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Bloomberg reports a boom in plastic surgery procedures to remove excess skin from people who've successfully lost a lot of weight thanks to drugs like Ozempic. Meanwhile, another weight-loss drug, Saxenda, was found to reduce bone density in patients in a study.
The attack hit a third-party company that manages some processes for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Officials say they're still working to clear a backlog of payments to pharmacies and other providers. Also in the news: AI use by Medicare Advantage insurers.
Two variants — LB.1 and KP.3 — are tied to this summer's surge, officials say. Also: As the summer covid surge accelerates, North Carolina lawmakers are considering whether to override the governor's veto of a bill that addressed face masks.
The CDC issued an alert Tuesday about the increased risk of dengue fever infections in the U.S. Meantime, CIDRAP reports on surveillance data showing a four-fold rise in the number of U.S. cases of tick-borne Powassan virus from 2014 to 2023.
A dozen Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee are urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to remove any barriers to access as mandated by Congress. Also: The Supreme Court will soon deliver a ruling on abortion access.
President Joe Biden is set to pardon thousands of LGBTQ+ former military service members who were dismissed due to Pentagon policies over sexual orientation. The move would allow them to apply for veteran benefits.
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As the company faces supply and cost criticisms, Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk A/S says it will spend $4.1 billion to build a manufacturing plant in Clayton, North Carolina, to manufacture the popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Officials have not found the cause of the outbreak, but they know it is linked to the city's water system. In other news, USDA epidemiologists found that Michigan poultry infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus likely got it from dairy cows.
A final rule from the Health and Human Services Department aims at discouraging "information blocking," where providers bar authorized users from electronic health records. Separately, inconsistencies in EHR symptom data fields are highlighted.
In the wake of the Steward Health Care System collapse, state lawmakers included a provision in a health care oversight bill that would ban hospitals leasing their sites from REITs — a first-of-its-kind crackdown in the U.S. Also in the news: Hartford HealthCare, Oscar, Centene, and more.
In the rest of the U.S., infant mortality rates climbed just 2% over the same period, an analysis shows. Among other news: Republican anti-abortion ballot initiatives are falling short; Democrats are aiming to repeat success at the polls with abortion-rights candidates; and more.
The court also is weighing in on disability bias, antitrust, the Feres doctrine, and religious covid-vaccine exemptions.
"The safety and well-being of our children and future generations are at stake," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an advisory note that also called for a national "commitment" to stop gun violence. Separately, 7 states show progress against the youth mental health crisis.
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Western states are nearing a "high" level of infection with the summer surge starting earlier this year. Meanwhile, as bird flu continues its spread, farmers are urged to step up measures to protect their workers and herds.
Politico's analysis finds that Medicaid expenditures for undocumented immigrants in Florida have dropped dramatically since Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law directing hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status.
"Employers that face increases in health care spending respond by laying off workers who they can no longer afford to retain,” said one of the University of Chicago researchers responsible for the study. Meanwhile, Sutter Health gets a legal reprieve after a court found it didn't double-bill patients.
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