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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on psychiatry, pink noise, “forever chemicals,” a blood scandal, and more.

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Viewpoints: Marijuana Can Reform Senior Health Care; Crisis Pregnancy Centers Should Come To An End

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss medical marijuana, crisis pregnancy centers, reproductive rights, and more.

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Lawmakers Argue Whether Farm Bill Would Slash States’ SNAP Benefits

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

As Reuters reports, the proposed legislation would not reduce current levels of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, but would freeze the list of covered products, and the values allowed to purchase them, at their present levels.

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CDC Analysis Suggests Stroke Rates Are Rising Once Again

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Stat reminds us that strokes had been seeing a “steady decline among all Americans,” as it notes new CDC data now shows that trend reversing. The WHO, meanwhile, underlines the addictive health threat from vapes.

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Jury Rejects Illinois Woman’s Claim That Zantac Causes Cancer

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

This case in Chicago is the first of thousands of lawsuits with essentially the same argument, Reuters reminds us. Meanwhile reports also tackle the tricky question of who, exactly, is going to get the $1.1 billion payout from the Philips sleep apnea suit?

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FDA Advisers Recommend Approval Of Colon Cancer Blood Test

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

The FDA’s advisory panel of outside experts expressed some concerns that Guardant Health’s blood-based colon cancer screening is not as accurate as a colonoscopy but determined the benefits outweigh the risks. Approval by this group is a requirement for winning CMS coverage.

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HPV Shot Linked To Reduction In Head, Neck Cancer Risk In Men

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

New research shows the benefits for men of getting an HPV vaccination, but reports ponder why so few people are actually embracing the shots. In other news, researchers find that two doses of the mpox vaccine offer almost complete protection.

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Paper Charting, Hand-Delivered Orders: How Ascension Hack Disrupts Care In 19 States

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

As fallout from the cyberattack on the Ascension health system is ongoing, staff at some of the 140 affected hospitals voice concerns for patient safety. Health workers are having to take notes by hand and don’t have access to previous patient records.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, May 24, 2024

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Tissue donation, bird flu, abortion law, HPV shots, colon cancer screening, SNAP benefits, stroke rates, and more are in the news. Plus, weekend reads.

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Louisiana Senate Passes Bill To Ban Unprescribed Abortion Pill Possession

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, is expected to sign the measure that would classify mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances. Meanwhile, California has granted Arizona doctors emergency licenses so they may tend to Arizonans who now must travel out of state for abortion care.

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Dairy Farms Are Slow To Dole Out PPE To Its Workers As Bird Flu Spreads

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

In an effort to respond to the growing bird flu threat, the USDA will provide financial support to farms so that they may launch biosecurity plans and complete other required measures.

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Florida’s Abortion Ban Drove Up Wait Times In East Coast Clinics

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Florida’s strict abortion ban went into effect May 1. Meanwhile, reports highlight that Florida law does not define rape, which worries doctors when it comes to considering abortion ban exemptions.

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First Edition: May 24, 2024

May 24, 2024 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations. Please note: First Edition will not be published Monday, May 27, in honor of Memorial Day. See you Tuesday!

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FDA Urged To Relax Decades-Old Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay and Bisexual Men

By Rae Ellen Bichell May 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal regulations prevent gay and bisexual men from donating tissue, such as corneas, ligaments, and blood vessels. Similar restrictions have been relaxed or lifted for donated blood and organs in recent years.

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The Case of the Armadillo: Is It Spreading Leprosy in Florida?

By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times May 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A single Central Florida county reported 13% of all U.S. leprosy cases in 2020. Researchers have teamed up to investigate whether armadillos are passing the bacteria that cause the disease to humans — which is especially concerning as the animals expand their range farther north.

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Reclaman revisar viejas restricciones que previenen que hombres gay y bisexuales donen tejidos

By Rae Ellen Bichell May 24, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Defensores piden que las pautas para los tejidos donados por hombres gays y bisexuales sean las mismas que aplican al resto del cuerpo humano.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Anti-Abortion Hard-Liners Speak Up

May 23, 2024 Podcast

While Republican candidates in many states downplay their opposition to abortion, the most vehement wing of the movement, which helped overturn Roe v. Wade — those who advocate prosecuting patients, outlawing contraception, and banning IVF — are increasingly outspoken. Meanwhile, some state legislatures continue to advance new restrictions, like a proposal moving in Louisiana to include abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol on the list of the most dangerous drugs. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins schools of public health and nursing and Politico Magazine join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Shefali Luthra of The 19th about her new book on abortion in post-Roe America, “Undue Burden.”

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Wyoming Dept. Of Corrections Switches To New Medical Services Provider

May 23, 2024 Morning Briefing

Wyoming Public Radio explains that the change comes after years of working with the same “embattled” medical company. Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, the governor is reportedly at odds with hospitals over proposed changes to state Medicaid payments.

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Research Roundup: Ancient Viral DNA; Long Covid; Bacterial Priority Pathogens List; Flu Vaccines

May 23, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Viewpoints: Cost Isn’t The Only Barrier To New Sickle Cell Treatments; What’s Behind Health Worker Burnout?

May 23, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers examine CRISPR, health care worker burnout, Havana Syndrome, and more.

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