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The state Senate gave preliminary approval to continue the expanded Medicaid program and make it permanent, AP reports. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, Republican lawmakers blocked a plan by the governor to mandate student vaccinations against meningitis and chickenpox.
"Despite enormous evidence to the contrary," as AP describes it, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico doesn't produce or consume fentanyl, and the opioid epidemic is a U.S. matter. He argued the U.S. doesn't look after its young people and that family values could be a solution.
A new study found that Millennials are seeking more help for health matters than ever. In other startling news, Newsweek says data show murder-suicides have reached a record high in the country. Hepatitis B, Havana Syndrome, treating obesity in children, and more are among other subjects in the news.
Drugmakers have reportedly told the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists that they have further delayed resupply dates for key local anesthetics. Separately, worries deepen over the shortage of the respiratory drug albuterol as a lead manufacturer filed for bankruptcy.
New Hampshire is losing another hospital's labor and delivery department, while in Pennsylvania, legislators attempt to prevent the abrupt closing of hospitals.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Tish James are asking three of the nation's largest pharmacy chains to confirm they will dispense abortion medications in New York and across the U.S. Separately, Walgreens pushed back on criticism from California's governor over the pills.
Research out of Switzerland suggests that the omicron variant is less likely to lead to long covid. In other news, more research on metformin's effect on long covid.
The Food and Drug Administration presented new guidelines on the impact tissue density has on breast cancer: All mammogram centers must tell women if their high breast density puts them at risk. Axios notes the move could protect more people but also drive up test and screening rates.
Among the proposals submitted to Congress is a request for $20 billion over five years for public health and pandemic preparedness.
President Biden's budget proposal sent to Congress attempts to lower drug prices, particularly insulin, and increase the number of drugs for which government will negotiate the price.
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The Arkansas House sent the bill Wednesday to the Republican governor. AP says the effort will "effectively reinstate the state's blocked ban." But in Minnesota, the Democratic governor moved to protect those seeking gender care.
The Boston Globe says QurAlis' work is based on Harvard research and the company has raised $88 million for early-stage clinical trials. QurAlis may also test the drugs against frontotemporal dementia — which actor Bruce Willis is suffering from. Also: asthma meds, weight loss drugs, more.
Michigan's Democratic-majority state Senate voted to repeal a ban and sentencing guidelines dating back to 1931. In Alabama, meanwhile, Democrats in the Legislature are seeking to add exemptions to that state's strict ban. Other news is from Florida, Mississippi, Utah, and elsewhere.
New research shows opioids accounted for over 47% of child poisoning deaths reported to the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention between 2005 and 2018 for the under-5 age group. A separate study shows people recently released from prison are more at risk of opioid overdoses.
A new study says that eating the Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets correlates with fewer signs of Alzheimer's found in people's brains at autopsy, and that even swapping in one food from the diets can have an impact. Separately, the WHO worries about salt intake reduction efforts.
USA Today says the national lifeline's pilot program, which previously operated only during select hours, is now offering text and online chat services 24/7, supporting LGBTQ+ people in need of mental health support. Also: alleged kickbacks, medical malpractice lawsuits, and more in the news.
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