Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Wilcox Recalls All Flavors Of Ice Cream, Citing Possible Listeria
MoneyWatch: Wilcox Ice Cream Recalls All Flavors Due To Possible Listeria Contamination
Wilcox Ice Cream is recalling all flavors of Wilcox brand ice cream, yogurt and ice cream bars, as well as Leonardo's brand gelato, because the products could be contaminated with listeria, the company said. ..."As part of our investigation, we determined that preliminary testing showed that the ice cream mix purchased to make our products may contain listeria monocytogenes," Wilcox said in a recall notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration. (Gibson, 11/21)
CBS News: Most Applesauce Lead Poisonings Were In Toddlers, FDA Says
Most reported patients in the growing applesauce lead poisoning probe are young children, a Food and Drug Administration spokesperson confirmed, as authorities continue to field reports from parents and doctors following last month's recall ... Information collected from consumer complaints and reports submitted to the FDA show "most patients fall between 1-4 years of age," the spokesperson said in a statement. (Tin, 11/21)
In other public health news —
Daily Yonder: New Study Offers Surprising News About Rural Access To Dialysis
Rural residents as a group live farther from dialysis treatment facilities than their urban counterparts. Given that rural America generally scores lower on health care access, that’s not a surprise. But there is some unexpected news in a new study of dialysis access. One of the chronically medically underserved populations in rural America, African American residents, on average live closer to dialysis facilities than white residents do. (Carey, 11/22)
CBS News: It's OK To Indulge On Thanksgiving, Dietician Says, But Beware Of These Unhealthy Eating Behaviors
"Complicated relationships (around food) are much more heightened during times like this, where we're celebrating something that revolves culturally around food," says Amanda Holtzer, a registered dietician based in New Jersey. "That can really trigger a lot of potentially negative emotions in people with negative or complicated relationships with food." ... But Holtzer says indulging in a holiday meal like this isn't going to have a major impact on your body or your health. (Moniuszko, 11/21)
CNN: Travel Constipation: Causes And Treatments
Once you’re finally on vacation, it’s no fun when suddenly not being able to poop keeps you from enjoying your trip. This predicament is known as travel constipation, when people who typically don’t have digestive problems at home develop “the characteristic symptoms of constipation” while they’re traveling, said Dr. Darren Brenner, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine and surgery at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois. (Rogers, 11/21)
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KFF Health News: Watch: A Nation In Transition
CBS Reports’ “A Nation in Transition” follows trans youth from three states where lawmakers have recently debated policies that would directly affect their lives: California, Tennessee, and Texas. More than two-thirds of states in the U.S. either passed or proposed laws restricting gender-affirming care during the 2023 legislative season. In the documentary, KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discusses how families of transgender youth are uprooting their lives due to anti-trans policies and their ripple effects. (11/22)
