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Denied Care, Distant Travel: Women Tell Their Stories Of A Post-Roe US

June 23, 2023 Morning Briefing

Many women of reproductive age in the U.S. have been impacted over the last year as new state laws and court decision quickly shifted how pregnant women are treated. Some tell news outlets about their personal stories of fear and uncertainty, difficulty in getting care, and dangerous outcomes.

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CDC Data: Disposable E-Cigarettes Drive Booming Sales And Youth Vaping

June 23, 2023 Morning Briefing

After a 47% spike during the pandemic years, sales numbers declined in the second half of 2022. The drop is attributed in part to state and local bans on flavored products, though disposable e-cigarettes purchases continue to thrive. And use by teenagers is still climbing.

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Study: Rising Diabetes Will Affect 1.3 Billion People By 2050

June 23, 2023 Morning Briefing

A new study blames global aging and rising body weight for increasing diabetes cases, which will impact billions more people around the world by 2050. Separately, data show that Hispanic and Asian Americans mainly drove population growth after the pandemic.

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Abortion Providers And Clinics Struggle With Moral, Ethical Choices

June 23, 2023 Morning Briefing

Some physicians say the past year has been the toughest of their careers. Dozens of clinics have halted or changed their services in the past year, and many clinics in states where abortion is still legal say they are barely hanging on amid bottlenecks and wait times.

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First Edition: June 23, 2023

June 23, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon

By Harris Meyer June 23, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Physicians and attorneys say it’s a question of when — not if — a pregnant person dies from lack of care in a state with an abortion ban, potentially setting the stage for a malpractice lawsuit that could pressure providers to reconsider delaying or denying care.

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Advocates Call for 911 Changes. Police Have Mixed Feelings.

By Molly Castle Work June 23, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Though most California counties are experimenting with dispatching health professionals rather than law enforcement to respond to people experiencing mental health crises, powerful police unions fear defunding.

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What’s It Really Like to Be HHS Secretary? Three Who’ve Done It Spill the Beans

By Julie Rovner and Emmarie Huetteman June 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Three secretaries of Health and Human Services, who served under Presidents Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama, gathered this week for a rare, candid conversation hosted by the Aspen Ideas Festival and KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” about the experience of being the nation’s top health official.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Live From Aspen: Three HHS Secretaries on What the Job Is Really Like

June 22, 2023 Podcast

What does a day in the life of the nation’s top health official really look like? And how much of their agenda is set by the White House? In this special episode of KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” — taped before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Ideas Festival, in Aspen, Colorado — host and chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner leads a rare conversation with the current and two former U.S. secretaries of Health and Human Services. Secretary Xavier Becerra and former secretaries Kathleen Sebelius and Alex Azar talk candidly about what it takes to run a department with more than 80,000 employees and a budget larger than those of many countries.

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Research Roundup: Enterovirus; Pseudomonas; Neurodegeneration

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

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Viewpoints: How To Mitigate The Dangers Of Social Media; Project NextGen Should Expand Into Antivirals

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these public health issues.

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Americans Are, Statistically, Older Than They’ve Ever Been

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

New data from the Census Bureau show the median U.S. age reached a record high of 38.9 in 2022, representing a rapid rise from an age of 35 in 2000 and 30 in 1980. Also in the news, how sex matters for some cancers, improved cervical cancer screening, dangers from gas cooking, and more.

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Biotech Hoping ‘Small Molecule’ Drugs Lead To Several Disease Breakthroughs

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

The venture creation firm behind Moderna has launched a new startup called Empress Therapeutics. The new biotech arrives at a time when financiers are changing which types of drug companies they invest as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Mental Health Patients Living In ERs Contributing To Physician Burnout

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

A report in USA Today covers how the mental health care shortage is impacting emergency room staff. Stat, meanwhile, reports on efforts to include AI technology in the 988 mental health helpline amid soaring need. Separately, a poll suggests the spike in teen mental health problems will linger.

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Doctors Allege HCA Hospitals Push Hospice Care To Lift Mortality Stats

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

A report in NBC News says nurses and doctors who currently practice at 16 HCA hospitals in 7 states or did so previously allege the hospitals pushed palliative care on patients in pursuit of better performance metrics. Separately, North Carolina’s attorney general is said to have threatened HCA with litigation.

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Republicans Seek To Protect Troops Discharged For Refusing Covid Shots

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

Military.com reports that the House Armed Services Committee was looking at this matter, and new amendments to the annual policy bill could even see affected troops reinstated. Separately, reports say U.S. intelligence agencies may never find covid’s real origins.

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PhRMA Files Lawsuit Challenging Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Law

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

The top pharmaceutical lobbying group filed suit against HHS Wednesday in a Texas district court. The move assures that the case will move through the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Florida’s Medicaid Ban On Gender-Affirming Care Blocked In Court

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

A federal judge ruled against Florida’s ban for paying for hormone therapy for transgender people on Medicaid: “There is no rational basis for a state to categorically ban these treatments or exclude them from the state’s Medicaid coverage.”

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Majority Of OB-GYNs Polled Say Dobbs Had Negative Impact On Maternal Health

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

In a KFF survey of 569 board-certified OB-GYNs across the U.S., 68% say the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade has made pregnancy-related medical emergencies worse, while 64% report that the ruling has worsened pregnancy-related mortality.

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Adults Over 65 Should Get RSV Shots: CDC Panel

June 22, 2023 Morning Briefing

An advisory committee to the CDC decided Wednesday that newly approved RSV vaccines should be given to all adults ages 65 and over. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, the first mpox case of the year was reported. Other news concerns measles, malaria, extreme heat, and more.

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