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Southern Baptists Vote No To IVF

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

The convention’s vote comes as Texas lawmakers block a Republican amendment to protect the procedure and as Democrats prepare to put forth legislation that would make it a right to have access to in vitro fertilization and other treatments.

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Lawmakers Take FDA, DOJ To Task Over Continued Sale Of Illegal Vapes

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

“E-cigarette companies addicted a new generation of children to nicotine, erasing the hard work so many of us undertook to convince kids not to smoke tobacco cigarettes,” Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Other news looks at gun violence and medical debt.

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Soldiers’ Suicide Risk 9 Times Greater Than Death From Enemy Fire

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new Pentagon study examined data for a five-year period ending in 2019 and found suicide was the leading cause of death in active-duty soldiers. Axios, meanwhile, reports that response times for the 988 suicide hotline vary depending on where you live.

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Antiviral-Resistant ‘Dual Mutant’ Flu Virus Is Now On US Radar, CDC Says

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Vaccination can still offer protection from these strains of H1N1 influenza, which have sickened two people in the U.S. Meanwhile, a new nasal swab, produced by Roche Diagnostics, will be available to help sick people determine if they have covid, the flu, or RSV.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, June 13, 2024

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

As More Americans Obtain Insurance, Health Care Spending Surges to $4.8T

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

Data show that 93% of Americans — an all-time high — now are covered either by Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance.

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First Edition: June 13, 2024

June 13, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Watch: California Pays Drug Users To Stay Clean

June 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart discusses a state Medicaid experiment for people addicted to methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. For every clean urine test, they can earn money — up to $599 a year.

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Biden’s on Target About What Repealing ACA Would Mean for Preexisting Condition Protections

By Jacob Gardenswartz June 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A Biden campaign ad highlighting how an Obamacare repeal would affect people with preexisting conditions is mostly true.

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Funding Instability Plagues Program That Brings Docs to Underserved Areas

By Michelle Andrews June 13, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A medical residency program designed to train future primary care physicians in outpatient rather than hospital settings has proved an effective means to bring doctors to rural and underserved areas. But it hinges on unpredictable congressional funding.

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California Dabbles With Reining in Health Spending

By Bernard J. Wolfson June 12, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California is now among the states trying to keep health-care costs down by setting spending caps — a task that pits public officials against a deeply entrenched and heavily lawyered set of players. It’s uncertain whether the state can get insurers, hospitals and medical groups to collaborate on containing costs even as they jockey for […]

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Perspectives: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Need Regulation; Should Kids Be Using GLP-1s For Weight Loss?

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: We Aren’t Ready For H5N1; Factory Farming And Bird Flu Are A Dangerous Mix

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle bird flu, contraception, vaping, and more.

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Novo Nordisk Might Be Subpoenaed Over Drug Prices; Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic In The Works

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Bipartisan State AG Group Presses Supreme Court To Hear PBM Case

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

The state attorneys general are asking justices to reconsider an August 2023 ruling finding that federal laws supersede state laws regarding policing pharmacy benefit managers. Stat digs into how PBMs influence drug pricing, and the battle between drug costs and effectiveness as treatments.

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Mass. House Moves To End Mandate That Can Stigmatize Addiction Meds

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

Drug-exposed babies in Massachusetts must be reported by a medical professional to child welfare officials, even if the drug is a drug addiction treatment like methadone or buprenorphine. State lawmakers want to change that mandate.

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Official Long Covid Definition Puts Everyone In Sync About Disease

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

“A consensus definition could promote consistency in diagnosis, aid awareness efforts, help patients access appropriate care, services, and benefits, and help harmonize long covid research and surveillance,” the authors of the definition wrote.

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Rape, Murder Incidents Down 26% As Overall US Violent Crime Rate Falls

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

Authorities say factors that led to crime surges during the covid pandemic are largely waning. Other news focuses on lung cancer screenings, women’s heart health, screen time, teen vaping, and more.

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Federal Judge Rules Florida’s Minor Gender Care Ban Is Unconstitutional

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

Tallahassee-based district court Judge Robert L. Hinkle ruled that Florida’s governor and lawmakers were not acting in the interest of public health. But in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration over a new federal rule protecting gender care.

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Experts Watch Evolution Of Bird Flu With A Worried Eye On Humans

June 12, 2024 Morning Briefing

Coverage of the H5N1 bird flu is on infections in dairy cattle in Wyoming, wastewater detections in Houston, Michigan’s “robust” public health response, and more.

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