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The Washington Post reports on benefits popping up at an increasing number of companies, including time off, access to experts, flexible dress code, and more. Also: PFAS in breast milk, postpartum depression, a Virginia postnatal retreat, and more.
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The research comes from a study that has not been published in a peer-reviewed journal but will be presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago in December. Other public health news is on "pink cocaine," cold plunges, brain health, and more.
The positive result was confirmed by officials Sunday; it came from a Fresno County facility that sells raw milk to dozens of Bay Area stores. Also, a listeria outbreak linked to a South Carolina food processor has sickened people in four states and led to nine hospitalizations. In other news: public health performance standards; crisis hotlines; rural medical debt; and more.
An estimated 70% of the slots were set aside for psychiatry or primary care. Other industry news is about Black doctors, UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage ratings, telehealth, at-home care, and more.
The FDA study finds that the popular asthma drug Singulair, sold generically as montelukast, can bind to brain receptors and is linked to severe mental health issues and suicide. However, more data is needed to confirm how the drug collects in the nervous system, the agency says.
The Washington Post reports on how the lack of tested experience among the hastily assembled team of experts for the next administration could be a problem if there is another pandemic or public health emergency.
Donald Trump has picked Brooke Rollins, his former White House domestic policy adviser, to lead the Department of Agriculture, which runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Meanwhile, Scott Turner has been selected to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which manages homelessness programs.
Although Janette Nesheiwat is a family and emergency medicine physician, she has little public health experience. She supports vaccines but criticized government mandates during the covid pandemic. She also is critical of the standards of care for youth with gender dysphoria.
For the first time ever, the nominee to lead the nation's public health agency will need to be confirmed by the Senate. If OK'd, the former Florida congressman would manage about 13,500 employees in an agency with a budget of roughly $9 billion.
Makary, a Johns Hopkins University surgeon, is known for being critical of the current medical establishment. He is also an executive of the telehealth company Sesame, linking patients to providers of compound weight loss drugs; some worry his appointment could lead to conflicts of interest.
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Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on vaccines, food additives, addiction, dermatology, and fungi.
The approved proposition is a measure from an apartment trade group and comes in the wake of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation having supported several rent control initiatives. Other news from around the nation comes out of Oregon, Wisconsin, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
In other public health news: low covid vaccination rates; a spike in Valley fever in Arizona; a ground beef recall; and more.
Meanwhile, cannabis progress could stop under the Trump administration; a labeling issue prompts a recall of the popular drug Clonazepam; Novartis acquires Kate Therapeutics; and more.
Tests on the nation's illicit pill supply have shown that, compared to last year, fewer pills have lethal doses of fentanyl. Another piece of the puzzle could be xylazine, a tranquilizer often mixed with fentanyl, which causes users to fall asleep.
Post-pandemic operating margins remain low. With the National Institutes of Health — a major source of grant funding — facing an uncertain future under the incoming administration, nonprofit health systems are turning to large donors for help.
Threats to abortion medication, shield laws, and contraception at the national level have officials in Democratic-leaning states shoring up reproductive freedoms where they can. Meanwhile, in the wake of ProPublica reporting about deaths of pregnant women, Georgia has given the boot to all members of its Maternal Mortality Committee.
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