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Several Low Scores Show Even U.S. Lacks Preparedness To Face Pandemic That Could Wipe Out Humanity, Report States
Factors driving down America's score include the risks of social unrest and terrorism, as well as low-public confidence in government. The report grades the efforts of 195 countries. Public health news is on the declining number of children in foster care, ''auto-brewery syndrome,'' portable MRI, autism screenings, suicidal police officers, dementia, pros and cons of non-monogamy, and high fives for eating yogurt and fiber.
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Kansas Republican Wants To Walk Fine Bipartisan Line With Medicaid Expansion. But He Might Just Anger Everyone.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning has a proposal that he hopes appeals to Republicans and Democrats. The blueprint toward expansion contains ideas to draw lawmakers from both sides of the aisle but it also includes things that could be dealbreakers for either party. Medicaid news comes out of Oklahoma, Tennessee and Minnesota, as well.
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FTC Likely To Prevail In Demands That Health Systems Report Information On Certificates Of Public Advantage
Section 6(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which the FTC cited in its information demands, gives the agency broad investigative authority to demand information from companies for use in research, legal experts point out. Other health system and hospital news comes out of Florida, Illinois, New York, Oregon and Wisconsin.
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Racial Bias In Hospitals: Widely Used Algorithm Favors White Patients Over Sicker Black Patients, Study Finds
Health systems use the algorithm -- from Optum -- for 100 million people across the country to find patients with diabetes, heart disease and other chronic ailments. “What the algorithm is doing is letting healthier white patients cut in line ahead of sicker black patients,” said Dr. Ziad Obermeyer, the study’s lead author.
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IG Report: Head Of Trump-Created VA Whistleblower Office Used Position Instead To Silence Some Who Came Forward
The Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection was supposed to help eliminate wrongdoing in the VA. Instead Peter O’Rourke and his successor, Kirk Nicholas, ended investigations into allies of senior officials, failed to consistently report to Congress and refused to honor whistleblowers’ demands for anonymity, a new report finds.
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Judge’s $1.6B Ruling On Unpaid Subsidies Highlights Just How Much Trump Administration Could Have To Pony Up
The insurers' lawsuit against the federal government revolves around cost-sharing reduction subsidies that were intended to lower healthcare costs for certain people who bought coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. While the judge's decision is likely to be appealed, it could foretell an expensive outcome for the administration.
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The New Normal: How Humans Are Going To Have To Adjust To A World On Fire
As California continues to burn for the third record year in a row, some experts warn that we need to reconcile the fact that fires aren't going away. “I think the perception is that we’re supposed to control them. But in a lot of cases we cannot,” said John Abatzoglou, an associate professor at the University of Idaho. “And that may allow us to think a little bit differently about how we live with fire. We call it wildfire for reason — it’s not domesticated fire.”
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Major Retailers Yank 22-Ounce Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder To Avoid Confusion Following Recall
J&J, which is facing thousands of lawsuits over a variety of products, said last week it was recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online. Walmart, CVS and Rite Aid are taking steps to remove all 22-ounce bottles from their stores as well.
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Pelosi’s Drug Pricing Plan Could Violate Three Parts Of Constitution, Congress’ Legal Experts Warn
And the potential constitutional issues with the bill can’t be fixed with a few tweaks — they relate to the central crux of the bill, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. Meanwhile, a watchdog report flags safety and reliability concerns over drug imports from China. And in other pharmaceutical news: patents legislation, the roller coaster of Biogen's Alzheimer's drug, and an investigation into carcinogens.
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Trump Administration Could Walk Back Ban Of Mint, Menthol Vaping Flavors Following Pressure From E-Cig Advocates
HHS had vowed to ban all vaping products except tobacco flavor, but that decision sparked political backlash for the administration. Meanwhile, the number of vaping-related illnesses continues to climb, but at a slower rate. Officials warned that could be because of reporting delays rather than progress being made in the outbreak, though.
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Smaller States Worry Sweeping $48B Opioid Settlement Won’t Be Fairly Divided In Terms Of Need
States have been trying to hammer out a settlement with drug companies, but with so many voices in the conversation, it's been tricky to find compromises that satisfy everyone's concerns. “Any global opioid settlement that doesn’t reflect the unique and unprecedented damage imposed on West Virginia through the opioid epidemic should be DOA,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey tweeted. In other news on the opioid epidemic: hospitals take a page from the cities and states; overdose deaths go beyond fentanyl; and how doctors are avoiding pain patients.
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1,556 More Kids Were Separated From Families Than Previously Reported, ACLU Says
The ACLU said that more than 5,400 children in total were taken from their parents and released from federal shelters sometime between July 2017 and June 2018. The majority of them were ages 12 and under.
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Experts Weigh In As Warren Scrambles For Plan To Pay For ‘Medicare For All’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has promised to unveil a plan on how to pay for "Medicare for All" after receiving criticism that she was being vague on the details. But experts say it is going to be a struggle to both please progressives and avoid a middle class tax increase.
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First Edition: October 25, 2019
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Pros And Cons Of Biogen’s Decision To Reevaluate Alzheimer’s Drug; Isn’t It Really Time To Criminally Prosecute Companies Behind Opioid Epidemic?
Editorial writers express views on these health issues and others.
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State Highlights: Colorado Mother Arrested On Murder Charges After Making Up Daughter’s ‘Rare’ Medical Conditions; Lists Of Connecticut Schools Short On Vaccines Grows To 134
Media outlets report on news from Colorado, Connecticut, California, Pennsylvania, Washington, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Massachusetts, Iowa, Utah and Arizona.
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A New Privacy Threat?: Study Shows How Facial Recognition Software Identifies Patients From MRI Scans
While there's a big push to mine medical data from patient records, research, medical devices and technology such as smartwatches, privacy protections don't appear to go far enough, according to new research. Other news on health technology is on finding jobs for autistic people, anti-vaccine Facebook content, substitutes for stethoscopes, stress from social media use, and a Montana data breach, as well.
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FDA Wants Women To Receive Stronger Warnings About Risks Associated With Breast Implants
The FDA proposed on Wednesday that manufacturers detail possible complications from the devices, including rare cancers, a range of other symptoms and the need for additional surgeries. The move is a response to complaints from patients who said they weren’t adequately told about potential problems before surgery.
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HHS Had Great Hopes For This Medicare Diabetes Program. Last Year Only 200 People Were Enrolled In It.
The possible failure of the program to launch as successfully as health officials had hoped could signal struggles ahead with similar initiatives targeting the social detriments of health.
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