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The San Francisco Police Department had promised to stop the practice, but are reportedly planning to keep doing it while being less open about how they acquired the DNA. Also in the news, a concerning change to nursing home staff requirements in Florida, a "religious freedom" bill against future pandemics in Virginia, and more.
Also, changes in care models driven by staff shortages and treatment deferrals; a battle over Medicare Advantage coding intensity; a novel pediatric care clinical model from NYC; reduced pediatric hospitalization thanks to medical-legal partnerships; and more.
The company's efforts will include prototype vaccines against Middle East respiratory syndrome, the Ebola and Marburg viruses, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, chikungunya, and dengue. The company has already begun trials for HIV and Zika vaccines, Bloomberg reported.
The negotiations for additional relief money is part of ongoing budget negotiations that face a looming deadline. The White House urges lawmakers to move fast, saying that current funds are running out. In other news from the Hill: Sen. Ron Johnson races the specter of Obamacare repeal again.
New research showing the direct costs of LGBTQ+ conversion therapy are around $650 million a year, but the indirect costs of covering treatment for anxiety, depression, and the drug abuse it causes total $8.58 billion. Media outlets cover more LGBTQ+ issues, abortion restrictions, and more.
The shrinkage of brain matter was equivalent in size to at least one extra year of aging and as much as a decade. However, “it is possible that it is reversible,” said the lead author of the study, Gwenaëlle Douaud of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky said she anticipates covid being s seasonal virus, and spread more during the colder months. In other pandemic news: half of the people in Houston who died of covid had diabetes, and that it may be causing more diabetes cases among younger people who had covid.
The White House is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a federal judge who had upheld the Navy Seals' lawsuit against a Defense Department vaccine mandate. Separately, students are suing Santa Clara University over its booster mandate, alleging they experienced side effects.
The Food and Drug Administration says it found no safety issues with meat from genetically altered cattle. The CRISPR-edited beef could hit the markets in two years, the FDA estimates.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo didn't say when the new guidance from the state's department of health would become official and provided few details. But health experts immediately criticized the plan as needlessly putting millions of children in harm's way.
Over 170 million people born in the U.S. before 1996 — when the country banned leaded gas — were exposed to harmful levels of lead during their developmental years, a new study estimates. And that resulted in an average per-person drop in IQ of 2.6 points.
The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft rule that would kick in by 2027 and impact large vehicles like tractor-trailer trucks and buses that emit toxic pollutants. Other environmental health stories report on asthma, extreme heat, tainted water, and more.
Editorial writers delve into these public health topics.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on mask-wearing and also abortion.
AP reports that the invasion is threatening food supply chains to Europe, Africa, and Asia. Reuters reports on Chinese plans for aid supplies to Ukraine. Separately, Hong Kong's covid death rate is the highest in the world, and China's daily case rate is higher than it's been since the pandemic began.
In other news, a study has shown that a weekly short muscle-strengthening exercise session could add years to your lifespan. And a report details the increased risks pregnant people will experience due to climate change — including exposure to extreme temperatures.
Nearly 1,200 times last fiscal year — or roughly 1 in 7 cases — a medical examiner did not examine a body in person before identifying a cause of death, The Boston Globe reported. That nearly doubled the number of so-called chart reviews from the previous year, the newspaper said. It's all part of an effort to work faster and reduce a backlog of cases.
L.A. Care, the nation's largest publicly operated health plan, is under fire for delaying care for lots of poor and at-risk members. Meanwhile, Microsoft is nearing a purchase of AI and speech recognition firm Nuance; the nursing home industry is pressing for staff agency regulations; and more.
Temporary pandemic emergency changes have made addiction care via telehealth easier, and Medill News Service reports that there's pressure to maintain this type of access. Also: Amazon and Teladoc, a data breach at Ascension Michigan, a rapid test for African swine fever, and more.
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