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Abortion-rights groups criticize the anti-abortion bill, even though it's passage in the House was largely symbolic. Separately, ballot measures tend to affirm that most voters support abortion rights. Other reproductive and gender health news is reported from Montana, Alabama, and Wisconsin.
White House covid response coordinator Ashish Jha said the U.S. health-care system will face strain from covid during winter surges for years. Fortune reports the XBB family of subvariants may prove not so severe.
An American Cancer Society study says that the decrease as resulted in 3.8 million fewer deaths from cancer. Earlier detection, better treatments, and a reduction in smoking are credited. But researchers flag a recent rise in late-stage prostate cancer diagnoses.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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The Chicago Tribune covers the heavy toll of the opioid crisis in Cook County. The Boston Globe, meanwhile, talks about making opioid addiction treatment more accessible in Rhode Island, where fatal drug overdoses are "historically high." Also: gun laws, mental health clinicians, and more.
The strike, which affected around 7,000 nurses at two of New York City's largest hospitals is over after three days. Separately, NBC News covers how nearly 1 in 4 hospitalized patients experience harm. Other industry news includes a donation to Harvard Medical School, AI in health, and more.
News outlets cover developments in research into long covid, including a classification of four "major" types of the illness, and how for mild infections the effects may subside within a year. Separately, scientists found that listening to music during lockdowns lowered people's stress.
A new study found elevated levels of formaldehyde in items like skin lotions and hair gels, many of which are aimed at Black markets. Also in the news: misgendering trans people after death, cardiac arrest in young athletes, rhabdomyolysis, and prolonged sitting.
CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure says that the list of the 10 drugs that Medicare will put through negotiations with drugmakers will be published by Sept. 1. The public will also have an opportunity to weigh in along the way.
Editorial writers tackle these public health topics.
“To be clear, I am not looking to ban gas stoves and the [U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission] has no proceeding to do so,” Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric told the Wall Street Journal. Also in the news: First Lady Jill Biden's Mohs surgery; Obamacare's popularity in South Florida; CAR T-cell therapy in doctors' offices; and more.
Underscoring the pandemic's complexity, Politico reports that state and federal health officials are frustrated that thousands of seniors ended up in hospitals since the holidays, even as NBC News covers words from an FDA adviser questioning whether younger, healthier people need another covid booster.
The extension lasts for another 90 days. In related covid news on the XBB.1.5 variant: why it doesn't get a Greek letter; what you should know about its spread; and more.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says that a state chemical endangerment law could be used to charge people who have a medication abortion. Other state abortion news comes from Nebraska, Montana, New Hampshire, Florida, and elsewhere.
The two measures, approved largely along party lines, lay out new penalties for doctors that don't provide medical care for an infant born alive after an abortion attempt and condemn violence against anti-abortion groups. Neither measure is expected to pass the Senate, but illustrate House Republicans' roadmap for the new term.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill targeting the sale and manufacture of high-power assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles and ammunition, plus large-capacity magazines. Also: health care layoffs in California, a farmers' mental health helpline in Texas, and more.
Editorial writers tackle these public health topics.
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