Newest Covid XEC Variant Is Already Here, Likely Will Drive Winter Surge
September 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
As health officials urge Americans to vaccinate themselves against the highly transmissible virus, a survey finds that fewer than half of respondents plan to take the jab. Separately, after last year’s supply problems, drugmakers got the green light to expand capacity for making RSV therapy.
Industrial Chemical BTMPS Found In Fentanyl Across US, Raising Alarm
September 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
The rapid infusion of the chemical, used in plastic products, into the fentanyl supply is raising significant concern among health researchers. Also: The Washington Post examines how Purdue’s global counterparts are still profiting from the sale of opioids, and more.
Global Antibiotic Resistance Predicted To Get Worse By 2050
September 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
An estimated 39 million people might die because superbugs are able to evade medications designed to save them from disease, researchers say. Could phage therapy be the cure we need?
First Edition: Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Watch: New Documentary Film Explores a Lynching and a Police Killing 78 Years Apart
By Cara Anthony
September 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
The “Silence in Sikeston” documentary film explores how the nation’s first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from KFF Health News and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma — and what it means to speak out about it.
Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age
By Judith Graham
September 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Longer life spans, rising rates of divorce, widowhood, and childlessness, and smaller, far-flung families are fueling a “gray revolution” in older adults’ living arrangements. It can have profound health consequences.
Silence in Sikeston: Hush, Fix Your Face
By Cara Anthony
September 17, 2024
Podcast
In Episode 2 of the “Silence in Sikeston” podcast, host Cara Anthony speaks with Sikeston, Missouri, resident Larry McClellon, who grew up being told not to talk about the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. He is determined to break the cycle of silence in his community. Anthony also unearths a secret in her own family and grapples with the possible effects of intergenerational trauma.
La vejez en soledad, así vive un número histórico de estadounidenses
By Judith Graham
September 17, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Más de 16 millones de estadounidenses viven solos mientras envejecen. Sorprendentemente, se sabe muy poco sobre sus experiencias.
A Possible Downside to Limits on Teens’ Access to Social Media
By Daniel Chang
September 16, 2024
KFF Health News Original
In 1982, then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop warned that video games might be hazardous to young people’s health, a statement he later walked back, acknowledging it had no basis in science. These days, state and federal policymakers are sounding alarms about the need to protect children from the harmful effects of social media platforms such […]
Décadas de programas nacionales contra el suicidio no han frenado estas muertes
By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock
September 16, 2024
KFF Health News Original
Durante los últimos 20 años, funcionarios federales han lanzado tres estrategias nacionales de prevención del suicidio, incluida una anunciada en abril.
Tennessee Confirms Measles Case In Traveler; West Nile Spreads In Mass.
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
In other news from around the country: Oklahoma ditches naloxone vending machines; medical waste is washing ashore in Maryland and Virginia; and more.
Tune In Tonight For ‘Silence In Sikeston’ Documentary Premiere
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
At 8 p.m. ET, WORLD will premiere “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of KFF Health News and Retro Report, as part of “Local, USA.”
2 Close Contacts Of Missouri Bird Flu Patient Also Exhibited Symptoms
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
The CDC said Friday that the first person was a member of the initial patient’s household, and the second person was a health care worker. The CDC also said the simultaneous development of symptoms doesn’t provide evidence of person-to-person spread, NBC reported.
Trump Unharmed As FBI Investigates Another Assassination Attempt
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
The incident happened at his Florida golf club Sunday. Authorities recovered a rifle pointed into the golf course. Plus, more election news.
CMS Considering Oversight For Health Care Vendors After Change Cyberattack
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
The goal is to limit the broader impacts on care like those seen after the Change Healthcare hack earlier this year. Among other news, Mercy health system is threatening to stop accepting Anthem insurance, and the surgeon who pioneered laparoscopy has died.
Pediatricians Struggle With Obesity Guidelines For Kids
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
Stat reports on the aftermath of the changes made to childhood obesity guidelines last year by the American Academy of Pediatrics, with some doctors remaining concerned over the potential impact on eating disorder development. Meanwhile, kids’ sugary drinks consumption is up.
American Cancer Society CEO Leaving Post; Search Is On For Successor
September 16, 2024
Morning Briefing
Karen Knudsen, who has led the body for more than three years, will stay on as a strategic adviser through early 2025. Also in the news: Incyte’s immunotherapy drug is effective against anal tumors; Bayer seeks broader approval for its prostate cancer drug; and more.
