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Anti-Abortion Investors Press Retail Giants To Quit Selling Mifepristone

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Costco, Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, and McKesson Corp. haven’t responded to a letter sent by a faith-based group that holds $172 million in shares of the companies. Meanwhile, hundreds of physicians are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to do more for abortion rights.

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Analysis: Trump’s Speaking Style May Be Indicative Of Cognitive Decline

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

The GOP presidential nominee’s speeches “included more short sentences, confused word order, and repetition, alongside extended digressions,” said several experts in memory, psychology, and linguistics. They declined to offer a formal diagnosis without being able to examine him.

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Trans Prisoners In Connecticut Entitled To Gender Care, US District Court Rules

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, a Franklin County, Ohio, judge upheld a law banning gender-affirming care. Separately, The Hill reports a group of Republican lawmakers are pushing the NCAA to “update” its rules to ban trans women from women’s sports.

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Tim Walz Says Life Experiences Formed His Outlook On Health Care

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Democratic governor of Minnesota, who was announced Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, supports abortion rights, trans rights, fertility care, veterans’ health initiatives, Medicare drug price negotiations, Medicaid expansion, recreational marijuana, and more.

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Weedkiller DCPA Pulled From Market Over Health Risks To Fetuses

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

“Pregnant women who may never even know they were exposed could give birth to babies that experience irreversible lifelong health problems,” an EPA official said. Separately, citing a lack of safety evidence, lawmakers are moving to have weighted sleepwear for infants taken off the market.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, August 7, 2024

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

First Edition: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024

August 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Social Media Bans Could Deny Teenagers Mental Health Help

By Daniel Chang Illustration by Oona Zenda August 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Congress and state legislatures are considering age bans and other limits for Instagram and TikTok out of concern that they harm kids’ mental health. But some researchers and pediatricians question whether there’s enough data to support that conclusion.

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Small-Town Patients Face Big Hurdles as Rural Hospitals Cut Cancer Care

By Charlotte Huff August 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

For rural patients, getting cancer treatment close to home has always been difficult. And now chemotherapy deserts are expanding across the United States as hospitals winnow services to save money, creating financial and logistical hurdles for people seeking lifesaving care.

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Treating the Shortage of Black Doctors

By Lauren Sausser August 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A few months ago, I visited Jackson, Miss., to attend African American Visit Day at the University of Mississippi’s School of Medicine. High school and college students from across the state spent time that Saturday morning with Black medical students and administrators, finding out what they needed to do to become a doctor. The annual […]

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Viewpoints: Republicans Must Care About Extreme Heat Deaths; Fertility Treatments Should Be Insured

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss these issues and others.

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Three More H5N1 Outbreaks Confirmed In Dairy Cattle, USDA Reports

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

Some 181 outbreaks in 13 states are now confirmed, CIDRAP reports, with the latest being from Colorado, South Dakota, and Texas. Meanwhile, reports say that as raw milk grows in popularity, its producers are having to tread carefully amid bird flu and increasing expert scrutiny.

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Sources: Harris Picks Walz For VP; Minn. Governor Has Long Pushed For Lower Health Costs, Abortion Rights

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

Plus, it’s official: Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the Democratic nomination for president.

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Using Smartphones Too Much Can Hurt Teens’ Mental Health: Study

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

CBS News reports that scientists have found more evidence that links excessive smartphone use with damage to teenagers’ mental health. Separately, reports say a teenager from New York is suing Meta over the “addictive” features built into Instagram.

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As 700 Hospitals Face Closure Risks In 2024, Big Providers’ Profits Soar

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

Axios notes the rich-poor divide in U.S. hospitals actually widened in the first half of the year, with big, mostly for-profit health systems reaping rewards as smaller, remote facilities struggled. Tenet Healthcare, Steward Health Care, Novant Health, and more are also in the news.

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Red Cross Urgently Needs Blood Donors

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

The organization said its national blood inventory dropped by more than 25% since July 1. In legal news, a second trial win for GSK and a lawsuit from the family of Henrietta Lacks. Other pharma and tech news is on Adaptimmune, Roche, BioMarin, and more.

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Colorado Funeral Home Ordered To Pay $950 Million Over Stashed Bodies

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

AP reports that the home was allegedly storing 190 rotting bodies and had sent fake ashes to grieving families. But the families might not see the money as the company had been in financial trouble for years. Also in the news: Baltimore’s opioid crisis; Missouri nursing home inspections; and more.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, August 6, 2024

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

Millions Left Uninsured As States Redetermined Medicaid Eligibility

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

As reported by Stat, more than 27 million people had no form of health insurance as of March 2024, compared with more than 25 million people at the same time in 2023, the CDC reported Tuesday.

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Cancer Screenings In The US Cost Roughly $43B A Year, Study Shows

August 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

The study’s author says that figure is probably higher, though, because of limitations on the data collected. Despite the hefty price tag, the American Cancer Society chief executive maintains that “early detection allows a better chance of survival. Full stop.”

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