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Military.com reports on a new Air Force study that seems to point to a higher-than-normal rate for rare brain and spinal cord cancer among service members' children at Cannon Air Force Base. Separately, more communities across the U.S. are removing fluoride from water.
During a doctor visit, patients are accustomed to lifestyle questions regarding exercise or substance use that can impact overall health. Now some physicians are adding gun safety to that list. Also: the long road to recovery for gun violence survivors.
Stat reports on efforts to prevent consumer technology companies from Hoovering-up data from users' brains, including a new bill to expand the relevant privacy protections in Colorado. Meanwhile, a dispute between Epic Systems and startup Particle Health over data-sharing is in the news.
In the first quarter of this year, 323 drugs were low in supply, according to data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, compared with 320 in 2014. Meanwhile, reports highlight how prior authorizations are also worsening the growth hormone shortage.
Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.
Editorial writers discuss H5N1, donor breast milk, American life expectancy, and more
A new study found prices were so unpredictable between hospitals that some insured patients needing trauma care even ended up with more bills than uninsured people did. Stat, meanwhile, covers tech startups who are making money out of hospital price transparency rules.
Under the proposal, three top nonprofit children's health plans would be bounced as the state looks to shift coverage to more for-profit companies.
News outlets note that this is true even for states with "robust" health systems, and the best health outcomes, new data from the Commonwealth Fund shows. Also in the news: botched executions for Black prisoners, toxic water supply in a majority Latino city, and more.
The state Senate might vote in the next few weeks to reverse the near-total abortion ban, but it's not certain the House will approve the measure.
Landlines and mobile phones were unable to connect to the emergency phone line in parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, and Nevada on Wednesday, with service now partially restored. The cause is being investigated.
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Editorial writers tackle abortion, safety rules for social media, viral hepatitis, and more.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration acted, NPR reports, after investigative reporting exposed a "once-hidden epidemic" of severe, deadly black lung disease affecting miners. Other research shows that younger adults are aging faster than ever, and that trend is linked to early-onset cancers.
Franklin County Judge Michael J. Holbrook ordered a hold on the law for at least two weeks, pending a possible longer-term order to stop the ban from being implemented. Also: How Idaho's ban on youth gender care has affected families.
A special House committee released a report that alleges the Chinese government is subsidizing core materials used in the production of fentanyl to fuel the ongoing drug crisis in the U.S. Meanwhile, news reports say San Francisco officials want to expand methadone access to help combat addiction.
In other news, a trade association issued new labeling guidelines for melatonin following a CDC report that children were requiring medical care after taking the dietary supplement.
The insurer has partnered with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to build a new company that's focused on primary health care. Meanwhile, the FTC's effort to block Novant Health's $320 million acquisition of two hospitals is backed by North Carolina.
Part of the strategy involves strengthening health partnerships with key countries around the world. Although the plan's critics say it might not go far enough, President Joe Biden said, "it will make the United States stronger, safer and healthier than ever before."
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