‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.
By Amy Maxmen
January 18, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Thousands of people are still dying of covid, but government has mostly handed over responsibility to the people to weather the seasonal surges with their own strategies.
Mamografías que usan inteligencia artificial cuestan dinero extra… pero, ¿vale la pena?
By Michelle Andrews
January 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Este software puede identificar patrones y anomalías que los radiólogos humanos podrían pasar por alto. Pero no es el estándar de atención.
Escuelas ignoran normas federales sobre restricción y aislamiento de estudiantes
By Fred Clasen-Kelly
January 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
La ley federal exige que los distritos escolares informen al Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos cada vez que aíslan o restringen físicamente a un estudiante.
Viewpoints: Think Your Pharmacist Is Protecting Your Health Data? Think Again; BMI Shouldn’t Affect IVF
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
Editorial writers discuss private health information, IVF, a measles outbreak, and more.
Ahead Of Roe Decision Anniversary, House GOP Turns To Pregnancy Laws
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
House Republicans are said to be focusing efforts on laws relating to pregnancies, including banning the Department of Health and Human Services from limiting federal funds for so-called pregnancy centers. Other news relating to abortion is from Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and elsewhere.
RSV Shots Are Driving Demand For Care Among Older Americans
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
Axios reports on a “side effect of the new RSV shots,” which is that older patients are coming in for checkups. In covid news: hospitalization rates, vaccines and long covid, California’s covid guidance, and more.
Report Delves Into Poorer Patient Outcomes At Private Equity-Owned Hospitals
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
A new report aims to hold private equity buyers of hospital systems accountable, in light of data showing patient health outcomes are poorer in such facilities. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, a long-term-care hospital and its investors settle over Medicare overbilling claims.
Justices Refuse To Wade Into Indiana’s Fight Over Transgender Bathrooms
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
The decision lets stand a lower court ruling allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. Meanwhile, in California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’ll veto a measure to ban youth tackle football.
ResMed Respiratory Masks With Magnets Stay On Sale Despite Recall
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
The mask recall had been classified as “most serious” by the FDA because of the risk of injury or death. But ResMed argued the issue centers on a labeling matter and is not a product removal. Separately, a CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell can be used on a different disorder, the FDA said.
Topical Antifungal Use May Lead To Uptick In Resistant Skin Infections
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
Read recent pharmaceutical developments in KFF Health News’ Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
People With Health Insurance Now Own The Most ‘Bad Debt’ To Hospitals
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
It’s a major shift: The Guardian wrote that in 2018, just 11% of hospitals’ bad debt came from insured “self-pay” accounts. By 2022, the proportion who didn’t pay their bills jumped to 58% of all hospitals’ bad debt. Other news is on health insurance premiums, drug pricing, and more.
Government Funding Stopgap Plan Puts Some Health Care Measures On Pause
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
Although Congress has worked to reach a tentative government funding deal that would direct money to key health programs into March, Modern Healthcare says funding for some critical health issues are left in an uncertain state.
First Edition: Jan. 17, 2024
January 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
By Judith Graham
January 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
More than a third of older adults have a disability. Many find it difficult to get the medical care they need. New federal regulations would address that problem.
‘I’m Not Safe Here’: Schools Ignore Federal Rules on Restraint and Seclusion
By Fred Clasen-Kelly
January 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Federal officials have long warned that restraint and seclusion in schools can be dangerous and traumatizing for children, but school districts often fail to report incidents as required by law.
Cómo impactaría una segunda presidencia de Trump en la atención de salud
By Julie Rovner
January 16, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Intentar pronosticar las prioridades de Trump en un segundo mandato es aún más difícil ya que cambia frecuentemente de posición sobre los temas, y lo hace muchas veces.
The Peak Of The Covid-Flu-RSV Tripledemic May Have Passed
January 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
Key indicators for respiratory illnesses have declined for the first time in weeks, CDC data show. The Colorado Sun, meanwhile, reports the timing of its local covid hospitalization peak is “fascinating”—it came at almost exactly the same time as the past two years’ seasonal peaks.
Your Funky New Office ‘Wellness’ Push May Not Be Achieving Much: Study
January 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
New research shows that even though “wellness” employee mental health services are a billion-dollar-scale industry, they may be of little benefit to employees who participate in them. Also in the news; CarePoint Health and Hudson Regional Hospital plan to form a new system.