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Health Committee chairman Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, indicated he is open to advancing legislation to limit out-of-pocket costs for diabetes patients but says he wants more information about the measure's impacts from the Congressional Budget Office, Politico reports.
The New York Times reports the shortages were brought on by manufacturing difficulties, shipping delays, and decisions by some companies to stop producing the medications altogether, according to the FDA.
The Trump administration has paused or rescinded grants and contracts it says do not align with the president’s priorities, Bloomberg reported. One expert opposed to the changes said, “To attempt to remake it into a funding stream for conservative ideology ... denies young people the high-quality sexual health education they need and deserve."
One firefighter called it "long, long overdue." The Forest Service has been slow to address the serious health effects of smoke and to enact worker protections, NBC News wrote. Other administration news is on the affordable-housing bill; transgender medical records; deaths at national parks; the worsening flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base; and more.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary also expects the U.S. uninsured rate to rise from 8.2% to 9.5% by 2034. Modern Healthcare breaks down the projections.
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Los Angeles public schools approved a resolution to strictly slash screen time for students, with zero screen usage until second grade and tiered limits as they age. Also in the news: Michigan, Missouri, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, and Indiana.
Only three procedures designed to boost fertilization — endometrial scratching, physiological intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and EmbryoGlue — were supported by rigorous studies, researchers found. Scientists think more funding to study the IVF add-ons would be beneficial.
The bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing Act loosens federal regulations and lending rules, rewards communities that build, delivers aid to communities devastated by disasters, and limits the number of single-family homes institutional investors can own, The New York Times explains. President Donald Trump is expected to enact the measure today, a White House official said.
Twenty-one years after the disaster that devastated New Orleans, Tulane University has signed a purchase and sale agreement to buy Charity Hospital and transform it into a symbol of hope. The plan is to create a hub for research, education, spinoffs and startups, The Washington Post reported.
The study was supposed to be published in March in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, but acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya raised concerns about the paper’s methodology, NBC News reported. In other news: Pentagon officials reportedly have told ABC News that the Army, Navy, and Air Force are once again requiring flu shots for basic trainees.
Heidi Overton is currently working on health issues as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy at the White House. She has a doctorate in clinical investigation from Johns Hopkins University and is a medical doctor. Bloomberg reports she is among the final candidates being considered to run the FDA; however, no official decision has been made.
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Newsweek reports that experts have uncovered a way to help stop brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease by manipulating rather than eliminating a protein linked to cognitive decline. Other news is on aging, the gut microbiome, heat, and more.
Liraglutide — an injectable drug from Novo Nordisk that is sold under the brand names Victoza and Saxenda — appeared to increase testosterone, as well as luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels, in men aged 18-65 over 24 weeks, The Hill reported. Researchers also found that semaglutide — such as Wegovy or Ozempic — improved sperm morphology.
Meanwhile, telephone calls fell slightly during the same time, a study published in JAMA found. An accompanying editorial to the study asserted that the increase in patient portal messages has prompted a "substantial increase in ... clinician workload."
Her complaint alleges that Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Round Rock and St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, The Texas Tribune reported. Also making news: Oregon, Florida, Michigan, California, and Utah.
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