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In Michigan, LGBTQ+ protections are now part of the state's civil rights law. On the other side of the issue: Kentucky lawmakers passed a ban on gender care for minors, and a ban on such care went into effect in Florida.
CIDRAP notes that three generic drugs used widely for treating common cancers in adults, children are in short supply and driving physicians' concerns that they may have to swap to less effective meds. CBS News reports on shortages of Pluvicto, a drug used against advanced prostate cancer.
Three former employees of Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Virginia, were charged with second-degree murder on Thursday; seven sheriff's deputies were arrested and charged earlier this week. Irvo Otieno, 28, died March 6 while being admitted to the hospital. Otieno's mother, who was shown video of the incident, said, “My son was treated like a dog, worse than a dog."
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at either immediate or high risk of closure because of consistent financial difficulties. An organizational restructure at Crozer Health, high demand for pediatric hospital beds, financial pressures at Bright Health, and more are also in the news.
News outlets cover developments about covid treatment Paxlovid, as a study shows it's 80% effective against severe covid if taken inside the first five days. A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration also endorsed the drug as an option for adults at high risk for severe covid.
Efforts to restrict or protect abortion access are reported from North Dakota, Florida, Nevada, California, New Mexico and elsewhere in the U.S.
Sanofi announced Thursday that it will cap out-of-pockets insulin costs at $35 a month for consumers with private insurance, following in the footsteps of the other two biggest insulin makers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Sanofi will also lower list prices of its most prescribed insulin, Lantus, and its fast-acting insulin, Apidra.
Swabs taken from the Chinese market in January 2020 provide the strongest evidence to date that the pandemic originated in animals, according to the genetic data analysis done by an international team of virus experts, first reported in The Atlantic.
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Gov. Tate Reeves signed a new House bill Monday that will decriminalize illegal-drug testing kits effective July 1. Meanwhile, in Texas, the Senate passed a bill allowing fentanyl distributors to be charged with murder, and in Mexico, the president suggested a ban on using fentanyl in medicine.
New research identifies risks from trichloroethylene, which is widely used to degrease aviation components and heavy machinery. It could be linked to Parkinson's. CNN, separately, reports on pesticide contaminant levels in fruits and vegetables.
Various news outlets discuss the reenrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries as the end of the public health emergency ends. Also various report from across the country on gender identity.
News outlets report on a new treatment for certain late-stage lunch cancers, with successful procedures carried out on two patients at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. In other news, a push to subject medical devices to placebo tests in the same way drugs are investigated for effectiveness.
A FAIR Health analysis, reported by Axios, shows that of all patients who received medical services between 2016 and 2022 nearly 30% did not see a primary care physician. The Texas Tribune, meanwhile, reports on how rural Texans must travel long distances for basic health needs.
The federal government and various states are outlining what happens as the public health emergency winds to a close in May.
More than 1,200 U.S. women died in 2021 during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to a final tally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022, there were 733 maternal deaths, though AP reports that number is likely to rise.
In a Texas court Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk heard arguments from a coalition of anti-abortion medical groups and doctors and the Justice Department in a case that could have broad repercussions for access to a medicated abortion in the U.S. The FDA's approval process for mifepristone and ability to mail the drug were considered during the hearing.
The federal government will select the Medicare program's 10 costliest prescription medicines based on gross spending. As part of a multi-step negotiation process it will then negotiate price cuts that will go into effect in 2026.
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