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Reuters reports the results of a new year-long study into brain health after a covid infection, finding increased risk of a host of brain injuries compared with people who hadn't caught covid. Separate studies link covid to lung damage and increased diabetes risk in kids.
The World Health Organization, CNBC reports, is finding it hard to identify emerging covid variants, which could endanger the fight against the virus. Meanwhile, AP reports 4.4 million Americans have received the updated booster shots designed to target omicron covid.
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Editorial writers discuss the baby formula shortage, abortion, and more.
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Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Wednesday. In other news from the states, New Mexico expects a Medicaid exodus, Rhode Island approves a health insurance rate increase, and more.
A surprising study reported at NBC News shows how food eaten during pregnancy makes fetuses respond to flavors: carrots lead to smiles, but kale doesn't. A separate report at USA Today covers a study suggesting that snacking on apples is better for mental health than potato chips.
The decision to phase down use of hydrofluorocarbons, found in pharmaceutical inhalers, air conditioners and fridges, came nearly six years after the global climate treaty effort began. Meanwhile the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covers lead water pipe removal efforts, which may take decades.
Reports say that the variant of THC is being sold in places across the U.S. even where pot remains illegal. Concerns are growing about contaminants and worrisome side effects. Separately, marijuana lounges are approved in Las Vegas, and two Georgia companies are approved for medical marijuana.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a Democrat, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, spoke at a "Cost of Mental Health Inequities” event, held by media outlet The Hill. Other industry news is from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Oregon, Texas, and elsewhere.
An unsettling report at Reuters centers on certain types of MiniMed pump systems made by Medtronic, which the Food and Drug Administration warned on Tuesday may be vulnerable to cyberattacks, impacting insulin delivery to patients with diabetes.
Julie Rikelman, the White House's nominee to serve on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, is now in the GOP crosshairs because she was legal director of the Center for Reproductive Rights. She also represented the Mississippi abortion clinic at the center of the Roe v. Wade case.
The decrease — from 5.7% in 2019 to 5.4% in 2021 — is being called a “small but significant decline,” equating to 200,000 more children with health insurance, Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families said.
Pfizer is developing a bivalent shot for children ages 5 to 11, and Moderna is creating one for those ages 6 to 17, Becker's Hospital Review reports. Currently, the new Pfizer booster is only for those 12 and older, and Moderna's is for 18 and up.
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Even people living in neighboring rural communities near the Kern Valley State Prison may be at risk, the study warns, with arsenic levels above regulatory limits for possibly years at a time. Separate reports blast California's water treatment systems, potentially causing long-term health issues.
The e-cigarette maker's complaint says the FDA is violating the Freedom of Information Act, Axios reports. In other news, Walgreens acquires Shields Health Solutions, CRISPR gene editing is said to be getting harder, West Virginia announces an opioid settlement, and more.
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