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The federal health agency investigated the records of 1,292 people in Oregon ages 16-30 who had died of "cardiac or undetermined" causes. In other research, a new study says there's no evidence that covid causes childhood asthma.
In surprise remarks in Los Angeles, Vice President Kamala Harris connected the Arizona Supreme Court's controversial decision — "immoral," according to Harris — upholding an 1864 abortion law to former President Donald Trump, via his three Supreme Court nominees. And in Arizona, a clinic plans remains open during the confusion.
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Editorial writers tackle pandemic preparedness, patient education, youth gender medicine, and more.
Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on Donald Trump's new physician, a cadaver lab, the world's oldest person, and more.
State lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow primary care providers to offer care based on a monthly fee, the Anchorage Daily News reported. It's unclear whether Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy will sign the bill.
In the phase 1 trial, scientists said the experimental vaccine was safe and induced an immune response. There is currently no vaccine for the sexually transmitted infection, which can cause infertility and eye infections.
The New York Times reported that officials are investigating claims that the surgeon, who oversaw the liver and kidney transplant programs at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, altered a government database to make some of his own patients ineligible to receive new livers.
Where are the cases coming from? A CDC report Thursday said most involved unvaxxed Americans who got infected in the Middle East and Africa, AP reported. Also: bird flu and data-sharing.
More than 20 million people were pushed off Medicaid during a nationwide review of eligibility. Also: A key U.S. senator says Medicare payments to physicians have "not kept up with the times."
The seven justices, all appointed to the bench by Republicans, will decide whether to let a law that bans abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy take effect. Other abortion news is from Tennessee, Missouri, Florida, and Maine.
Excerpts of her speech showed that Vice President Kamala Harris will warn voters that giving Donald Trump another term would only mean "more suffering." And former GOP Gov. Doug Ducey, who expanded the court in 2016, said on X that the ruling was “not the outcome I would have preferred.”
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.
Editorial writers discuss end-stage poverty, pediatric mental health, zombie laws, and more.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments today over the state's ban, which was the first in the nation. Arkansas is appealing an earlier federal ruling that the ban was unconstitutional. Also in the news: Mississippi may expand Medicaid.
The Justice Department has finalized rules that would close a loophole that allowed people to sell guns online, at shows, or at other informal events without carrying out background checks.
The collection kit has received EUA status from the FDA as mpox cases continue to rise. Also in the news: measles, bird flu, whooping cough, and more.
The figure, Stat reports, is "well beyond" what Wall Street or even its maker Biogen had projected. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit accusing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Medicare price manipulation for its costly eye disease treatment Eylea.
The American Hospital Association called the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposal to increase reimbursements by just 2.6% "woefully inadequate."
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