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The high spending of Mass General Brigham places the entire state health care system at risk, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission says. The nonprofit hospital must now submit a plan on how it will lower costs stemming from its expensive care.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
According to a report, during the pandemic, Texas cut the number of people working in Medicaid services even as a million Texans gained coverage due to emergency federal funding. Now, staffing issues may affect an expected flood of new and returning applicants.
NBC News reports on concerns over rising interest in "lotus" births, placenta consumption, and other alternative birth practices, and how a clinical report suggests doctors should advise parents on their risks. Miscarriages, PCBs in a school, and a teen raising money for a hospital are also in the news.
The Anchorage Daily News covers concerns over low temperatures affecting free federal covid tests being delivered by mail, with health officials saying frozen tests are likely OK if warmed up and thawed. In other news, Elton John postponed some U.S. shows after testing positive for covid.
The difference between the birth and death figures, the first in the state's recorded history, was worsened by deaths from covid. Meanwhile, in U.S. daily deaths from covid may have reached the highest level since early 2021, and there are covid spikes in places like Maryland and Utah.
Senate health committee chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and ranking member Richard Burr (R-N.C.) released their proposal for looking into the federal government's response to the current pandemic, in order to learn lessons for the next one. Separately, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra is criticized for a perceived lack of leadership during the latest covid surge.
Furthering recent reports that omicron-variant covid is less severe than previous versions like delta, a new U.S. study shows that the virus causes less impact on the hospital system and fewer fatalities. Meanwhile concerns about a "stealth" variant of omicron spread, though there's no need to panic.
They are: 1) the level of coronavirus RNA in the blood early in the infection; 2) the presence of certain autoantibodies that mistakenly attack tissues in the body; 3) the reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus; and 4) having Type 2 diabetes.
While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticizes the FDA's decision to halt authorization for two monoclonal antibody drugs that are ineffective against omicron, the antibody treatments and antivirals that do help treat the covid variant are in short supply. News outlets offer tips on how to find them.
Though the benefit of vaccine boosters is proven, news outlets report on the "faltering" drive to persuade citizens to go and get the shots. Meanwhile, reports say 80% of staff in nursing homes are vaccinated, and Wisconsin's Assembly is trying to ban vaccine passports.
An appeals judge temporarily upheld the policy a day after a lower-court judge struck it down. In other mask news, football fans will be given KN95 masks at Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles.
The Biden administration withdrew its order that would have required about 84 million private employees to be vaccinated or test weekly for covid. OSHA says it's working on a revised version of the rule.
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Britain will soon drop covid testing requirements for inbound visitors, as long as they're vaccinated. In other news, Pfizer is pressed to make its covid pill more accessible for poorer nations, and in Israel the government is being advised to give fourth shots to some vulnerable people.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on a troubling situation caused by staffing problems at state mental hospitals. Other news outlets cover fentanyl overdoses in the South, petitions for more medical marijuana in Ohio, Idaho teachers on state health insurance, and more.
Media outlets report on a baby formula shortage that's affecting parts of the U.S., including disagreements between brands and stores over the reasons behind the problem. In other infant health news, giving low-income families financial support is linked to better baby brain development.
Lawmakers and advocates want the Biden administration to find a way to cover the rapid antigen tests. The laws governing Medicare currently don’t reimburse for self-administered diagnostic tests.
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