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Among the group's proposals outlined in its "Killer Jab?" report is a suggestion to create research centers to study harms from covid vaccines and the illness, The New York Times reported. The report relied on dubious data to reach its conclusions, an expert in pediatric infectious disease said.
New heart disease guidelines out Friday recommend that people as young as 30 should consider lifestyle changes, statins, and other ways of managing cholesterol. More public health news is on marijuana use among teens, kidney stone prevention, and more.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers discuss these public health issues.
What's changed, and what hasn't, since President Donald Trump declared the U.S. emergency on March 13, 2020. At the time, nearly 2,000 Americans were infected with the virus. But at-home covid tests and vaccines wouldn't become available until much later that year.
Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on USAID, social prescribing, the sex lives of seniors, and more.
A product named "Volume" from Primal Supplements Group has been pulled off the shelves after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. The ingredient was not listed on the supplement's label.
Legislation to license and regulate naturopathic doctors (NDs) has cleared the state Legislature. Florida stopped offering licenses to NDs in 1959. Meanwhile, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians have consistently stated that NDs are not physicians, MedPage Today reported.
Organ procurement organizations and hospitals said the guidelines are already being followed, MedPage Today reported. "Patient care and safety always come first," Jeffrey Trageser, president of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, said in an emailed statement. Plus: A woman who received a partial liver transplant says she no longer has evidence of liver cancer.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is calling on Congress to rein in spending after it found tens of billions of dollars in overpayments. The insurance industry is pushing back on those findings.
In fact, the Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee recommended that all three viral strains be changed in this fall's doses. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary must sign off on the change. Meanwhile, as measles cases wane in South Carolina, other states report upticks.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
The gathering of the pared-down Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee — whose members all have expertise in infectious diseases, immunology, or global health and genetics — is seen as a good sign, public health advocates say.
The county saw a 10% decrease in the rate of homeless deaths from all causes in 2024, driven by a sharp decrease in overdose deaths. Public health officials credit the wide availability of naloxone but worry that a decrease in funding over the past year may reverse the positive trends.
Wednesday morning's cyberattack targeted Stryker's Microsoft programs across the globe. The company said it thinks the attack has been contained. Plus, news outlets look at how artificial intelligence is being used in the health sector.
For 50 years, the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee that counsels the EPA's leadership on scientific evidence about pollutants has filled the obligatory physician's seat with pulmonologists or cardiologists. Now the role will be filled by an ophthalmologist and political commentator.
Opinion writers delve into these public health issues and others.
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Two new Gallup polls also found that roughly half of middle-income households reported delaying a major life event in order to afford health care costs. Meanwhile, food stamp recipients are suing the Agriculture Department over sugary drink bans.
Under the new effort, the Justice Department would give Veterans Affairs officials authority to initiate guardianship proceedings in state courts for veterans who lack family and are “unable to make their own health care decisions,” including some veterans who are homeless or “at risk of homelessness."
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