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MedPage Today reports on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that the CDC's vaccine panel is unable to meet ahead of the fall flu season while a lawsuit is pending. The American Academy of Pediatrics pushed back, stating that the federal government has the power to install lawful panelists with the specialized knowledge to make evidence-based vaccine recommendations.
This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services laid out regulations and federal standards for work requirements, which will go live Jan. 1, 2027, Modern Healthcare reports. States claim the newly released CMS guidance differs significantly from the previous general guidance and "will create significant administrative and resource burdens."
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Angie Salvador made too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to afford the high costs of healthcare, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Following her breast cancer diagnosis and $8,400 in new medical debt, she filed for bankruptcy. "I'm assuming that you can get excellent quality healthcare in the United States," Salvador said. "I just don't know anybody that's able to afford it."
Valley Health hospitals in Virginia announced plans to end a contract with emergency medicine physicians and partner with a private equity-owned practice management company, blindsiding staff. Physicians who agreed to stay on under new contracts would no longer qualify for health insurance or retirement benefits, MedPage Today reports.
The Centennial State is the second to gain FDA approval of a program to bring down prescription drug costs for its residents. Florida earned the approval in 2024, but it has yet to begin importing any drugs, Stat reports.
The biomedical developer Cuprina Holdings thinks this is the first debridement product to use this particular species, dubbed Medifly Maggots. Maggot debridement therapy has been associated with a lower risk of lower-limb amputation in diabetics with non-healing lesions, MedPage Today reports.
The New York Times reports that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed an order to continue holding Angela Perryman at a quarantine facility in Nebraska, against her wishes and despite a CDC recommendation Thursday that she be allowed to return home for the remainder of her 42-day quarantine.
A federal court ruled in March to temporarily block a number of vaccine decisions made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while a lawsuit brought by six medical organizations continued. The ruling froze all decisions made by the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices and prevented its advisers from meeting as scheduled, The New York Times reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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A Wyoming judge struck down three anti-abortion state laws, ruling that they violated the state's constitutional right for a person to make their own healthcare decisions. Other state health news comes from Minnesota, Illinois, California, and elsewhere.
The FDA expanded its approval of the drug for children 8 and older who have stage 3 diabetes. Teplizumab was created to delay the progression of Type 1 diabetes. The former acting director for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research worried that the drug’s benefits did not outweigh its risks, Stat reports. Also in the news: drug shortages; new GLP-1 drugs; remote patient monitoring; and more.
Through May of this year, poison centers received 6,179 calls involving diphenhydramine — the active ingredient in Benadryl — among people ages 13 to 19. It is more than double the number reported during the same period in 2025, ABC News reports. Other public health news is on nicotine pouches, a formula recall, ticks, and more.
Meanwhile, across the country, the San Francisco Chronicle reports on a measles case in Santa Clara County as thousands of World Cup soccer fans descend on the area. Also in the news: New World screwworm, hantavirus, Ebola, and more.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its final rule late last week, aimed at toughening up oversight from organizations that accredit the safety and health of Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers.
The paper was included in a safety review of the hepatitis B birth vaccination and presented to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices the day before the committee voted to drop the agency's long-standing recommendation that every newborn receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, MedPage Today reports. The outlet also reports that another work by the same authors is now under investigation by the publishers.
Judge Brendan Hurson also blocked the implementation of eligibility checks ahead of special enrollment periods, Modern Healthcare reports. Also: Axios forecasts pent-up demand for weight loss drugs as Medicare prepares to roll out a new coverage program.
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