FDA Acting Chief On Vaping: ‘In Retrospect, The Agency Should Have Acted Sooner’
The Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from Capitol Hill to keep its commitment to be more aggressive in its regulation of e-cigarettes.
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Under The Vaping-Scare Microscope, Juul CEO Steps Down, Company Attempts To Pivot
Kevin Burns, the Juul CEO, will be replaced by a veteran of the tobacco industry -- a development that is raising doubts about the company's future.
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Could Vape Bans Have Unintended Consequences?
As states take steps to tamp down on vaping, questions are emerging about whether such actions could stimulate a black market for the products. In related news, Rhode Island joins the list of states to place restrictions on e-cigarettes; vaping deaths in Florida and Georgia are added to the national tally; and a Michigan vape shop filed suit to block the state's ban on flavored e-cigarettes, among other headlines.
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First Edition: September 26, 2019
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Lessons From Other Countries About Saving Money On Health Care; Juul Knew Who Its Social Media Messaging Targeted And It Wasn’t Adults
Editorial pages focus on these health issues and others.
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State Highlights: Appalachia, Mississippi River Delta Regions Suffer Disproportionate Infant Mortality; Improving California’s Medicaid Program
Media outlets report on news from California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Virginia, Ohio, Florida, New York and Minnesota.
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N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Heads Across Border To Connecticut To Talk About Legalizing Marijuana, Other Joint Concerns
Both states are weighing legalizing marijuana. “You know everyone’s talking about legalizing marijuana,” Gov. Cuomo told Long Island News Radio. “For one state to do it, it makes no sense if the neighboring state has a totally different policy because then you just incentive people to drive over the border and buy it there.” News on legalization issues surrounding marijuana is from Massachusetts, as well.
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Milwaukee Adopts ‘Cure Violence’ Program In Effort To Help Break Cycle Of Shootings, But It Has Its Critics
The program works on the idea that violence spreads like an epidemic and trains trusted community insiders, some of whom have criminal backgrounds, to anticipate where violence might occur and intervene before it erupts. In other news, outlets from Texas and Massachusetts report on the intersection of violence and mental health.
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Hospitals Fight CMS Rule That Would Cut Disproportionate-Share Hospital Funds
DSH funds are intended to support hospitals' uncompensated-care costs, helping facilities that serve large numbers of Medicaid and uninsured patients. A final rule released Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandates cuts to that money beginning in fiscal 2020. Other hospital and health system news is reported on Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Trinity Health, and value-based pay.
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Novartis Pledges New Integrity Efforts In Letter To FDA Detailing Manipulation Of Data On New Drug
Novartis and the Food and Drug Administration disclosed in August they had identified data manipulation in testing of a gene-therapy treatment, but the FDA is probing why Novartis didn’t disclose the manipulation when it first became aware of it earlier. The company says its probe was hindered by two employees, who were later fired. Also, Novartis announced that it is expanding its recall of a heartburn drug to the U.S.
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Federal Officials Weigh Curbs On ‘Made To Order’ DNA Experiments
Making genes from scratch used to be laborious and time consuming, but not anymore, NPR reports. So federal officials are considering measures to prevent these methods from being used to create dangerous viruses or bioweapons.
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‘Fast Access To Health Care’: Amazon Orders Up Virtual Health Clinic For Seattle Employees, Offering Quick Telemedicine, Speedy Prescriptions
Details about the plan are starting to emerge as Amazon joins other tech companies in building services for their workers. Other retailer news is from Walmart and Best Buy.
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Verma: Danger Is Afoot For The Health Insurance Industry
Speaking at the Association of Health Insurance Plans national conference, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator said insurers need to adapt to the changing political landscape. "There's a growing chorus to eliminate your industry entirely," Verma warned.
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CBO Estimates Hefty Price Tag For Surprise Medical Bill Solution Favored By Doctor, Hospital Groups
The Congressional Budget Office analysis could undermine efforts by these groups to fight surprise billing legislation pending in Congress. That legislation, which use an approach not favored by doctors to calculate provider payment rates, would both save more than $20 billion over 10 years, the CBO has found.
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Bernie’s Answer On Paying For Medicare For All? Tax The Very Rich
A tax rate of 1% of net worth would begin at $32 million and rise with accumulated wealth, topping out at 8% at $10 billion and over.
Sanders’ Democratic presidential campaign said the tax would raise $4.35 trillion over a decade and would be used to fund "Medicare for All", along with his plans for affordable housing and universal childcare.
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EPA, Complaining About Calif. Air Quality, Threatens To Withhold Billions In Transportation Funds
The Trump administration has been critical of California's environmental regulations recently. Last week the administration said it will revoke a waiver that allows California to set stricter car emission standards.
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States Take Vaping Action: California Warns Users To Quit; Massachusetts Orders Temporary Sales Ban
As the growing number of lung injury cases tied to vaping continues to climb, state public health officials take steps to fight the trend. “Californians are encouraged to stop vaping until health officials fully understand what’s causing this public health crisis," said Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom. After declaring a public health emergency, Massachusetts announces a vaping product ban that goes further than any other state with a four-month prohibition on all sales. Meanwhile, a case in Kansas brings the U.S. death toll to nine people.
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Trump Administration Joins Other Countries At U.N. In Efforts To Curb Abortions
U.S. officials call on other countries to acknowledge there is no "international right to abortion." Other articles on administration news look at the points made in a court case about the decision to withhold federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood and some other groups, changes in food stamp and free school lunch program eligibility, warnings to lawyers about recruiting patients in drug claim cases and pushing members of Congress from office spaces in VA hospitals.
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CDC Warns Lawmakers That Cases Of Vaping-Related Illnesses Will Only Increase
A House Oversight and Reform Committee panel held a hearing on how to address the crisis of respiratory injuries related to vaping. “We are seeing more and more cases each day and I expect the next weekly numbers will be much higher,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testified. The proceedings took a partisan turn at times.
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First Edition: September 25, 2019
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.