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The rankings released by U.S. News & World Report have been the subject of recent controversy, and today, new ratings — this time for the country's top children's hospitals — have been revealed. USA Today reports San Francisco's attorney David Chu is investigating the ratings for alleged bias.
The illness that 3 Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers suffered during the initial outbreak of covid is "unspecified," according to the Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, with new surges of covid expected in the fall, CNBC covers how Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are gearing-up for the next covid vaccines.
All young and middle-age adults should be regularly screened for anxiety and depression, regardless of whether they're showing symptoms, according to new advice from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Axios, meanwhile, covers stress relief tips that don't involve exercise.
Representatives from 10 pharmaceutical companies met with White House officials Tuesday to discuss ways to increase access to overdose-reversal medication amidst the opioid epidemic. Separately, Stat reports that overdoses from xylazine can't be treated with naloxone.
Virginia state Sen. Joe Morrissey, a rare Democrat who supports limits on abortion access, lost to Lashrecse Aird, a “100%” supporter of abortion rights." Also: A Supreme Court ruling gives South Carolina Republicans another chance to end public funding for Planned Parenthood, and New York passes a bill that provides more abortion protections.
The Senate voted 51-43 to confirm Julie Rikelman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which has jurisdiction over 4 states in New England as well as Puerto Rico. She argued before the Supreme Court on behalf of the Mississippi clinic in the Dobbs case that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade.
The law would have been the "first in a wave of such measures championed by conservative lawmakers," according to The New York Times. In his ruling, Judge James M. Moody Jr. said the law limiting care access for minors and teens seeking gender transition discriminated against transgender people and violated doctors' constitutional rights.
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Two whistleblowers said medically unnecessary trauma alerts and added tests are part of the problem, Asheville Watchdog reports. Meanwhile, among other news, concerns over health insurer Friday Health Plans are reported by the Colorado Sun.
The temporary injunction from a federal judge came after the ACLU sought it, AP reports, adding that the ban on puberty blockers and hormones won't take effect as of July 1, but the prohibition on gender-affirming surgeries will take effect. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee, GOP lawmakers are reportedly backing bans on some trans health care coverage.
If adopted, this step would be a big change for the NCAA, which has been conducting drug tests at championship events since 1986. Separately, a study finds that magic mushrooms and other hallucinogens are seeing increasing use among young adults.
A new study found that those with heart disease or who are at high risk of it can safely take testosterone to combat "low T." Also in the news, quality problems in Indian factories that are driving U.S. drug shortages, unethical drug company tricks in the U.K., and more.
Public health experts, ABC News reports, are concerned Facebook's parent company's plan to roll back misinformation policies will allow covid and vaccine disinformation to spread. Meanwhile, YouTube took down a video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talking about what it says is vaccine misinfo.
The number of homeless people has broadly risen this year, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of state data. Newsweek reports on a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found that the death of 183,000 Americans in 2019 could be attributed to poverty. Meanwhile, scores of Americans are being dropped from Medicaid because of red tape.
A recent study showed the average risk of dying from breast cancer in the five years after an early diagnosis has fallen from 14% to 5% since the 1990s. Meanwhile, new research from the National Cancer Institute and the CDC links obesity to an increased risk of 13 types of cancer.
A deadlocked Iowa Supreme Court rebuffed the governor's attempt to reinstate a six-week limit, leaving abortion legal in the state up to 20 weeks. Future legislation could bring back the restriction.
President Joe Biden has officially tapped Cohen, the former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, to succeed Dr. Rochelle Walensky after she leaves the post at the end of June. Cohen's appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers tackle these public health topics.
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