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Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm?

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

If widely used, flu tests could be helpful now. In the meantime, the government needs to clear a path for H5N1 tests, researchers warn, to avoid the early missteps of the covid pandemic.

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Las pruebas para la gripe aviar son difíciles de conseguir. ¿Cómo saber si estamos en una pandemia?

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Muchos laboratorios de diagnóstico están capacitados para detectar el virus. Sin embargo, la burocracia, los problemas de facturación y la falta de inversión no permiten aumentar rápidamente la disponibilidad generalizada de pruebas.

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Biden Plan To Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say

By Susan Jaffe June 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

President Joe Biden is campaigning for reelection on his efforts to cut costs for Medicare patients at the pharmacy counter. But independent pharmacists say one strategy makes it unaffordable for them to keep some brand-name medicines in stock.

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Leyes que protegen a trabajadores de California del calor extremo ayudarían a estudiantes

By Samantha Young June 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Estas mismas normas se extenderán a las escuelas, donde profesores, conserjes, quienes atienden las cafeterías y otros empleados suelen trabajar sin aire acondicionado, igual que sus alumnos.

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Viewpoints: Will Supreme Court Make Smart Decision On Mifepristone?; Let’s Reframe Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss reproductive rights, Alzheimer’s, childhood diseases, and more.

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New York Moves To Import Cheaper Canadian Drugs In Bulk

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The move follows a similar policy in Florida to try to tackle high drug prices. Also in the news: Bird flu variant that infected Texas dairy worker found lethal to ferrets in experiments; layoffs at Oregon Health and Science University; and more.

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Verbal And Physical Aggression Is Recurrent In Long-Term Care Homes

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Resident-against-resident incidents that could be classified as abuse in individual homes – verbal aggression and physical events that can even be violent – can affect large numbers of people living in elder-care group settings.

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Kroger Health To Offer GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs At In-Store Clinics

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other industry news: providers push for expanded billing codes for remote patient monitoring; rural pharmacies finding it hard to stay open; the rise of unregulated home testing; CityMD will pay $12 million to Justice Department over alleged covid payments violations; and more.

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Alzheimer’s Can Be Slowed By Healthy Diet, Exercise: Study

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Early-stage Alzheimer’s disease patients in a group who made intensive lifestyle changes saw their dementia symptoms stabilize, a study found. Meanwhile, other researchers found higher rates of drug-resistant organisms in areas with more economic deprivation.

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Uninsured Rates Among Minorities Took A Nosedive Under The ACA

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Research out from the Department of Health and Human Services Friday points toward an impact of the Affordable Care Act on minority groups in the U.S: There was an increase in the number of those with health insurance between 2010 and 2022. In other news, Former President Donald Trump tries to take credit for insulin pricing.

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Morning Briefing for Monday, June 10, 2024

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Nursing home safety, heat rules, insulin costs, abortion laws, uninsured rates, Alzheimer’s, weight-loss drugs, and more are in the news.

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With Info Gleaned From MDMA Vote, Developers Press On With Psychedelics

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Enthusiasm has not diminished among researchers, biotech executives and investors to find a new treatment for patients with mental health disorders—though some say it’s time to look elsewhere. Also, Stat examines Lykos’ journey to the thumbs-down FDA panel vote.

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United To Take Down Roe V. Wade, Conservatives Now Find Themselves At Odds

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Defeats at the ballot box have prompted Republican lawmakers to consider what comes next in the abortion debate and how far they’re willing to go. Meanwhile, Democrats seize on the public backlash in hopes of boosting President Joe Biden’s chances in battleground states.

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As Climate Change Hits Health, Debate Deepens On How Many People It Kills

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

NPR reports on the question of how many people climate change is killing: It depends on who you ask and how they’re counting. Separately, as utilities cut power to limit wildfires, the power outages are hitting nursing homes.

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First Edition: June 10, 2024

June 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Nursing Homes Are Left in the Dark as More Utilities Cut Power To Prevent Wildfires

By Kate Ruder June 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A nursing home in Colorado had 75 minutes to prepare for a power outage that lasted 28 hours. Such public safety power shut-offs are being used more often as a fire prevention tool, but not all health facilities are prepared.

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Heat Rules for California Workers Would Also Help Keep Schoolchildren Cool

By Samantha Young June 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Proposed state standards to protect indoor workers from extreme heat would extend to schools. The rules come as climate change is bringing more frequent and intense heat waves, causing schools nationwide to cancel instruction.

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Residencias de adultos mayores quedan a oscuras en la lucha contra los incendios forestales

By Kate Ruder June 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A medida que se generalizan los cortes de electricidad preventivos, las residencias de adultos mayores se ven obligadas a evaluar cómo prepararse. Pero no debería depender sólo de las residencias, según autoridades del sector y académicos.

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Journalists Discuss Abortion Laws, Pollution, and Potential Changes to Obamacare Subsidies

June 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in the last two weeks to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

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Weight-Loss Drugs Are So Popular They’re Headed for Medicare Negotiations

By Renuka Rayasam June 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The steep prices — and popularity — of Ozempic and similar weight-loss and diabetes drugs could soon make them a priority for Medicare drug price negotiations. List prices for a month’s supply of the drugs range from $936 to $1,349, according to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker. The Inflation Reduction Act President Biden signed in […]

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