First Edition: Aug. 8, 2023
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Viewpoints: It Won’t Be Long Before AI Replaces Human Doctors; Will Ohio Protect Reproductive Rights?
Editorial writers discuss AI in health care, abortion rights, lobotomies and more.
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Data: Covid Drove Up Antibiotic Use; Worries Over Antibiotic Resistance
Even as CIDRAP covers a report on CDC data showing a significant rise in antibiotic use in U.S. hospitals early in the pandemic, Fox news reports on how doctors are warning over rising antibiotic resistance in Americans. Also in the news: how covid tracking has waned, and more.
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CDC Confirms Human Swine Flu Cases Linked To Michigan County Fairs
The first two human swine flu cases in the U.S. this year were linked to infected pigs at public events, the Detroit Free Press reports. Also in the news: a Bay area spa was ordered closed following two deaths associated with Legionnaires disease; warnings over undercooked seafood risks; and more.
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Following Pandemic Screening Delays, Late-Stage Cancers Rise: Study
Confirming what many may have suspected, a new study in Lancet Oncology emphasizes how care disruptions during the pandemic have led to more diagnoses, now, of late-stage cancers of nearly all types. Meanwhile, the Hill reports on which of alcohol or cannabis is worse for you.
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Childhood Vaccination Rates Slipping, Even As Fall’s Sickly Season Nears
News outlets cover worries over the rate of childhood vaccination in the U.S., with about 1 in 6 toddlers missing out on some of the necessary doses against measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, and more, even as the typical fall illness season approaches. Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine spoke on the matter of childhood shots.
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Hospitals In At Least 3 States Working To Recover From Cyberattack
The attack last week hit Prospect Medical Holdings, a private equity company that operates 16 hospitals and 165 outpatient facilities across California, Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. In some places, emergency departments were forced to close, and health providers reverted to pen and paper.
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Appeal Blocks Medical Complications Exemption From Texas Abortion Ban
The Texas attorney general issued a late-night appeal resulting in a suspension of an earlier injunction from Travis County Judge Jessica Mangrum. This had, for a short while, exempted people with medically complicated pregnancies from Texas' punitive abortion ban.
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FDA Approves Fast-Acting Pill For Postpartum Depression
Zurzuvae is the first treatment for postpartum that can be taken at home. It works in days, compared with other depression treatments that take weeks.
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First Edition: Aug. 7, 2023
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Why Is Paxlovid Not Being Prescribed?; FDA Must Make Our Food Supply Safer
Editorial writers discuss antivirals, food-borne illness, assisted suicide and more.
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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on "Oppenheimer," the Mütter Museum, sensory processing disorder, amputations, and more.
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New York Extends Medicaid Telehealth Coverage Through End Of 2024
Among other news from across the states: Connecticut is calling for the closure of a nursing home; a former first-round NBA draft pick is sentenced to prison for health care fraud; proponents of water re-use tackle the end-user "yuck" problem, and more.
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Lingering Summer Heat Waves Will Hit Health Of Over 50 Million In US: Data
Federal health officials warn about the extreme heat conditions, which are expected to extend through August in many areas and put millions of Americans at risk of health impacts. The Los Angeles Times reports the "heat dome" will again hit that region this weekend.
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Nearly All Younger Americans Have Mental Health Challenges: Survey
A startling set of figures is reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, covering a Harris Poll/Blue Shield of California survey: nearly 90% of teens and young adults say they have regular mental health issues. Separately, a study reported in Stat links childhood stress with old-age problems.
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White House Held Private Meeting With Drug Stakeholders Over Shortages
Stat says the in-person meeting of the drug shortage task force with representatives from hospitals, drugmakers, pharmacies and more was a rare occurrence, and its goal was tackling shortages of cancer drugs. Also: staff cuts at biotech startup Celsius, cystic fibrosis medications access, and more.
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Medicare Cuts 2024 Payments For Safety Net Hospitals By Almost $1B
The CMS cut of $957 million to a fund destined to help pay hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients is more than eight times larger than one proposed in April, Stat says. Also in the news: Cigna reports a net income fall, people want weight-loss drugs despite the costs, and more.
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Democratic House Leadership Endorses Anti-Abortion Texas Rep. Cuellar
The endorsement of what Politico says is the Democrats' last anti-abortion lawmaker is a "sharp reversal" of how Rep. Henry Cuellar was mostly abandoned by top figures last year. Other abortion-related news is from Missouri, Wyoming, Guam, and elsewhere.
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Global Early Warning System For Disease Outbreaks Is In Jeopardy
ProMED, the disease surveillance network that identified the beginnings of the covid pandemic and other emerging outbreaks, is at risk of collapsing. A plan by the International Society for Infectious Diseases to start charging for the service has led some senior moderators to suspend work and call for new management.
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American Academy Of Pediatrics Reaffirms Position On Gender Treatments
The American Academy of Pediatrics says it continues to back gender-related medical care for children — treatments that have been banned in 19 states — but is commissioning a review of the latest research on effectiveness in youth.
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