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First Edition: July 24, 2023

July 24, 2023 Morning Briefing

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

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FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts

By Darius Tahir July 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has called misinformation one of the deadliest killers in the United States. As the FDA tries to fight that scourge, it sometimes stumbles.

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Everything Old Is New Again? The Latest Round of Health Policy Proposals Reprises Existing Ideas

By Julie Appleby July 24, 2023 KFF Health News Original

House Republican legislation promises more health insurance options but fewer protections, even as the Biden administration seeks to rein in short-term plans, which were expanded in the Trump era.

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Journalists Discuss Abortion Lawsuits and the Pros and Cons of Health Care Sharing Plans

July 22, 2023 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Giant Health System Almost Saved a Community Hospital. Now, It Wants to ‘Extract Every Dollar.’

By Bernard J. Wolfson and Melissa Montalvo, The Fresno Bee July 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A bankruptcy judge will soon decide whether a Central Valley hospital needs to liquidate to repay its creditors. Its largest creditor, St. Agnes Medical Center, is the very entity that backed out of purchasing the Madera Community Hospital last December.

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Un sistema de salud gigante casi salvó a un hospital de Madera. Ahora quiere “sacarle cada dólar”

By Bernard J. Wolfson and Melissa Montalvo, The Fresno Bee July 21, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Problemas como el de Madera son comunes en otros hospitales pequeños con situaciones financieras precarias en California, y en todo el país.

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Viewpoints: The Worst Extreme Heat Is Yet To Come; Why Is Mental Health Care So Hard To Access?

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into extreme heat, mental health care, medical debt, AI in medicine, and more.

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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week’s selections include an astonishing video of a patient singing during “fun” brain surgery, how tech developments may help deaf people, an experiment in drug decriminalization, and more.

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Trans Patients Are Impacted As Drug Shortage Hits Hormone Therapy

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

The ongoing drug supply crunch is impacting another set of patients: transgender people who take hormones as part of gender-affirming care. Also in the news, a federal judge blocked an anti-trans sports bill in Arizona, and how gender dysphoria is a protected disability in some states.

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Researchers Link Chronic Constipation With Cognitive Decline

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

A study finds that defecation frequency may impact cognitive function. Also in the news, the benefits of maternal strep B vaccines, health care disruptions linked to preventable hospital admissions, and goals of building a real-life “bionic” person.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, July 21, 2023

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

Injuries from extreme heat, Medicaid unwinding, abortion law, PBMs, drug shortages, sport supplements, and more are in thew news.

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Study Finds Some Sports Supplements Contain Prohibited Drugs

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

A study makes startling reading for people who consume sports supplements: as well as possibly having misleading labels, some include drugs prohibited by the FDA. Energy drink “ambassadors,” and how football headers are linked to memory issues are among other public health news.

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People Are Dying, Receiving Second-Degree Burns From Extreme Heat

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

NBC News says the burn injuries are happening as people fall or pass out on sun-scorched surfaces. Axios, meanwhile, says 18 heat deaths have been confirmed in metro Phoenix. And AP explains how homes can become “air fryers” in an extreme heat event. The hot weather is expected to continue.

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Drug Shortages Could Be Intensified By Tornado Damage At Pfizer Factory

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

News outlets report experts’ worries about the ongoing medical supplies across the country and world: Pfizer’s North Carolina factory damaged this week makes lots of the company’s sterile injectable medicines. Also in the news: wildfire smoke and air quality.

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Missouri Supreme Court Rules Against AG On Abortion Rights Ballot Measure

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

The justices ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey overstepped his authority by trying to inflate the projected cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights. Estimates say the measure has no cost to the state. Other abortion news is from Florida, Texas, Iowa, and elsewhere.

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White House Asks Businesses To Extend Insurance Sign Up For Employees Who Lose Medicaid

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration’s letter Thursday asked employers and insurers to extend the usual 60-day window to July 31, 2024 for workers who are losing Medicaid due to redeterminations. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is urged by consumer groups to do more to tackle medical debt.

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Congress Works On Preparedness, Pollutants, And Global Health Security Bills

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

In health policy action on Capitol Hill: a bipartisan pandemic preparedness bill advances; lawmakers try to tackle plastic pellet and PFAS pollution; and Senate appropriators approve additional money for global health security and fentanyl-related measures.

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PBM Oversight Act Introduced By Sens. Carper And Grassley

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

The bipartisan bill would provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with oversight powers for pharmacy benefit managers. Sen. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is in a NIH nominee standoff with the White House over drug pricing.

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FDA Approves Emergent BioSolution’s Anthrax Vaccine For Adults

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

The drug, Cyfendus, was authorized for use following suspected or confirmed anthrax exposure. The FDA also approved Daiichi Sankyo’s blood cancer drug. In other industry news, J&J’s finances look healthy, Philip Morris’ health care push stumbles, private equity’s impact on health costs, and more.

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Amid The Heat Wave, Bacteria Shut Many Massachusetts Beaches

July 21, 2023 Morning Briefing

High bacterial levels detected in the water are closing many beaches in New England . Also in the news, where mold is most prevalent in New York, possible covid upticks in Massachusetts, E. coli sickened a California town, and more.

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