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Prospect Medical Holdings is experiencing outages of key computer systems more than two weeks after a cyberattack. Among other news: Mayo Clinic is continuing its expansion; Axios says rural hospitals are experiencing a "squeeze" from Medicare Advantage; and more.
Media outlets explain how patients are increasingly meeting with physician assistants and nurse practitioners alongside traditional doctors as shifting state laws help hospitals deal with the ongoing physician shortage. Nurse strikes, pay for tribal health workers, and more are also reported.
Maui's chief mental health administrator John Oliver is calling the Hawaiian blaze "the worst mental health disaster in our state's modern history." Special emphasis is being placed on school intervention as students begin to go back to class. Meanwhile, forensic specialists continue the grim task of identifying the victims.
Updated policy released by the American Academy of Pediatrics calls for a ban on all striking or spanking of school children. Separately, new research shows that kids who experienced assault are more likely to develop mental illnesses.
A new study looked at data of U.S. covid patients who previously had no hypertension, finding those hospitalized with covid-19 were diagnosed with hypertension at twice the rate of those who were not. Also in the news: covid-blood clot links in cancer patients; U.S. covid rates tick up slowly; more.
Planned Parenthood is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit to the Nebraska Supreme Court. Meanwhile, a group called Protect Our Rights has filed paperwork in support of a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution. Other reproductive health news is reported from Florida and Alabama.
Georgia's Pathways Medicaid program — seen as a test case for work requirements — is off to a slow start since its July 1 launch, with just a few hundred approved for benefits. This comes at the same time that thousands are losing traditional Medicaid as states review enrollments, post-pandemic. News on Medicaid unwinding is also reported from Virginia, Missouri, Florida, and Wisconsin.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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A meta-analysis of 17 different studies found that despite claims that blue light-blocking glasses can protect wearer's eyes, boost alertness, or improve sleep, they probably don't do much at all, NBC News reports. Separately, the source of a norovirus outbreak that sickened hundreds has been identified.
Modern Healthcare says that Oregon is the fourth state to enact such a law, but some medical systems are opposed to the measure, saying it doesn't address fundamental issues leading to short staffing. Also in the news: medical marijuana in Alabama; mental health in California; and more.
NBC News reports that an average Spanish-speaking caller had to wait nearly four times longer than an English-language caller to speak to a representative. The inefficiencies are keeping many people out of Medicaid, a report says. AP says nearly one in three states have been warned by federal Medicaid officials that their call center wait times are too long.
The Hill covers a KFF analysis that found the price hikes for drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy in the U.S. are sizable compared to other wealthy nations — the list price is 10 times less in some places. Among other news items: a look at Big Pharma's high-price playbook, and news on HIV and its treatment.
The insurance giant says the mix of vendors will include Amazon and Mark Cuban's pharmacy company. CVS will still fill and manage prescriptions for Blue Shield members who need “specialty” drugs, the insurer said.
The medical board decided Thursday to state that Colorado doctors who prescribe the so-called abortion-reversal pill are operating outside of "generally accepted" practice, a move short of the ban Democrats sought, the Colorado Sun says. Other news concerns the military's abortion policy, abortion pills, and more.
The study noted that binge drinking had spiked to the "highest prevalence ... ever recorded" for those ages 35-50. Separately, a survey found that the share of Americans older than 65 who have used marijuana leaped from 11% in 2009 to 32% in 2019.
The CDC has confirmed that people without health insurance won't immediately be able to get free covid shots at pharmacies like CVS or Walgreens when the next-generation vaccines are unveiled in a few weeks. Meanwhile, both Moderna and Pfizer reported that their new shots are effective against the "Eris" subvariant currently circulating in the U.S.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
This week's selections of health policy studies and briefs are from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota.
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