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The FDA plans to propose that companies conduct better evaluation of pulse oximeters before applying for approval. Manufacturers will have to increase accuracy and test on patients with many different skin colors. Separately, the FDA approved a device to help post-menopausal women fight bone loss.
New data show health care jobs grew by nearly 4% in 2023, way above the 1.5% growth rate across all other industries — despite health industry struggles with staff burnout. Also in the news: Cano Health files for bankruptcy; Steward Health's deal to keep Massachusetts hospitals open; and more.
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Taking the stand Thursday in her trial, Jennifer Crumbley defended her parenting skills and also said it was her husband's responsibility to store her son Ethan's guns safely. “I’ve asked myself if I would have done anything differently, and I wouldn’t have." The prosecution rested its case Thursday.
The panel will continue debating questions of reliability of pulse oximeters that deliver lower accuracy when used on patients with darker skin. Separately, a study links later, higher stroke risks with Black women under 35 having high blood pressure.
Standford researchers may have found a clue as to why women are more vulnerable to autoimmune diseases like lupus than men. Also in the news: Marijuana and asthma risk in youngsters; lung cancer screening and "one size fits all;" music as a weapon against dementia; and more.
The type of disinfectant used on patients' surgical sites could have an impact on hospital-acquired infections, researchers find. Other industry news reports on home health devices, X-rays, and more.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, wrote to the Department of Justice, calling on the agency to halt "abusive" practices by Corizon Health. An affiliate of the company, Tehum Care, has declared bankruptcy related to allegations of prisoner neglect and malpractice.
The new guidance was released by the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Also: the EPA says PFAS "forever chemicals" should be considered hazardous substances for human health. Climate change and health, wildlife-to-human illness crossovers, and more are also in the news.
Meanwhile, a meta-analysis of covid research found that among the different strains that have so far swept the world, the deadliest was beta, followed by gamma, alpha, delta, and omicron. Beta's case-fatality rate (CFR) reached 4.2%, and while omicron's CFR was lowest, it was still four times that of flu.
Restricting access to mifepristone, used in more than half of all medical abortions in the U.S., would hit recruitment, military readiness, and impact national security, according to a number of former military officials and high-rank service members who've filed a legal brief with the Supreme Court.
The Biden administration announced that policies put in place during the covid pandemic to make it easier for patients to receive opioid addiction treatments will continue permanently. Other opioid news reports on a series of court settlements.
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Mississippi could allow coverage earlier in pregnancy so that health outcomes for mothers and babies are better — in the state has the nation's worst infant mortality rate. Meanwhile, in Texas, a federal complaint claims Deloitte software is behind thousands of erroneous Medicaid removals.
AP reports that the $59 million settlement between eBay and the Justice Department comes after thousands of pill press machines, which can be used to make fake pills that look like prescription pills, were sold online. Other news on the opioid crisis is on settlement funds in Boston, Washington's King County morgue, and more.
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