First Edition: Aug. 25, 2023
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Research Roundup: Cancer; Dental Antibiotics; Transplant Recipients and Covid; Meningococcal Vaccine
Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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Viewpoints: Let’s Bring Back Child Tax Credits To Improve Kids’ Health; Health Care Workers Are Struggling
Editorial writers discuss child tax credits, front-line workers' mental health, Wegovy and more.
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Majority Of $1.25B Mallinckrodt Opioid Payout At Risk In Bankruptcy Plan
The company has reached a plan for bankruptcy for the second time in three years, The New York Times says. The plan would cancel the majority of the previous settlement plan in return for a final payout of just $250 million. Also in the news: AI takes a role in tackling opioid addiction.
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Experimental Brain Implants Helping Paralyzed People Communicate Again
The new technologies, detailed in the journal Nature, rely on brain circuits that become active when a person attempts to speak or just thinks about speaking. In other science news, researchers have finished mapping the Y chromosome.
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Hospital In Indiana Warns Hundreds Of Possible TB Exposure
An employee at Clark Memorial Health recently tested positive, prompting notifications to about 500 patients. Also in the news: Eastern equine encephalitis virus; leprosy in Florida; chaplains decry Texas school boards' efforts to install chaplains in schools instead of counselors; and more.
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The Only Hospital In Eugene, Oregon (Pop. 178,000) To Close
PeaceHealth is moving the hospital because, as AP reports, it's "underutilized." Eugene's Sacred Heart Medical Center University District currently employs hundreds of staff members. Meanwhile, in Leominster, Massachusetts, UMass Memorial Health is closing a hospital's maternity unit and will instead transport patients elsewhere to give birth.
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Between 2016 And 2019, US Gender-Affirming Surgeries Almost Tripled
The figures then dipped slightly in 2020, the New York Times reports, with breast and chest surgeries being the most common. But researchers think real totals may be much higher than their analysis suggested. Separately, a Georgia senator's efforts to target gender-identity rights faces criticism.
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Justice Dept. Launches Large-Scale Crackdown On Covid Aid Fraud
The wave of cases, the Washington Post says, comes in connection with the alleged theft of more than $836 million. Reuters reports the total of stolen relief funds seized so far could top $1.4 billion. Meanwhile, research shows how different families felt the pandemic burden in different ways.
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CDC Warns New BA.2.86 Covid Could Infect The Already-Vaccinated
The new mutation may be more capable than older variants of breaking through the protection offered by either an earlier covid infection or a vaccination. The variant has already been found in U.S. wastewater studies. But CIDRAP notes that treatments like Paxlovid will be effective against it
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FDA Announces First Deputy Commissioner For Human Foods
The newly appointed official, James Jones, formerly from the EPA, is part of an effort to reorganize the FDA's food safety program in the aftermath of the baby formula crisis. Separately, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is reportedly "fired up" about the drug shortage crisis. Plus: cancer news.
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White House To Reveal Which 10 Drugs Are First For Medicare Negotiation
The announcement is expected ahead of a celebratory event Tuesday, Politico reports. Meanwhile, Stat says that in what's "almost a tradition," many pharmaceutical companies are raising drug prices mid-year. Florida's attempt to import cheap Canadian drugs is also in the news.
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South Carolina High Court Upholds Abortion Law But Admits It Infringes On ‘Bodily Autonomy’
The state Supreme Court ruling, which allows restrictions on most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy, came just months after the only female justice left the court in January. In his majority opinion, Justice John Kittredge wrote that “to be sure, the 2023 Act infringes on a woman’s right of privacy and bodily autonomy,” while holding the law was still constitutional.
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First Edition: Aug. 24, 2023
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Perspectives: There Is A Ridiculous New Attack On Mifepristone; Opill Must Be Economical
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Viewpoints: How Early Did Wuhan Doctors Know About Covid?; Leprosy In Florida Being Overblown
Editorial writers examine the beginnings of covid, leprosy in Florida, HIV and health care costs.
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Weight-Loss Drugs Have Extra Benefits; Antibiotic Manufacturing Report Suggests Improvements Are Needed
Read recent pharmaceutical developments in KFF Health News' Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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New Bill Would Require Sex Ed To Be Taught Nationwide
The Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act would make sex education a requirement nationwide, The 19th reports. Just three states require comprehensive lessons now. Meanwhile in Georgia and Missouri, legal battles over trans gender care continue.
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Rising Mental Health Needs Will Cost Large Employers In 2024: Survey
Politico reports about 77% of large employers reported an increase in mental health needs of their staff, possibly related to recovery from the pandemic. CBS News covers news that FDNY members, and their families, are seeking mental health care in record numbers.
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Power Outage Forced Hundreds Of Hospital Patients To Evacuate In LA
News outlets report on the impact of a succession of power outages that hit a Los Angeles hospital. A baby was born amid the chaos, the Los Angeles Times said. Separately, a study found ChatGPT may be as good as recent med school graduates in making clinical decisions.
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