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Copycat Weight-Loss Drugs Are Major Players With Consumers

By Arthur Allen July 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As many as 1 in 8 American adults has tried one of the GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs, but a surprising number aren’t getting their supplies from pharma giants Novo Nordisk or Eli Lilly. Up to 30 percent of the market, by some estimates, is made up of copycat versions from compounding pharmacies. Compounding is legal, though […]

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Rx Prices Predicted To Grow; Patients Angry Over Sales Halt Of Insulin Many Health Plans Stopped Covering

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Viewpoints: Natural Childbirth Isn’t Always All It’s Cracked Up To Be; Is Doctor-Assisted Suicide Really Safe?

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these issues and others.

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Legal Issues Stall Biden’s Push To Help Trans Students Across The States

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

Politico says legal entanglements mean nearly half of states don’t have to abide by President Joe Biden’s new Title IX policies designed to protect trans and pregnant students’ civil rights. In other news, police caught one of four teens who escaped a psychiatric facility in Washington, D.C.

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Getting A Shingles Vaccine Might Lower Your Dementia Risk

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

The breakthrough came after scientists looked at the health records of hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports on two blood tests that may predict people’s risk of heart disease more than standard tests do.

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‘Project 2025’ Director Departs Role After Clashing With Trump; Plan Would Slash Abortion Rights, Medicaid

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

The controversial policy document from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation took a position further right than the Trump campaign does, the Hill notes. Forbes and Mother Jones describe how the platform could lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

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Senate Passes Bills Aimed At Protecting Online Privacy And Safety For Children

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

The twin measures would require tech platforms to institute measures to ensure kids are not harmed. The bills now head to the House for consideration. Also, a bipartisan effort is underway to create a mental health hotline for first responders.

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Report Says Meta Is Running Ads For Illegal Drugs Like Cocaine

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports that months after its investigation found Facebook and Instagram ads steering users to illegal drug marketplaces, the company has run “hundreds” more despite facing a federal investigation. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden pressed Congress to tackle fentanyl traffickers.

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Preteen Suicide Rates Rose About 8% Each Year From 2008-22, Study Finds

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

Although boys still more often take their own lives, girls account for a disproportionate increase in child suicide rates. Moreover, the bulk of young Americans who died by suicide did not have a mental health diagnosis.

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Since Roe Fell, More Women Have Tried To End Pregnancies By Themselves

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

Just as abortion rights supporters predicted: The number of women who “self-managed” their abortion — which means, as The Guardian notes, doing it outside the formal health care system — rose to 7% from 5% since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

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Livestock Workers Urged To Get Flu Vax As More Cases Of Bird Flu Reported

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

Nine poultry workers in Colorado have been infected with bird flu, bringing the total to 14 across the nation since 2022. Meanwhile, the CDC will put $5 million toward seasonal flu vaccines for livestock workers. USA Today explains how the seasonal flu vax can help prevent bird flu.

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CMS Raises Medicare Pay For Hospices By 2.9% In Fiscal 2025

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ final hospice provider reimbursement boost is higher than the 2.6% proposed in March. Also in health industry and pharma news: HealthPartners, Community Health Systems, Mount Sinai, Eisai, Biogen, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

RSV season, preteen suicide rates, Project 2025’s plan for abortion and Medicaid, Medicare pay, bird flu, dementia, and more are in the new.

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First Edition: July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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An up-close photograph of a vial of an respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine being held in a green-gloved hand.

Florida’s RSV Season Has Started, and It’s Coming Soon to the Rest of US. Here’s a Primer.

By Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times July 31, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Florida’s RSV season begins earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to the University of Florida’s Emerging Pathogens Institute. New vaccines can help, but most older adults, who are vulnerable to RSV, haven’t gotten them yet.

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It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s a Medical Response Drone.

By Michelle Andrews July 30, 2024 KFF Health News Original

What if the first responder on the scene of a cardiac arrest were a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator? When every second counts, public safety professionals are increasingly eyeing drones — which can fly 60 miles an hour and don’t get stuck in traffic — to deliver help faster than an ambulance or EMT. […]

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Viewpoints: Farmworkers Need Protection Against H5N1; We Must Deal With Forever Chemicals ASAP

July 30, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle bird flu, forever chemicals, Project 2025, and more.

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Heading Into Season Of State Fairs, Experts Warily Eye H5N1 Dynamics

July 30, 2024 Morning Briefing

Due to H5N1 avian influenza, the Minnesota State Fair will not have birthing cows or newborn calves. Also in the news: New York’s stockpile of Tamiflu, an mRNA bird flu vaccine initiative, valley fever at a California music festival, and more.

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Cancer Death Rates Have Fallen Nearly 30% Over 25 Years

July 30, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Baltimore Sun focuses on what’s being called a “new era” in the battle against cancer, with profound improvements in cancer death rates in the last few decades. Also in the news: misdiagnoses, wildfire smoke and dementia, and more.

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Judge Cancels Trial Over North Dakota Abortion Ban, Might Dismiss Lawsuit

July 30, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news, a ballot measure to protect abortion rights will be intentionally vague when it is put to New York voters because the State Board of Elections couldn’t agree on how to interpret the amendment. More news about abortion rights and bans comes from South Dakota, Iowa, and Florida.

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