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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.
Axios reports that the majority of that funding will go to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for public-private partnerships — similar to the Operation Warp Speed model — to create next generation covid treatments and "pan-coronavirus vaccines."
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From 2016 through 2019, little more than 20% of patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder filed prescriptions for buprenorphine, a large new study found. Media outlets note the study says underprescribing is worse for Black patients.
The highest court in the state upheld a nearly $37 million judgment won by a woman who had sued Marlboro after getting cancer after switching to Light cigarettes, which the maker claimed was safer, AP reports. Also: trans care restrictions in Missouri, drive-thru baby showers, and more.
A new study of more than 8.4 million electronic health records showed that right after a prescription of antidepressants is given is when patients are at highest risk of self-harm, Axios reports. Separately, research found that uncontrolled sleep apnea may be linked to future brain damage.
Vyera Pharmaceuticals, founded by Martin Shkreli, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday as a result of declining profits. In other pharmaceutical news, the White House has been quietly working on tackling drug shortages and quality matters since the start of 2023.
Modern Healthcare reports Envision has been hit by soaring labor costs and multiple legal disputes with UnitedHealth Group. Separately, reports say increasing financial losses are driving Babylon Health to be taken private. An $18 million donation to Maine hospitals is among other news.
A small-scale trial saw an immune response provoked in half of the patients treated, with those people showing no relapse of their cancer during the study — something outside experts calls "extremely promising." A peanut allergy treatment is also in the news.
News outlets report that scientists have unveiled the human "pangenome," a new reference map for the human genome that better reflects the rich diversity of the global population. Separately, a breakthrough resulted in the first babies being born in Britain with DNA from three people.
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