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Also in the news about opioids: proposed legislation aimed at helping older adults addicted to opioids and a lawsuit settlement from AbbVie's Allergan. Meanwhile, legislation is approved in a bipartisan vote by the House for PFAS research and a bill to help veterans access health and disability benefits is delayed in the Senate.
Meanwhile, media outlets report on standards at the Food and Drug Administration concerning covid vaccines and accusations the BA.5 booster strategy may be flawed. Separately, warnings that millions of school kids remain unvaxxed, and a reminder many people still can't smell after covid infections.
The bacteria, Burkholderia pseudomallei, was discovered in Southern Mississippi, leading the CDC to put U.S. doctors on alert. “This is a big deal because clinicians generally speaking only consider melioidosis in patients who have recent travel to an endemic area like Thailand, South Asia, Australia," Julia Petras, an epidemic intelligence service officer with CDC’s bacterial special pathogens branch, told STAT.
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin have reached agreement on a long-stalled economic package to raise taxes and address domestic spending goals. Health items include prescription drug pricing reforms that would allow Medicare to negotiate prices and cap out-of-pocket costs at $2,000. Tax credits that help lower health insurance costs would also be extended another three years.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the release of the shots was part of a plan to "aggressively" tackle monkeypox. Separately, the Food and Drug Administration cleared an extra facility in Denmark to make still more shots, but one senator wants more.
As many Republican-controlled legislatures draft abortion bans, fissures are emerging over questions like whether exceptions should be included in cases of rape or incest, or to save the life of a mother. Other abortion stories focus on VA services and deadly infections.
A request to pass by unanimous consent a bill codifying federal rights to contraception was blocked by Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa. Democrats warn that some states will start restricting birth control and those measures could be held up by the currently constituted Supreme Court.
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Seattle and Portland are under heat advisories, with the region expected to suffer extreme heat until the weekend. Meanwhile, in Massachusetts some operating rooms are having to close due to hospital staff shortages, and in Virginia staffing issues have hit air ambulance services.
NBC News reports on how a lawsuit centering on earplug protection for U.S. service makers has impacted maker 3M. The high income of health care CEOs, sales of new heart drugs, GSK's profits, Biogen's ALS therapy, health insurance pricing data, and more are also in industry news.
Health News Florida reports on a new national survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, which highlights the risk of taking some prescription and over-the-counter meds before driving. Meanwhile, other research found air pollution likely contributes to higher disease risks, including dementia.
President Joe Biden's doctor says he's "well enough to resume his physical exercise regimen." Separately, Biden's administration unveils heat.gov and extends postpartum care in three additional states. Also in the news: same-sex marriage, LGBTQ nondiscrimination, another opioid maker heads toward a deal, and more.
The nearly $7 billion estimate was presented to President Joe Biden as one of a number of different options to fund federal mitigation efforts. Meanwhile, the U.S. now has more monkeypox cases than anywhere else, and the first case in a pregnant woman has been reported.
Vice President Kamala Harris called Dr. Caitlin Bernard to thank her for her "courage, professionalism, and dedication to her patients." Dr. Bernard has also been speaking to news outlets about the real-world implications of anti-abortion laws. Meanwhile, Indiana's attorney general, a Republican, is reported to be carrying through with his threat of investigating Bernard.
As some states see an influx of patients, most others have become legal and political battlegrounds over existing and new legislation. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court files its official judgment in the Dobbs case, starting a countdown on some states' trigger laws.
Researchers find that the risks of serious complications have increased sharply since laws that all-but ban abortion in Texas were enacted. Doctors' uncertainty in the new legal landscape about what constitutes a danger to the health of a mother is a large factor.
NPR reports that the FDA may shift focus away from second boosters for those under 50 and toward a faster delivery of the "next generation of boosters." Additional news on covid includes the omicron surge, misinformation, mask mandates and more.
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