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Peripheral intravenous catheters are commonly used for hospital inpatients, but the WHO wants to improve poor practices in insertion and maintenance that can cause infections. Also in the news: Merck's endometrial cancer therapy fails; Novo Nordisk targets new obesity drugs; more.
CNN covers improvements in deep brain stimulation treatments. Also, an experimental spinal cord implant helped a patient with Parkinson's disease to walk. A gene therapy trial that allowed a baby born with profound deafness to hear is also in the news.
Elsewhere, a mobile app has been recalled after patients with diabetes were injured when their insulin pumps unexpectedly stopped working. Also in the news: how muscle guarding, loneliness, and alcohol affect the body.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, says reforms at the federal health agency are "overdue." Separately, an NIH official will appear later this month before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic to answer questions about the covid pandemic timeline.
Meanwhile, infectious disease experts are monitoring the newest covid variant — known as FLiRT — as concerns grow over a summer uptick in cases.
Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on weight loss, syphilis, mental health, lead poisoning, and more.
The measure blocks Medicaid reimbursements to health centers affiliated to abortion providers, which the Missouri Independent notes will impact Planned Parenthood's health services to low-income patients. Meanwhile a Colorado abortion assistance fund is seeing rising demand, much from Texas.
Although the risk to humans is still low, a proactive stance—incorporating protective gear, research, and vaccine readiness—could stem the spread of the virus afflicting mainly poultry and cattle. Meanwhile, the CDC is coming up against resistance over its push for PPE for farm workers.
News outlets report that patients of some of hospital chain Ascension's facilities have had procedures delayed or been diverted to other hospitals. Doctors have also lost access to some records.
New York City only provides in vitro fertilization benefits to employees who are women or heterosexuals. A first-of-its-kind class-action lawsuit alleges that policy is discriminatory to gay men.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers examine America's mental health, bird flu, covid, and caregiving.
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Some of the "threads" that connect the Neuralink to Noland Arbaugh's brain have withdrawn from the tissue, but the company has adjusted the system to compensate for reduced data going to the device. Separately, Google reveals an AI tool for biomolecule prediction.
Several large studies point to the impact that environmental changes are having on infectious diseases. Also in the news: colon cancer rates in younger people, decaf coffee's health risks, and the Army's expansion of food kiosks.
A federal appeals court backed a state law supporting research into gun and ammunition data, concluding the law doesn't violate gun owners' privacy or ownership rights. Meanwhile, in Connecticut, a bill to shorten wheelchair repair times advances.
For most dog owners, it's as simple as verifying that Fido has an up-to-date rabies vaccination. But for animals from high-risk nations, it could potentially mean a 28-day quarantine.
Letter details why medical officials see Donald Trump as a threat and encourages "anyone concerned about the price, availability, and safety of healthcare to keep Mr. Trump out of the White House." Meanwhile, fallout from the covid pandemic is having an effect on the the 2024 presidential election.
In other news, the fate of a women's health care bill in Missouri could be in jeopardy because of Senate squabbles. And in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine thinks the 24-hour wait policy for an abortion should remain intact.
Meanwhile, in other news, Highmark Health has laid off 47 employees; nursing home merger and acquisitions are heating up in states where Medicaid pay is better; Connecticut lawmakers target better nursing home oversight; and more.
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