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Health News Florida, reporting the sad toll, also notes that 26 cases of Vibrio vulnificus were reported in the state so far in 2023. Meanwhile, in Connecticut, the Department of Public Health reported that four local residents have tested positive for Powassan virus, the first cases in the state this year.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force gave its highest or “grade A” recommendation to three medications approved for PrEP. Just one pill was previously endorsed, and the move may require private insurers to cover the drugs without a co-pay or deductible under the Affordable Care Act.
Of about 2,400 women polled, 20% reported that they had been verbally abused, had their requests for help go unanswered, had their physical privacy infringed upon, or received threats to withhold treatment, the CDC survey found. Plus, news on breast cancer, Plan B, abortion in Illinois, and more.
Three residents allege state agencies aren't informing low-income or disabled people properly about Medicaid redeterminations. Meanwhile, HHS is moving to pause Medicaid coverage terminations in Texas.
As a scattering of businesses and schools bring back requirements, health experts say it may be time to for some to mask again as covid cases tick back up. News outlets report on the latest virus trends.
The Biden administration announced grants Tuesday aimed at developing news tools to combat the future path of covid: $1 billion will go to covid vaccine trials while awards totaling $400 million will go to 2 research projects on treatments.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers tackle pediatric care for asylum-seeking families, Alzheimer's, health care reimbursement, and more.
Reuters reports the Republican-backed law was revived after a panel of judges said a legal challenge didn't show evidence of a constitutional right for trans youth gender care. But a federal judge blocked part of a similar law in Georgia, since it likely violates constitutional equal protection clauses.
Three other people were hospitalized by the bacterial contamination linked to a restaurant called Frugals. Also in the news: Americans' exposure to smoke pollution reached a 17-year high in 2023; virtual reality exercises may help back pain; and more.
The U.S. branches of Teva and Glenmark will pay $225 million and $30 million, respectively, to settle what Politico notes are "long-running criminal price-fixing charges." Separately, Boehringer Ingelheim, a German drugmaker, is suing the U.S. government over its Medicare drug price negotiation effort.
Modern Healthcare reports the nonprofit refused to treat some patients who owed medical debts, and now state authorities are investigating. Also in the news: Corewell Health, Cano Health, diversity in medical illustrations, and more.
The state's near-total abortion ban was challenged by the ACLU which asked for a rehearing, but the Supreme Court denied the case. In Texas, the state's punitive anti-abortion law was "quietly" relaxed, NPR reports, with abortions allowed after a patient's water breaks early and for ectopic pregnancies.
A large study of Veterans Affairs health records finds that patients who were infected with covid are at a higher risk developing other diseases or disabilities. Mortality risks were also found to be greater for people who were hospitalized.
News outlets cover research relating to screen time for the very young, showing that giving a 1-year-old a screen like a tablet for more than four hours a day is linked to developmental delays at ages 2 and 4. Separately, gun-related deaths among children rose in 2021.
The vaccine, also approved for use in adults 60 and older, is given to pregnant people in the latter part of pregnancy, Stat reports. The CDC must still sign off on the vaccine but is expected to do so.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers examine museums use of human remains, fracking's link to cancer, American maternal mortality, misinformation, and more.
Such cases are rare, NBC News reports. The patient, the latest in a string of such infections, hadn't recently traveled outside the U.S. Meanwhile, in Florida, four new cases of locally acquired dengue fever were reported between July 30 and Aug. 5, bringing the state's total to 10 this year.
News outlets report on a breakthrough experiment in cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation, which used stem cells from one eye to restore vision to the patient's other eye which was damaged by chemical burns. Meanwhile, a sickle cell gene-editing treatment shows promise.
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