Viewpoints: Tech Can Help Alleviate Health Care Burnout; Drug Production Needs Manufacturing Changes
Editorial writers discuss burnout, drug manufacturing, heat deaths and more.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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2-Year-Old Killed By Brain-Eating Amoeba In Nevada
The child died after a visit to a natural hot spring where he could have been exposed to Naegleria fowleri. Also in state health news, a hack in Texas exposed patients' health information, Medicaid redeterminations, heat-related illnesses, and more.
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Gilead Accused Of ‘Slow-Walking’ HIV Therapy For More Profit
A New York Times report highlights an alleged plan at Gilead to delay the release of a promising new HIV drug to maximize profits. Separately, GSK was given marketing authorization for an HIV prevention drug in Europe. Other industry news concerns cosmetics research, industry deals and more.
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Palo Alto VA Medical Center To Become First Full-5G Enabled Hospital In US
5G could bring many benefits, Axios reports, including enabling more smart technology in and around hospitals. In other research news: statin use for people with HIV; a finger prick that could detect Alzheimer's; how TV watching as a child could hurt later health; AI; and more.
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3 Killed, 5 Sickened Overall In Washington State Listeria Outbreak
News outlets report on a spate of deaths in Washington over recent months from food-borne listeria infections. Though genetic testing on bacteria from all five patients revealed they were likely infected from the same source, that source remains unidentified.
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Texas Has Worst Maternal Mortality Rate; Births Among Over-30s Slip
The Houston Chronicle reports on data that show maternal death rates in Texas rose from 10 per 100,000 births in 1999 to nearly 22 deaths in 2019. The Boston Globe, meanwhile, reports that births among people over 30 fell for the first time in 10 years during 2020.
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FTC Signals Growing Appetite For Greater PBM Oversight
The Federal Trade Commission is reviewing "outdated" agency statements and policies when in comes to regulation of pharmacy benefit manager practices. In other drug pricing news, pharmaceutical companies ratchet up their efforts to halt Medicare negotiations, and a bill capping insulin prices hits hurdles in Congress.
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White House Opens Permanent Pandemic Preparedness Office
The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy launched on Friday with retired Major General Paul Friedrichs at the helm. The new effort will take over the federal response to covid and mpox and look ahead to future health crises.
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Drug Supply Chain Mostly Safe As Tornado-Hit Pfizer Plant Is Assessed
News outlets report that despite concerns over possible disruption to national and global supply chains caused by a tornado impact in North Carolina, the impact on a Pfizer plant that sustained damage was mostly to warehousing, not drug manufacturing facilities. Some drugs are affected but efforts to return production to full speed are already underway.
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First Edition: July 24, 2023
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: The Worst Extreme Heat Is Yet To Come; Why Is Mental Health Care So Hard To Access?
Editorial writers delve into extreme heat, mental health care, medical debt, AI in medicine, 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 an astonishing video of a patient singing during "fun" brain surgery, how tech developments may help deaf people, an experiment in drug decriminalization, and more.
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Trans Patients Are Impacted As Drug Shortage Hits Hormone Therapy
The ongoing drug supply crunch is impacting another set of patients: transgender people who take hormones as part of gender-affirming care. Also in the news, a federal judge blocked an anti-trans sports bill in Arizona, and how gender dysphoria is a protected disability in some states.
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Researchers Link Chronic Constipation With Cognitive Decline
A study finds that defecation frequency may impact cognitive function. Also in the news, the benefits of maternal strep B vaccines, health care disruptions linked to preventable hospital admissions, and goals of building a real-life "bionic" person.
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PBM Oversight Act Introduced By Sens. Carper And Grassley
The bipartisan bill would provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with oversight powers for pharmacy benefit managers. Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is in a NIH nominee standoff with the White House over drug pricing.
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FDA Approves Emergent BioSolution’s Anthrax Vaccine For Adults
The drug, Cyfendus, was authorized for use following suspected or confirmed anthrax exposure. The FDA also approved Daiichi Sankyo's blood cancer drug. In other industry news, J&J's finances look healthy, Philip Morris' health care push stumbles, private equity's impact on health costs, and more.
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Study Finds Some Sports Supplements Contain Prohibited Drugs
A study makes startling reading for people who consume sports supplements: as well as possibly having misleading labels, some include drugs prohibited by the FDA. Energy drink "ambassadors," and how football headers are linked to memory issues are among other public health news.
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Congress Works On Preparedness, Pollutants, And Global Health Security Bills
In health policy action on Capitol Hill: a bipartisan pandemic preparedness bill advances; lawmakers try to tackle plastic pellet and PFAS pollution; and Senate appropriators approve additional money for global health security and fentanyl-related measures.
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White House Asks Businesses To Extend Insurance Sign Up For Employees Who Lose Medicaid
The Biden administration’s letter Thursday asked employers and insurers to extend the usual 60-day window to July 31, 2024 for workers who are losing Medicaid due to redeterminations. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is urged by consumer groups to do more to tackle medical debt.
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Missouri Supreme Court Rules Against AG On Abortion Rights Ballot Measure
The justices ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey overstepped his authority by trying to inflate the projected cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights. Estimates say the measure has no cost to the state. Other abortion news is from Florida, Texas, Iowa, and elsewhere.
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