Viewpoints: More Than Ozempic Is Needed To Fight Obesity; How Can Doctors Justify Immoral Actions?
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
Editorial writers tackle weight-loss drugs, morality in medicine, H5N1, and more.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
Cancer drugs, sunscreen safety, Obamacare, Medicare solvency, Alzheimer’s, reproductive health, mpox, and more are in the news.
Medicare Hospital Trust Fund Now Projected To Go Broke In 2036
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
A new financial report indicates that Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund has gained an additional five years over the previous estimate for when it will run out of money, but the overall outlook for the security net program remains grim.
The Risk Of Inheriting Alzheimer’s May Be Higher Than Was Thought
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
A new study into a gene long linked to risks for Alzheimer’s shows the disease may be more commonly inherited. Meanwhile, researchers found human brains were larger for people born in the late 20th century than earlier — and this may protect us against dementia.
Federal Candidates Have Carte Blanche To Raise Funds For Ballot Measures
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
A ruling by the FEC immediately affects campaigns in Missouri, where an amendment to enshrine abortion is on the ballot. Meanwhile, lawsuits are moving forward in New York over abortion pill “reversal” and in Alabama over its authority to prosecute those who help women travel for abortions.
Alarm Raised As Mpox Cases Surge In New York City
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene warned over rising mpox infection rates among unvaccinated people. Meanwhile, during recent health crises, including mpox, the national stockpile saw infrastructural issues.
FDA Advisers Set To Consider Use Of Psychedelic-Assisted PTSD Therapy
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
In June, independent advisers will discuss the possibility of recommending MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Separately, reports note how some recreational psychedelic drug users are left with long-lasting, unwanted highs.
First Edition: May 7, 2024
May 7, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Amgen Plows Ahead With Costly, Highly Toxic Cancer Dosing Despite FDA Challenge
By Arthur Allen
May 7, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The FDA told Amgen to test whether a quarter-dose of its lung cancer drug worked as well as the amount recommended on the product label. It did and with fewer side effects. But Amgen is sticking to the higher dose — which earns it an additional $180,000 a year per patient.
Biden Team’s Tightrope: Reining In Rogue Obamacare Agents Without Slowing Enrollment
By Julie Appleby
Updated May 8, 2024
Originally Published May 7, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Federal regulators face a growing challenge — how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumers’ Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.
What’s Keeping the US From Allowing Better Sunscreens?
By Michael Scaturro
Illustration by Lydia Zuraw
May 7, 2024
KFF Health News Original
A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the world. Meanwhile, skin cancer is the nation’s most common cancer.
La gripe aviar es mala para las aves de corral y las vacas lecheras. No es una amenaza grave para la mayoría de nosotros… por ahora
By Amy Maxmen
May 6, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Las pruebas han detectado el virus en el ganado en nueve estados, principalmente en Texas y Nuevo México, y más recientemente en Colorado. Una persona ha dado positivo para el H5N1.
Rompiendo una promesa: déficit en California podría frenar aumentos a cuidadores de personas con discapacidades
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
May 6, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro señalan que California ha vuelto más difícil retener a los trabajadores en tareas de cuidado después que aumentara los salarios en otros sectores vinculados a los servicios y la salud.
California propone ampliar subsidios de seguros de salud a todos los inmigrantes adultos
By Jasmine Aguilera, El Tímpano
May 6, 2024
KFF Health News Original
California es el primer estado en ampliar Medicaid a todos los adultos que reúnan los requisitos, independientemente de su estatus migratorio, una medida celebrada por los activistas de la salud y por líderes políticos de todo el estado.
Steward Health Files For Bankruptcy: Mass. Scrambles To Deal With Impact
May 6, 2024
Morning Briefing
Steward Health Care’s community hospitals were once feted for their benefits to Boston’s health system, The Boston Globe says. Now the state has had to activate an emergency operations plan to work with Steward-owned hospitals.
A Year Into Iowa Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ More Lost Coverage Than Expected
May 6, 2024
Morning Briefing
Reports say at least 283,000 Iowans have been disenrolled so far, including nearly 90,000 kids — far above the state’s projections. Also in the news: STDs in Colorado and Florida; violence and abuse in North Carolina psych hospitals; and more.
Metabolic Disorder Is Slowly Being Renamed To Remove Stigma Of Shame
May 6, 2024
Morning Briefing
Medical societies’ hope is that changing “fatty liver disease” to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease will prompt patients to seek care earlier. Meanwhile, assisted-living facilities are straining emergency services with calls to help patients who have fallen and can’t get up.
Viewpoints: Congress Just Voted Against Cancer Funding; Psychiatrists Reexamining Transgender Care
May 6, 2024
Morning Briefing
Editorial writers discuss cancer funding, transgender care, frontotemporal dementia, and more.
Morning Briefing for Monday, May 6, 2024
May 6, 2024
Morning Briefing
New health rules, inhalers, stranded in the ER, bird flu, Medicaid “unwinding,” abortion access, drugs, metabolism, and more are in the news.
White House Rushing Health Rules To Make Them Harder To Reverse
May 6, 2024
Morning Briefing
The Biden administration is facing a deadline of June or July to finalize any rules it wants protected from quick congressional reversal or from being easily modified by a potential Trump administration. The majority of major health regulations were issued in April, but federal officials are working to push through others.