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Database Project Aims To Monitor Drug Supply Chain From Start To Finish
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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Hepatitis Outbreak Has Affected At Least 9 Kids In Alabama
Media outlets report on a "mysterious" outbreak of liver damage in children which had originally been found in Great Britain and is now affecting kids in the U.S. Other news comes from California, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Alaska, and Texas.
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Covid Delays Cause Epidemic Of Patients In US Hospitals
Fox News reports on the experiences of doctors across the U.S. as a wave of people are needing hospital assistance now after avoiding medical facilities during the pandemic, causing backlogs. Separately, in California, Sutter Health is locking out thousands of nurses who staged a strike.
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Black People Mostly Left Out Of Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials
A Bloomberg report says that only 2% of patients included in Alzheimer's drug trials reported in the past decade were Black, despite Black people being more likely to develop the disease. Also: layoffs in Boston's biotech hub and students trying out robotic surgery in Utah.
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Ohio Judge Temporarily Blocks Restrictive Abortion Law
The law would likely shut down surgical abortion clinics in southwestern Ohio, and the judge's order gives them until mid-June to meet new requirements under the law. In Texas, former State Sen. Wendy Davis has filed a suit challenging the state's strict abortion law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
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Brain Tumor Cluster in NJ Investigated
So far, the city of Woodbridge, New Jersey, is taking the lead in the investigation, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for testing at a school that graduated roughly 15,000 people over the last 30 years. About 100 people who attended the school reportedly have been diagnosed with brain tumors. In other news, a record number of Americans have died of drug overdoses, and a strange story of a man who inhaled a dentist's drill bit during a procedure.
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Shingles Developing After Some Mild Covid Cases
A research paper says that people over 50 who had mild cases of covid are more likely to develop shingles within six months. More on other studies involving covid.
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See Your Entire Face ‘Real Soon’: Disney Dumps Mask Mandates
Meanwhile, a Stateline report notes parents are concerned that optional masking at school and elsewhere is problematic for high-risk or immunocompromised children.
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A Variant Of A Variant Of A Variant Spreading In the US
Yet another covid variant, BA.2.12.1, accounts for about 20% of new cases in the United States. It is spreading fast.
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Scientists Stress That Masks Still Work Against Covid
Though the federal transportation masking requirement was tossed out by a Florida judge, health experts note it's still advisable to wear masks on aircraft and in other places depending on the risks — because masks do reduce your chances of inhaling virus-carrying particles.
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Immunocompromised, Some Parents Of Small Kids Dismayed As Rules Lifted
While many people cheered the lifting of the masking requirement for public transportation, others are fearful that the lax rules now could lead to more cases of covid infections. Those who face higher risks say they are especially nervous.
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Decision On Legal Appeal Of Travel Mask Mandate Left To CDC
The Justice Department announced that it is prepared to challenge a federal district judge's ruling that struck down the federal mask requirement on most public transit if the CDC deems it necessary in the interest of public health.
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CDC Creates A Forecasting Center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it will be like the National Weather Service for infectious diseases, supplying data to help government officials make better decisions.
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Moderna Encouraged By Test Results Of Redesigned Covid Vaccine
The modified version — a so-called bivalent mRNA covid vaccine — provides strong protection against variants in clinical trials, Moderna reports. Some experts, though, say the results are not as impressive as the drugmaker characterizes, or that it's unknown what other factors are at play.
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First Edition: April 20, 2022
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Different Takes: How Should Doctors Help Chronic Pain Patients?; Fentanyl Is Killing Our Teens
Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.
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J&J-Janssen Opioid Settlement Sends $99 Million To West Virginia
Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has settled with West Virginia over its role in the opioid crisis. In other news, a jury is deadlocked over the murder trial of William Husel — an Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl — and will continue its deliberations.
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Viewpoints: Working Long Covid Sufferers Too Hard Is A Bad Idea; Vaccine Experts Question Second Booster
Opinion writers examine these covid related issues.
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FEMA Distributed $2 Billion For Covid Funerals
The federal government spent $2 billion in covid funeral assistance awards, some of it ineligibly. In other news, President Biden is convening a global covid summit in May to discuss funding and coordination.
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