First Edition: April 5, 2023
April 5, 2023
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
‘Hard to Get Sober Young’: Inside One of the Country’s Few Recovery High Schools
By Stephanie Daniel, KUNC
April 5, 2023
KFF Health News Original
A few dozen high schools across the U.S. combine education with recovery treatment for substance use disorders to keep kids sober and in school.
Nevada Has More Superbug Fungal Infections Than Other States: CDC
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
Specifically, AP says southern Nevada is the place where the highest number of potentially lethal, antibiotic-resistant fungus infections happen. Meanwhile, in North Dakota, an effort to force educators to ignore trans students’ chosen pronouns was defeated.
FDA Finds Dozens Of Issues At Troubled Eye Drop Maker’s Factory
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
CBS News says the problems revealed in FDA inspection records of Global Pharma Healthcare Pvt Ltd’s property in India include dirty equipment and clothing as well as safeguard and procedural errors. Separately, data show Mounjaro may eclipse Ozempic as an effective weight loss drug.
Experts: ‘Excited Delirium,’ Often Cited By Police, Shouldn’t Be Cause Of Death
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
Explaining the move by the National Association of Medical Examiners, AP reports that critics of the term argue it’s commonly used to justify excessive police force. Sexual assaults of female patients in an Iowa hospital, rural hospital mergers, and more are also in the news.
Some People Who Suffered Covid Shot Injuries Haven’t Yet Been Compensated
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
A paralysis case following a dose of Johnson & Johnson’s covid vaccine is detailed by KOMO, noting that though the patient sought government compensation via the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program, no response has been sent a year and a half later.
Minn. Man Dies From Rabies Despite Post-Exposure Treatment
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
Fox News reports on the fatality, which marks the first reported U.S. death due to rabies in someone who received appropriate treatment, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Other health and wellness news is on infertility, listeria, seasonal allergies, and more.
Lithium In Drinking Water May Be Linked To Higher Autism Risk: Study
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
A study performed in Denmark, which has lithium levels in drinking water that are similar to the U.S., mapped out where pregnant people lived in relation to the concentration of lithium in the water, CNN reported. As lithium levels rose, there was a slight increase in the risk of autism diagnoses. Researchers cautioned that they did not show a direct link between autism and lithium in water.
Morning Briefing for Tuesday, April 4, 2023
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
Rising ACA premiums, losing Medicaid coverage, Biden’s cancer plan, abortion law, covid vaccines, autism, and more are in the news.
Florida’s Republican-Led Senate Advances 6-Week Abortion Ban
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
The state currently has a law banning abortions after 15 weeks, and though this earlier ban is being challenged in court, the new bill would tighten restrictions even further. It’s expected to become law. Other abortion-related news is from Utah, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Montana.
ACA Premiums Rise 3.4% Due To Inflation, Uncertainty Over Subsidies
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
A new report finds that monthly premiums for 2023 Affordable Care Act insurance plans are higher than last year. That reversal in recent trends is attributed to inflation, increased health spending, and marketplace uncertainty over whether Congress would extend subsidies.
Millions Could Go Uninsured Now That Medicaid Autorenewals Have Halted
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
With pandemic requirements on states to keep Medicaid recipients enrolled now lifted, news outlets report on various efforts underway to reach out to some of the estimated 15 million who are at risk of losing coverage. But worries grow that many will fall in insurance gaps.
White House’s Cancer Plan Frames ‘Moonshot’ Goals To Cut Deaths By Half
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
The Biden administration released Monday its National Cancer Plan, outlining 8 goals in its “Cancer Moonshot” initiative to prevent the disease, reduce mortality, and improve the quality of life of patients with cancer.
First Edition: April 4, 2023
April 4, 2023
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes
By Judith Graham
April 4, 2023
KFF Health News Original
Persistent fatigue — the feeling of having no energy — can contribute to frailty and affects 40% to 74% of older patients with chronic illness. Yet its causes can be elusive.
Raincoats, Undies, School Uniforms: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’?
By Hannah Norman
April 4, 2023
KFF Health News Original
The full health risks of wearing apparel made with PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” are still unknown. But states are taking action so clothing makers will remove them.
Research Reverses Idea That Moderate Drinking Is Good For You
April 3, 2023
Morning Briefing
News outlets cover the results of a new analysis of alcohol research, which shows that a drink of alcohol or two per day is not healthier than no alcohol at all, different from what was once thought. Separately, the CDC has warned of the risks of eating raw cookie dough amid a salmonella outbreak.
Some Official Investigators At Ohio Train Incident Fell Ill, CDC Says
April 3, 2023
Morning Briefing
CNN, reporting the news, notes that seven U.S. government investigators briefly fell ill with sore throats, headaches, nausea, and coughing in March while studying health impacts of the toxic train derailment. Among other news, Sen. John Fetterman, a Democrat, was released from hospital.