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Researchers Mapped Covid Virus 2 Weeks Before China Disclosed To World

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports that a Chinese lab sequenced the coronavirus in December 2019. The Chinese government did not reveal details for another 2 weeks, raising further questions about information transparency in the early days of the pandemic.

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CMS Approves Texas’ Plan For A Year Of Medicaid Coverage For New Mothers

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Texas mothers will now be able to stay on Medicaid for a year after childbirth, in a move aimed at helping those on low-incomes. Meanwhile, also in Texas parents in Uvalde are said to be bracing themselves for a long-awaited report into police response failures in the mass shooting in the town.

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US Cancer Data Has A Dichotomy: Deaths Are Falling, But Cases Are Up

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Though cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the U.S., new data from the American Cancer Society show that deaths from cancer are falling. ABC News notes that colon and breast cancer cases in younger people are showing a troubling uptick.

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If You’re A Minority Child In The US, Your Health Care Is Worse: Report

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Surprising no one, a meta-analysis of studies into health care quality for minority children in the U.S. found that quality is universally worse than it is for white kids. Reports also show that women and minorities in the U.S. experience more medical misdiagnoses.

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San Francisco’s Overdose Deaths Reached Record Highs Last Year

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Fatalities in the first 11 months of 2023 surpassed the previous peak of 726 deaths in all of 2020, new data from the medical examiner’s office show. In South Dakota an effort to make xylazine (the animal sedative showing up in illegal fentanyl doses) a controlled substance advanced.

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Insurance Claims Study: Kentucky Is Top State For Ozempic Prescriptions

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Claims data analyzed by PurpleLab show that in Kentucky, about 2 in 100 people were prescribed an obesity drug like Ozempic in 2023. Meanwhile, an interesting development in the sometimes controversial field of male birth control is in the news, with a contraceptive called “Plan A.”

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, January 18, 2024

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Prior authorization delays, copays, Medicare doc payments, cancer cases rise, covid, Medicaid, weight-loss drugs, and more are in the news.

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Biden Admin Rule Forces Insurers To Not Dilly-Dally On Prior Authorization

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new rule now applies to health insurance companies that offer Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Obamacare plans. It forces insurers to explain specifically why they denied coverage, and to speed up the pre-approval process.

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Copay Coupons Will Count Toward Deductibles

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration on Tuesday withdrew its appeal of a September ruling, meaning insurers must count drug copay coupons when calculating deductibles and patient spending caps, in most cases. Meanwhile, a report in The New York Times digs into the thorny issue of why drug prices are so astronomically high in the U.S.

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Doc Pay Fix, Health Centers Fail To Make Spending Deal Cut In Talks

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Stat reports that, for the moment, efforts have stalled to add health policy measures—including the Medicare doctor pay rates and more funding for community health centers—to the federal spending measures under negotiation.

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First Edition: Jan. 18, 2024

January 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis

By Liz Szabo January 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hundreds of thousands of Americans become disabled or die each year because of a diagnostic error. But some patients are at higher risk than others.

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‘Emergency’ or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here’s What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.

By Amy Maxmen January 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Thousands of people are still dying of covid, but government has mostly handed over responsibility to the people to weather the seasonal surges with their own strategies.

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Mamografías que usan inteligencia artificial cuestan dinero extra… pero, ¿vale la pena?

By Michelle Andrews January 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Este software puede identificar patrones y anomalías que los radiólogos humanos podrían pasar por alto. Pero no es el estándar de atención.

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A portrait of Hannah Russell sitting at her computer desk. One hand is on her computer while her other hand is resting on a book titled, "Special Education Law."

Escuelas ignoran normas federales sobre restricción y aislamiento de estudiantes

By Fred Clasen-Kelly January 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

La ley federal exige que los distritos escolares informen al Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos cada vez que aíslan o restringen físicamente a un estudiante.

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Perspectives: Will Importing Prescriptions Lower The Cost?; PCPs Should Be Treating Opioid Use Disorder

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: Think Your Pharmacist Is Protecting Your Health Data? Think Again; BMI Shouldn’t Affect IVF

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss private health information, IVF, a measles outbreak, and more.

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Topical Antifungal Use May Lead To Uptick In Resistant Skin Infections

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Ahead Of Roe Decision Anniversary, House GOP Turns To Pregnancy Laws

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

House Republicans are said to be focusing efforts on laws relating to pregnancies, including banning the Department of Health and Human Services from limiting federal funds for so-called pregnancy centers. Other news relating to abortion is from Texas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, and elsewhere.

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RSV Shots Are Driving Demand For Care Among Older Americans

January 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Axios reports on a “side effect of the new RSV shots,” which is that older patients are coming in for checkups. In covid news: hospitalization rates, vaccines and long covid, California’s covid guidance, and more.

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