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Point32Health, which is the second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts, was struck by a ransomware attack that may have compromised sensitive health data of current and past members. Other news includes financial worries at hospitals across the U.S., staffing shortages, and more.
Editorial writers examine these various public health topics.
It's what the Cambridge University Press called a "hidden but inevitable creeping danger," a currently unknown but potentially worse illness than covid that may be bubbling under the radar. In other news, air pollution is linked to severe covid outcomes.
The Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency act, a.k.a. PATIENT, would force pharmacy benefit managers to report more details about their deals with pharmaceutical companies. Also in the news, Sarepta's Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment, weight-loss drugs, ketamine, and more.
The CDC is collaborating with Mexican officials over the outbreak of fungal meningitis in Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas. More than 200 U.S. patients who traveled to clinics there may be at risk. Also: dangerous chemicals in sunscreen, high asthma rates among Black children, and more.
A three-day strike by residents at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens will end after the physicians' union announced a deal with its employer, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, over wage inequity. In other health industry news, the head of AHIP is stepping down.
New data shows birth rates declined in most states last year, following a long-term trend, though a few states showed upticks. The overall shift means that the American population grew older, faster, on average over the last decade than before.
News reports say failures of the Drug Enforcement Administration allowed one of the country's largest drug distributors, Morris & Dickson Co., to contribute to the opioid crisis even after a judge recommended it should lose its license. Other news relating to fentanyl is also reported.
A survey by The Washington Post and KFF also finds that nearly half of transgender adults say they have encountered ignorance about providing health care to trans patients, while 37% cite difficulty in finding knowledgeable medical personnel.
An Indiana medical licensing board will hear allegations that an Indianapolis doctor should be disciplined for public statements she made after providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who had to leave Ohio for the procedure. Separately, a bill to limit "judge shopping" will be introduced by Democrats in Congress.
The technology implanted in a man paralyzed from the hips down had previously helped people with spinal injuries stand and take steps, but in this case spinal cord stimulators are activated by thinking about walking. Other nerve damage and paralysis news is also reported.
A quarter-million people in the state have lost coverage so far as states "unwind" their pandemic policies. State data show that most of those people are still eligible but lost coverage for procedural reasons such as having outdated contact info or computer glitches.
News outlets cover the looming potential of a U.S. debt default and how it may impact health provider payouts and hit the VA and veterans themselves. Separately, Military Times reports on a boost to cost-of-living payouts to veterans targeted for next year.
Marking the 1-year anniversary of the mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas school, President Joe Biden called for "common-sense" gun measures like bans on AR-15s and high-capacity magazines as well as establishing universal background checks and national red flag laws.
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Editorial writers tackle mental health in the U.S.
Axios reports that Minnesota has now joined states like Colorado and Washington, which have turned to public option plans to control health costs. Among other news, the Texas House voted to repeal the state's "tampon tax" on menstrual products.
New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates show a 12% drop in new HIV infections in 2021 compared to 2017. In other news, a study shows HPV doesn't often transmit to babies during pregnancy, and cookie dough is blamed for a six-state salmonella outbreak.
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