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New CDC data show a 29.4% increase in drug overdose deaths in 2020 versus 2019. Experts blame pandemic-driven loss of support systems, medical care inaccessibility and opioid availability. Meanwhile, a Northern Californian woman was arrested with enough fentanyl to kill 65,000 people.
The ad campaign, called the “Summer Sprint to Coverage,” will feature testimonial spots in English and Spanish on local cable, radio and online platforms during peak audience times including while the Olympics air, Axios reports.
DaVita and its former CEO are accused of conspiring with competitors not to hire each other’s key employees. DaVita called the charges "unjust and unwarranted." A spokesman for former CEO Kent Thiry said the allegations are “false and rely on a radical legal theory about senior executive recruitment without precedent in U.S. history.”
The U.K.'s antitrust regulator levied the fine after an investigation found an "egregious" scheme to boost drug prices and delay release of lower-cost versions. In particular, generic hydrocortisone tablets suffered a 10,000% price hike. Separately, controversial drug Aduhelm is back in the news.
Axios reports on efforts to recruit celebrities to promote covid vaccines to the hesitant and unvaccinated. KHN has our own report on different creative efforts to promote shots. In Las Vegas, MGM will have a "prize laden" clinic with "special guests" in its Strip resort.
Annual funding for the Department of Health and Human Services would get a 24% boost in the package approved by the House Appropriations Committee Thursday. On the Senate side, congressional reporters track the status of intertwined infrastructure and "human infrastructure" spending measures.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus admitted to reporters that a lab leak source for covid was possible, and that the push to rule out this idea was being made without enough evidence. He also urged China to provide more raw data to help investigators.
Pfizer and Moderna began trials for children 12 and under in March. The agency wants four to six months of safety data for that age group. Just two months of data was required for the trials in adults. Other pediatric news is on RSV, long covid in children, lagging childhood vaccinations and more.
Advisers will meet July 22 to discuss “clinical considerations for additional doses in immunocompromised individuals,” the meeting’s agenda states.
A U.K. study found complications like kidney or intestinal damage, and though complications hit the over 50s more, 27% of 19- to 29-year-olds suffered complications, too. Separate reports link higher covid risks with people suffering HIV or adults with learning difficulties.
Los Angeles County ordered everyone, regardless of vaccination status, to again wear face coverings inside public spaces as covid hospitalizations tick up. News outlets report on how businesses and pandemic-weary residents are reacting to the abrupt reversal, as well as the impact on Gov. Gavin Newsom's recall chances.
Delta-driven cases are on the rise in 47 states, but particularly in conservative-majority areas of the U.S. Yet, those same populations have proven to be the most resistant to mitigation and vaccination efforts that Biden administration surge teams will try to bring in. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization raises the specter of even more dangerous virus variants emerging if the pandemic is not controlled.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory, calling on tech platforms to do more to curb the online flow of bad covid information. And he wants Americans to stop helping its spread: "If you're not sure, not sharing is often the prudent thing to do." Murthy also delivered a very personal plea to the unvaccinated, talking of his 10 relatives who have died from the virus who would have been grateful to get the shot.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
A report from the World Health Organization notes that although deaths from covid globally had been falling for nine weeks, now they are rising again — with Africa and Southeast Asia suffering most. Reuters reports on Indonesia's covid "worst-case scenario."
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Data from Oregon's Multnomah County shows a majority of recent heat wave victims were elderly men living alone with no central AC. And a study in the journal Earth's Future shows extreme heat is usually worse for low-income, non-white Americans.
Data from the Government Accountability Office show treating firearm-related injuries in the U.S. is expensive, with public programs like Medicaid often getting the bill. Amazon, contaminated sunscreen, beach sewage, red tides and more are also in the news.
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