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Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Nurses At 12 NYC Hospitals Prepared To Strike In New Year
An end-of-year deadline sets up a potential work stoppage for about 20,000 nurses working at private hospitals in New York City. Other state health news is reported from North Carolina, Maine, Indiana, Illinois, Montana, and elsewhere.
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New ALS Drug Targets Cell Mutation, May Slow Progression: Study
The small study suggests that the drug, tofersen, might even be able to slow muscle degeneration and reverse ALS symptoms by targeting a specific mutation — SOD1 mRNA — which affects 2% of people with ALS. Plus: HIV drugs, a Nipah virus vaccine, hydroxychloroquine, and more.
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CMS Generates 400 Medicare-Funded Residency Slots
MedPage Today reports that the slots will be spread across 135 hospitals in 37 states, with almost two-thirds of them in primary care and psychiatry residency programs. Other health industry news is on medtech, CVS Health, outpatient cosmetic surgery, and more.
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ByHeart Formula Botulism Lawsuit Adds Target, Walmart, Whole Foods
The lawsuit has been brought against the infant formula maker on behalf of families whose babies were hospitalized with botulism. The plan to add the grocery store chains where the formula was sold to the lawsuits was announced on Sunday.
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Aetna Adds IVF Coverage For Same-Sex Couples After Settlement
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam, Jr. approved the agreement. Aetna will now cover IVF treatment for same-sex couples in the same way as heterosexual couples. This policy change will be applied nationally, and will benefit an estimated 2.8 million members.
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Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy Becomes First GLP-1 Oral Pill After FDA Approval
The Wegovy pill has also been approved for reducing cardiovascular risks. Novo plans to launch the drug in January. Also in the news: the U.S. strikes health funding deals with nine African countries; Trump wants fewer guardrails on AI in health; and more.
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First Edition: Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations. NOTE TO READERS
The First Edition will not be published Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. Look for it again in your inbox on Jan. 5. Happy holidays from all of us at KFF Health News!By khnkit -
Seasonal Viruses On The Rise As Holiday Travel Increases
As one of the busiest travel weeks begins, cases of flu, norovirus, and covid are on the upswing nationwide. Also: The CDC has reported two new flu-related deaths in children and nearly 5 million cases of influenza across the U.S.
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HPV Vaccines Prevent Much More Than Cervical Cancer, Study Finds
The research, published in JAMA Oncology, found that the rate of precancerous vulvar or vaginal lesions was 37% lower in those who'd gotten at least one dose of HPV vaccine. Also: proton beam radiation therapy, mpox, and more.
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As Children Wait For Care, Lawsuit Delays Florida’s KidCare Expansion
Florida lawmakers unanimously passed the expansion two years ago, but an ongoing lawsuit Florida filed against CMS stands in its way. Other news from around the nation comes from Minnesota, Maryland, Colorado, California, and Louisiana.
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Viewpoints: Why Republicans Remain Divided On Health Care; Vaccines, Measles, And Future Of Public Health
Opinion writers tackle these public health topics.
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UnitedHealth Releases First External Review In Bid To Regain Public Trust
UnitedHealth has pledged to take close to two dozen specific actions across the areas in which the report found it lacking, including unresolved issues regarding patient care management, and prior authorizations. Plus, several Illinois hospitals with religious ties spurn medical aid-in-dying law.
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Nine Drugmakers Agree To Trump’s ‘Most-Favored-Nation’ Pricing Deal
The deal requires the pharmaceutical companies to match what they charge in other developed countries for newly launched medications, including in commercial and cash-pay markets, as well as Medicare and Medicaid.
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With ACA Prices Set To Soar, Trump Pushes Health Insurers To Lower Costs
President Donald Trump said Friday that he would meet with insurance companies soon to pressure them to lower patients' prices, Bloomberg reported. Insurance companies “are making so much money, and they have to make less, a lot less,” Trump said. In other news, CMS has created an Office of Rural Health Transformation to oversee the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program.
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First Edition: Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today's selections are on bioethics, surrogacy, football helmets, obesity, and California's CARE Court.
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Minnesota Fraud Inquiry Extends To 14 Medicaid-Funded Social Programs
Previously, federal prosecutors had been looking into only three safety net programs run by state agencies. Other news comes from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Iowa, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania.
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California Hospital To Shutter Pediatric Unit, Creating Care Desert For Kids
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital will stop admitting patients on March 27. Other health industry news is about remote patient monitoring, no deal in the Virtua Health-ChristianaCare merger, a nursing home bankruptcy, and more.
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Wildfire Fighters Who Develop Cancer Eligible For One-Time $450,000 Payout
The law signed by President Trump on Thursday also provides college tuition for their family if they die or become debilitated from a smoke-related cancer. Plus: The "warrior dividend" announced for troops will be paid out of the military housing stipend already approved by Congress.
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