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About 150 North Carolina state medical examiners across 20 counties plan to protest beginning June 15 to draw attention to the fact that their pay has not increased in more than a decade, Asheville Watchdog reports.
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued a record fine against the facility after the fatal stabbing of a social worker at the hospital’s sexual health clinic in December. Cal/OSHA released a 38-page report Wednesday, identifying 77 workplace safety failures and including seven citations for violating state safety standards, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The FDA has proposed pulling Tavneos from the market. Now, the New England Journal of Medicine is investigating allegations that the drug was approved based on manipulated data, Bloomberg reports. Tavneos treats a rare form of blood vessel inflammation called ANCA-associated vasculitis.
NBC News maps out the states that have experienced surging cases since late April, noting that outbreaks in Florida, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Virginia threaten the country’s measles elimination status. Plus, updates about the Ebola outbreak in Africa, and health concerns ahead of the World Cup.
Patients who use medical marijuana for chronic pain, anxiety, nausea, or other qualifying conditions may pack their medication for use at their destination, Fox News reports. But medical experts urge caution and emphasize waiting until arriving at a destination before using the substance. Also: MAHA, ultraprocessed foods, food contamination, and more.
The direct-to-consumer drug platform listed 43 medications when it launched in February. Now it touts more than 800. President Donald Trump claims his most-favored-nation policy has saved Americans more than $400 million since TrumpRx debuted, The Hill reports. Plus, local governments are suing over changes the government made to Affordable Care Act exchanges.
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Elijah McClain, a Black man, died in 2019 after being injected with ketamine. The Colorado Court of Appeals cited errors in jury instructions related to the charge and ordered new trials, The New York Times reported. The case stirred outrage among first responders across the nation.
A handful of ticks tested positive for Borrelia mayonii in Herkimer County, NBC News reported. Until now, the bacterium had only been detected in deer ticks in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It can cause debilitating illness. Plus: Dozens of people in Idaho are sickened after drinking raw milk.
The results of the Food and Drug Administration's study of the abortion pill could be used to restrict access by requiring in-person visits for prescribing and dispensing, The Wall Street Journal reported. Plus: Scientists have precisely edited the DNA of human embryos.
The agency is abandoning a Biden-era policy that required Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to report deaths that occur within 30 days of people being released from its custody, The Washington Post reports. The requirement was initiated after it was noted that detainees with serious medical conditions were being released from custody, only to die soon after.
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority is coordinating a shipment of monoclonal antibodies “for potential use in high-risk Americans exposed to the virus,” an HHS spokesperson revealed. MBP-134 would be used under the FDA’s “investigational use mechanisms,” a measure that allows unlicensed treatments to be used in emergency situations, Stat reports.
Proteins in the blood might be able to predict lung cancer more than five years before diagnosis, The New York Times reported. Simultaneously, the media outlet reported that an existing anti-inflammatory drug could significantly reduce the risk of lung cancer in people with elevated concentrations of these proteins. More research and trials are needed.
One expert noted that most states haven't yet rolled out funding cuts and changes to their Medicaid programs, setting up "a disaster in the making," Fierce Healthcare reported. Meanwhile, lawmakers in the U.S. House passed an appropriations bill that would slash funding for millions of people in the Women, Infants, and Children program, or WIC, which helps pregnant women and children purchase healthy foods.
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Physician and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the outgoing chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, stood fast that the federal government should not fund gender transition procedures on minors. "Let's fulfill our duty to let kids be kids," he said. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed back, saying, "Not only would banning gender-affirmative care do nothing to protect kids, it will make it harder for them to get the healthcare they need, and that would be a tragedy."
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