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The Washington Post notes that "small clusters" of infections have been found in people who were already vaccinated against mpox. Meanwhile, a dangerous heat wave is expected to continue along the West Coast; how a lab error led to a recall of salad greens over health concerns; and more.
UnitedHealthcare requiring prior authorization will make it more difficult for patients to get endoscopic procedures. Cancer diagnostics and surveillance make up roughly half of the colonoscopies that gastroenterologists perform. In other health industry news, workers at five HCA Healthcare facilities in California have authorized a strike, and more hospitals are adding private police forces.
Pandemic-related powers that allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand support services for homeless veterans have been cut. In other news, scientists find that rare cases of myocarditis in young men were caused not by antibodies produced by the covid vaccine, but by the body’s natural immune response to the vaccine.
Social Security recipients are warned a debt default could interrupt their payments.
The FDA blocked them from marketing or distributing 6,500 flavored e-liquid and e-cigarette products. The FDA also approved a once-a-day menopause drug. In a split vote, an advisory panel to the agency recommended the FDA approve the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Republicans in the state legislature believe they have the votes to override the governor's veto, but the vote in the House could be close. Other news on abortion includes Nikki Haley saying a national abortion ban is unrealistic and the Montana Supreme Court ruling advanced-practice nurses can continue to provide abortion care.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed a set of "medical freedom" laws, Axios reports, including bans on mask and vaccine mandates, plus new conscience protections for health providers. Another move forces hospitals that accept Medicaid to quiz patients on their immigration status.
The global health emergency status of mpox lasted 10 months, but the World Health Organization now says it's time to focus on managing the long-term aspects of the viral disease. Meanwhile, drug-resistant ringworm is found in the U.S. for the first time.
Rep. Anna Eshoo, the House Energy and Commerce health subcommittee’s top Democrat, is demanding answers from the National Institutes of Health over its slow progress in tackling long covid. Sleep apnea's link to long covid is also in the news.
The GOP-controlled legislature approved an Aug. 8 measure that will ask voters to increase the threshold needed to change the constitution from 50% to 60%, a move aimed at defeating a likely ballot measure in the November election that would guarantee abortion rights. August elections typically have a low turnout.
Axios explains a "fight" over nursing home staff mandates is pitting the industry against organized labor and some senior lawmakers in Congress, as the Biden administration wants to mandate staffing numbers to assure high-quality care. Other news includes nursing staff pickets, layoffs, and more.
A report in CIDRAP says that while covid worsened the U.S. health care supply chain, it was "in trouble long before" and that drug and medical device shortages could get worse, according to experts. CNN notes cancer drugs are among the top 5 most affected.
New CDC data show U.S. adolescents made fewer weekly visits to emergency departments for mental health issues in Fall 2022 compared to 2021. But teen suicide and overdose ED visit rates remain high.
The ruling would dismantle decades-old laws and regulations that prohibit federally licensed firearms dealers from selling handguns to those under 21. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Payne said the measures violated the Second Amendment.
As the U.S. inches closer to possible debt default, The Wall Street Journal reports that staff-level talks have made progress toward a compromise, including over clawing back unspent pandemic funds from the states. And Vox examines the role of Medicaid work requirements in the negotiations.
The measures that the Senate health panel did advance include provisions that would ban pharmacy benefit managers from using so-called spread pricing and would require them to pass along rebates and payments they receive to insurers. Chair Bernie Sanders dropped for now one major PBM reform to end administrative fees based on a percentage of a drug’s list price.
Blood banks can now implement revised FDA guidelines that allow gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to give blood in the U.S. without abstaining from sex.
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