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A report in Roll Call says that older adults can face difficulties when seeking care for substance abuse under Medicare. Meanwhile, in Ohio, the House passed a bill to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in an effort to tackle the overdose crisis.
The lawsuit alleges that Yale has unequally treated or failed to accommodate students with mental health disabilities for "decades." Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly facing a backlash over a move to involuntarily hospitalize more mentally ill New Yorkers.
The Washington Post says expansion of wastewater testing for polio comes amid pressure to increase efforts to fight the disease after a surprising case was found in July in New York. Meanwhile, a measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio, has expanded to 46 cases — nearly doubling over the past two weeks.
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A separate report found that from 2019-20, alcohol abuse among seniors increased more than 18%.
Gun death rates have been steadily on the rise every year since 2005, a new study finds, with a 20% spike from 2019 to 2020.
An earlier ruling blocked a 2016 law requiring providers bury or cremate fetal remains, including from abortions, but a federal appeals court has now overturned that. Meanwhile, in North Dakota, a state attorney has asked the state Supreme Court to strike down a block of an abortion ban.
The money is aimed at strengthening the public health work force and infrastructure after the stresses of the pandemic, Reuters reports. In other news, a study found that covid screenings at hospital entries weren't very helpful despite the considerable cost.
Research reported in CIDRAP may suggest that younger people had lower vaccination rates and were worse at sticking with covid rules than older adults in the U.S. In other news, toxic chemicals in the blood may be linked to myocarditis risks after covid vaccines.
In other news, the CEO of North Star Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, has stepped down; a large nursing home in Concord, California, has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle claims over abuse and neglect of patients; a new medical facility will open in Ohio on Dec. 6; and more.
A new study involving around 173,000 U.S. people shows eating plant-based foods could cut the risk of bowel cancer by up to 22%, for men only. In other news, the world's first early screening test for pancreatic cancer could come to the U.S. by 2023.
Mayor Eric Adams said it was a "moral obligation" to care for people. Separately, AP reports "Big Tobacco" is attempting to block California's flavored tobacco ban.
Elon Musk's Twitter has stopped all efforts to monitor and catch disinformation about covid or vaccines posted on its social media platform, according to an update of its policies.
Stage 3 clinical trials of lecanemab, a drug developed by Eisai and Biogen, appeared to slow down losses of memory and thinking by 27% in trial patients with early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Researchers say that further study of potential serious adverse effects is needed.
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Editorial writers discuss aging in doctors, the renaming of monkeypox to "mpox," preventable maternal deaths and more.
In a letter to Congress, the Supreme Court's lawyer defended Justice Samuel Alito following a New York Times report related to a 2014 decision Alito wrote that was leaked in advance of its public announcement. Alito had already denied that he or his wife were involved.
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