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Drugmaker AstraZeneca tells Politico that it plans to participate in negotiations with CMS over the price Medicare pays for Farxiga, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, as well as heart failure and chronic kidney disease. In other news, a new study quantifies the big impact of the "pink tax" on womens' health care costs.
An estimated 7 million women and children would feel the hunger pinch if food assistance programs funds dry up during a federal government shutdown, the Biden administration warns. It's also expected that other federal health care programs would be impacted and a large number of HHS employees furloughed.
The surprising "Wild to Mild" campaign contrasts pictures of wild animals with cute pets as a metaphor for how a flu shot can tame the potentially dangerous illness. The campaign is all about setting reasonable expectations for the vaccine. Also in the news: Republican voter vaccine skepticism.
A Cole County judge said some original summaries written by Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican, were unfairly biased. Ashcroft's language included phrases like "dangerous, unregulated, and unrestricted abortions, from conception to live birth." His office plans to appeal.
New research links patients taking Merck's molnupiravir drug with mutations in the covid virus that can occasionally spread to other people. The results are raising questions over whether the drug could impact covid's evolution. Also in the news: covid rebound and how the new vaccine rollout is stuttering.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers tackle postpartum depression, opioid addiction, PEPFAR and more.
North Carolina's Medicaid expansion is set to take effect, extending coverage to about 600,000 low-income adults. It's a long-sought victory for the state's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper.
Fortune reports that, in the U.S. alone, revenue for medications like Ozempic and Wegovy could hit $70 billion. Other industry news is on the Kaiser Permanente health care worker strike, "unengaged" nurses, cancer drug shortages, and more.
The US saw a 62% jump in the onset of type 2 diabetes among U.S. youth after the beginning of the pandemic, particularly in Black and Hispanic children, according to a study. Separately, research by Diabetes U.K. links depression with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
A worldwide push to increase diversity in genetic studies has led to a discovery about Parkinson's disease. Among other research, a federally funded daycare food program is linked to better overall health in children and their families; another study links short naps to improved memory and heart health.
As summer's heat gives way to fall weather and kids return to school, asthma exerts say the shift takes a "toll" on those with asthma, especially in communities of color. Also related to respiration, a study finds that secondhand smoke is a source of lead exposure for kids.
Ramping up the pressure on congressional lawmakers, President Joe Biden said Saturday that "a government shutdown can affect everything from food safety to cancer research to Head Start for children." Other news from the capital reports on provider-insurer contracts, medical debt, opioids, and more.
Missouri's attorney general counter-sued a St. Louis clinic that unsuccessfully challenged new state restrictions on gender-affirming care, accusing it of failing to provide proper care for transgender minors even before the law took effect.
President Joe Biden received the new covid vaccine Saturday, as well as his annual flu shot, and urged Americans to do the same this fall. And ordering is now open at covidtests.gov for another round of free test kits from the federal government.
CDC Director Mandy Cohen accepted the recommendation of the agency's vaccine advisory panel that pregnant people get Pfizer's RSV vaccine during the virus' active season to provide another layer of protection for newborn babies.
The genetically modified pig heart was transplanted into a man with terminal heart disease who had no other hope of treatment, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced. Previously, the first recipient of a pig heart died two months after the transplant, but the organ functioned well.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers discuss "mom rage," skepticism surrounding scientists, Medicaid enrollment, malaria, and more.
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