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News on migrant health focuses on harms done by cutting legal immigration and placing children in foster care. Also, a federal appeals court rules that detained children must be placed in safe and sanitary conditions.
President Donald Trump made the argument that more attention should be paid to people with mental illness and more institutions for their care are necessary. His comments came at his first campaign rally since mass shootings took place in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these public health issues and others.
Editorial pages focus on a range of health care topics.
Media outlets report on news about health issues around the country, including in Maine, Indiana, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montana, New York, Florida, New Hampshire, California and Massachusetts.
CMS would have to grant the first-of-a-kind waiver designed to save lives and keep inmates out of ERs soon after release. Other news on Medicaid looks at a failure to follow up on children who receive ADHD drugs.
Abortion-rights advocates have a very short window of time in which to gather the signatures necessary to secure a public vote on the state's new restrictive abortion law. In Wisconsin, state GOP lawmakers broke with anti-abortion forces to advocate for a measure that broadens birth control access.
This roundup of public health news also includes reports that the club drug MDMA is showing promise as a treatment for PTSD and how caring for chronically ill kids inspires special treatment strategies.
And the Connecticut Mirror pulls from a database obtained by The Washington Post that offers an up-close look at the rates of opioid-pill dispensing by the state's pharmacies between 2006 and 2012.
Some patients appear to have suffered severe lung damage that required weeks of treatment in intensive care units, and all reported vaping in the weeks leading up to the illnesses. “We have no leads pointing to a specific substance other than those that are associated with smoking or vaping,'' said Dr. David D. Gummin, medical director of the Wisconsin Poison Center. News on e-cigarettes looks at conversations to have with children and companies' battling Food and Drug Administration review deadlines, as well.
Pretomanid, approved for use with two other antibiotics, will be used for the toughest cases. Tuberculosis has surpassed AIDS as the world's leading cause of infectious death. The drug was developed by a nonprofit group called TB Alliance at a time when few companies are investing in creating next-generation antibiotics.
“Can you undo the problems caused by lead?” asked Nicole Hamp of University of Michigan Health Services. “The answer is ‘no.’ There is actual damage to the brain but in early childhood there is incredible growth in the brain and the neural circuitry. By getting in early enough, we can give the child the best chance for overcoming the damage.” Environmental news is on toxic algae blooms, aging lead pipes and pesticides, as well.
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Massachusetts-based Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care say that a merger would help make insurance more affordable. The proposal must win approval from regulators.
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical pricing.
Also in the news, more detail on the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse a lower court's ruling on special Medicaid funding for safety net hospitals.
The Iowa Republican, who opposes exceptions for rape and incest in laws restricting abortion, asks an audience: "What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled those people out that were products of rape and incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?"
Candidates are jockeying for position in the debate over former President Barack Obama's healthcare mantle. Meanwhile, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) expressed support for a federal assault weapon buyback program.
The group is seeking a court ruling that would halt the Trump administration's new rules that prohibit clinics from referring patients for abortions.
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