urge people who visited the popular Brookshire Farms from Oct. 16 through Oct. 26 and then developed gastrointestinal symptoms to seek medical attention. The fall attraction has closed while authorities investigate the source of the infections.
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Minnesota’s Rural Maternal Healthcare Takes Hit As Sanford Health Ends Obstetric Services
Come April 2027, pregnant patients in Luverne will have to travel 30 miles to access inpatient labor and delivery services, MPR News reports. The news was announced the same day that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison unveiled the Strengthening Rural Maternal Health project, designed to close maternal healthcare gaps across the state.
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Being A Family Caregiver Means Spending $11,508 Out-Of-Pocket Yearly, Research Finds
A study, out Wednesday from AARP, found that the out-of-pocket costs of family caregivers — those who assist disabled, chronically ill, or elderly adults — are 60% more than just five years ago and on average comprise 31% of a caregiver's income, NPR reported.
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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Will Soon Be Required To Disclose Pricing, Payment Data
In an attempt to curb healthcare costs, the Labor Department will require drug middlemen to disclose details on how they get paid, the prices paid for pharmaceuticals, and payments they receive from drugmakers, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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HHS Permits Access To 6 Peptides Not Yet Approved By The FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services won't pursue legal action against compounding pharmacies that offer the peptides while the administration determines what rules to put in place to ensure the safety of the products. Plus, the healthcare concerns on the minds of candidates and voters heading into the midterm elections.
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First Edition: Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: How Worried Should Parents Be About Measles?; Failed Execution Calls For Review Of Death Penalty Constitutionality
Opinion writers delve into these public health topics.
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FDA Details Plans For Quicker Approvals Of Some Individualized Gene Therapies
Rare-disease advocates applauded the draft guidance, which the FDA published Tuesday, Stat reported. Also in the news: 340B data demands, a Lyme disease vaccine candidate, and more.
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NC’s Atrium Health, State Health Plan Reach Deal To Keep Atrium Providers In Network
The agreement comes after months of public sparring over whether state employees could continue to see their Atrium doctors, North Carolina Health News and Charlotte Ledger reported. Other health industry news is on a new accessible community clinic, Northwestern Medicine's new Transplant Institute, and more.
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Senators Begin Inquiry Into Insurers Over ACA Coverage Termination For 760,000
Thirteen Senate Democrats allege 10 top insurers used an improper process in terminating qualified enrollees, insufficient notice, and a lack of compliance with consumer protections. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said the 760,000 enrollments were unauthorized, enrolled through brokers without verified documentation, and that insurers could not identify claims or reach the enrollees, Becker's Hospital Review reported.
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Post-Dobbs, Over 900 Women Have Been Criminally Charged With Pregnancy-Related Conduct
Stateline reported that from June 2022 to June 2025, the vast majority of the charges occurred in three states with near-total abortion bans: Oklahoma, Alabama, and South Carolina.
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Faster Universal Covid Vaccine Rollout Could Have Saved Millions Of Lives, Researchers Say
CIDRAP reported on the disparities between wealthy countries and those not so well off in "their ability to finance, procure, distribute, and administer" vaccines. More than 8 million lives around the world, many in poorer countries, could have been prevented by 2022 if the covid vaccine had been rolled out 100 days after the virus was sequenced, the policy brief noted.
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Trump To Roll Back Rules On Methane Emissions, A Blow For Public Health
President Donald Trump estimates his move to relax regulations on oil and gas company leaks would "save consumers and energy producers $45 billion." Environmental groups point out that companies could harness pollution from leaks and put that energy toward home use. The Biden-era rule had aimed to reduce pollutants that cause health problems.
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First Edition: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Healthcare Policy Change Required To End Pediatric Care Crisis; Rising Disability Claims Threaten Access For Those Most In Need
Editorial writers discuss these public health topics.
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GLP-1 Use Linked To Lower MS Relapse Rates, Study Suggests
The author of the real-world study noted that GLP-1 agents might modulate neuroinflammation and neuronal survival through the gut-brain axis, which could contribute to the lower rates of relapse activity and steroid use, reduced incidence of optic neuritis, and fewer demyelinating events, MedPage Today reported.
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