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Combination Antibiotic For Multidrug-Resistance Closer To Approval; Newborns Need Less Antibiotics

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent pharmaceutical developments in KFF Health News’ Prescription Drug Watch roundup.

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Viewpoints: Abortion Not Settled Yet In US; Here’s Why The ACA Is A Success.

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers weigh in on medication abortion, Obamacare, and Alzheimer’s.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, March 27, 2024

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Supreme Court hears abortion pill case, the next pandemic, AI tools, Medicaid, covid spread, psychedelics, and more are in the news.

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Perspectives: Psychedelics Helpful In Behavioral Therapy; SCOTUS Decision Looms Large For FDA

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Study: Asymptomatic Kids With Covid Play A Part In Household Spread

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

CIDRAP reports on the study, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, which found that “10.6% of exposed household contacts developed symptomatic illness within 14 days of exposure” to asymptomatic children. Other research-related news is on the unmet medical needs of kids during the pandemic, gut microbiota composition, a weight-loss tablet from Viking Therapeutics, and more.

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Majority Of Supreme Court Sounds Skeptical Of Case To Curb Abortion Pill

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Based on the questions raised during Tuesday’s hearing, news outlets say that the Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward rejecting anti-abortion doctors’ right to sue to FDA over mifepristone. A decision is expected in June. Other reports focus on two justices’ queries regarding the 1873 Comstock Act as a possible roadmap for future president’s to restrict mail-order access to the drug.

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Military’s Travel Policy Reproductive Care Only Used 12 Times Since June

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Only 12 service members or family have used the Department of Defense’s reimbursement policy for out-of-state travel for an abortion or other reproductive health care in the last 7 months, according to Pentagon data.

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Preserving Health Care? That’s Democrats’ Thing, Say Biden, Harris

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

AP reports that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are setting up a pro- and con-comparison between Democrats’ and Republicans’ support for health care measures as part of the election campaign — with an emphasis on abortion rights.

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Want To Prevent The Next Pandemic? Think Of The Bats, Says Study

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

NPR highlights the role that viruses leaping from animal populations into human hosts have played in past pandemics, and how the same may be true for the next one. Meanwhile, an mpox outbreak in Congo is worrying experts.

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Florida’s DeSantis Signs Bill Mandating CPR Training For Youth Coaches

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other developments across the nation, questions about the ongoing measles outbreak in Chicago; the aftermath of the UnitedHealth cyberattack still hitting New Hampshire’s health system; legal marijuana in New York; and more.

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Software Company Sets Sights On Providers That Still Use Fax Machines

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

New document automation software from Tennr targets providers that still rely on outdated fax machine technology, thanks to a funding deal from Andreessen Horowitz. Also: The surprise medical bill law has actually benefitted providers.

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First Edition: March 27, 2024

March 27, 2024 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Programas de inteligencia artificial diagnostican retinopatía diabética en minutos

By Hannah Norman March 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

En medio de todo el revuelo en torno a la inteligencia artificial en la atención médica, la tecnología de exámenes de la vista está surgiendo como uno de los primeros casos de uso probados de diagnósticos basados en IA en un entorno clínico.

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Some Medicaid Providers Borrow or Go Into Debt Amid ‘Unwinding’ Payment Disruptions

By Katheryn Houghton March 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Used to operating with scarce resources, Montana Medicaid providers say gaps in state payments have left them struggling further.

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As AI Eye Exams Prove Their Worth, Lessons for Future Tech Emerge

By Hannah Norman March 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With artificial intelligence in health care on the rise, eye screenings for diabetic retinopathy are emerging as one of the first proven use cases of AI-based diagnostics in a clinical setting.

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The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

By Judith Graham March 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies.

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Adultos mayores, agotados por tener que organizar tanta atención médica

By Judith Graham March 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Un nuevo estudio revela que los pacientes de Medicare dedican aproximadamente tres semanas al año a hacerse pruebas médicas, ver a doctores, someterse a tratamientos o procedimientos médicos, o pasar tiempo en el hospital o en centros de rehabilitación.

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This State Isn’t Waiting for Biden To Negotiate Drug Prices

By Elisabeth Rosenthal March 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As the federal government negotiates with drugmakers to lower the price of 10 expensive drugs for Medicare patients, impatient legislators in some states are trying to go even further. Leading the pack is Colorado, where a new Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board is set to recommend an “upper payment limit” for drugs it deems unaffordable. In late […]

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Viewpoints: Weight-Loss Drugs Don’t Help Everyone; We Mustn’t Let Anti-Vax Beliefs Become Normalized

March 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss weight-loss drugs, vaccine misinformation, and reproductive health care.

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Bird Flu Detected In Some Dairy Cows In US

March 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Department of Agriculture said Monday that the milk supply is safe due to pasteurization, after samples collected from sick cattle in Kansas and Texas tested positive for the avian influenza virus.

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