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The Biden administration is "going after" health insurers for flouting federal laws designed to ensure that they provide mental health care on the same terms as other health care. Meanwhile, AI tools are helping doctors diagnose mental health conditions.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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The almost-unanimous vote on the contentious issue came, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, after a meeting that was "raucous at times." In other news, Appalachian communities are coming together for a Narcan distribution event to help fight the overdose crisis.
AP notes this is the latest lawsuit in many states with similar bans. Meanwhile, in Florida, the state is asking an appeals court to allow a new law preventing trans minors from accessing gender care by citing a ruling in a similar case in Alabama last month.
The new study notes this may be the first time transplanted organs were the likely source of infection, after the organ donor died from drowning in a river — a place where Legionella bacteria are naturally found. In other news, a pig kidney worked for a record two months in a human patient.
The newly-announced plans will "reshape" oncology in the region, the Boston Globe reports. Separately, New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center is set to close its Beth Israel campus in downtown Manhattan after what Bloomberg reports as "years" of financial losses.
Among new bills that California lawmakers endorsed this week, a $6.4 billion bond measure to reform California's mental health care will appear on the March 2024 ballot. Also: a possible $25 minimum wage for local health workers.
Axios reports that hospitals in Washington, D.C., logged the longest median ER visit times in 2022, clocking in at 5 hours and 29 minutes. Other health care industry news is on union membership, rural nursing home staffing, out-of-network ambulance claims, and more.
Tests in a lab in Oregon showed that in nine out of 10 diet pills and health food products, what was labeled as Tejocote root was yellow oleander, which is poisonous and sometimes deadly. Some products have been withdrawn, but the FDA has warned that other, similarly-labeled ones remain on sale.
Updated covid vaccines are being sent to hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies across the U.S. News outlets report on where patients can get a shot and what's being done to reach vulnerable populations.
Stat says the study adds to a body of evidence supporting MDMA as a treatment for PTSD. The New York Times says the psychedelic is inching toward approval. Also in the news: Magic mushrooms may soon be legal in California, and thousands have signed up for an Oregon psilocybin tea experiment.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin plans to again offer abortions at clinics in Milwaukee and Madison by next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law didn't apply to abortion. The reproductive health organization is also challenging an abortion ban in South Carolina.
A flurry of lawsuits were filed this week after an FDA panel concluded the ingredient phenylephrine was essentially ineffective. Meanwhile, the FDA says it will seek public opinion before deciding whether to remove the ingredient from store shelves.
The federal government will shut down if lawmakers do not reach a spending deal by Sept. 30 — an outcome that would have a big impact on health programs. Yet House members made little progress in the 3 days before their fall recess that were dominated by chaos surrounding leadership and the Biden impeachment inquiry.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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