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Trichophyton Fungus, Capable Of Dodging Drugs, Becoming A US Threat

May 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news, health officials are keeping an eye on meningococcal infections found in people who traveled from Saudi Arabia and a potential threat caused by a hepatitis A exposure in California.

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Uber Reveals System For Transporting Patients, Prescriptions, Supplies

May 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

Uber’s new platform is about helping caregivers, letting them request and then monitor rides as well as deliveries of important materials and groceries. It’s another indicator that health care at home is expanding, even as regulation trails behind the “hospital at home” movement.

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Drug Ads Will Look Different As Rules On Explaining Side Effects Kick In

May 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news: A gene test could shed light on why some people will succeed in losing lots of weight with GLP-1 drugs; new data links stomach paralysis with injected weight loss and diabetes drugs; fallout from Ascension’s massive data breach; and more.

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First Edition: May 20, 2024

May 20, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Newsom Boosted California’s Public Health Budget During Covid. Now He Wants To Cut It.

By Angela Hart May 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Two years after increasing state and local public health budgets by $300 million annually, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes to slash the funding in the face of California’s $45 billion deficit.

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Medicaid Unwinding Deals Blow to Tenuous System of Care for Native Americans

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez May 20, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Although Native American and Alaska Native adults are enrolled in Medicaid at higher rates than their white counterparts, many tribal leaders feel they’ve been left in the dark as states roll through the tumultuous Medicaid unwinding that started last year.

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Journalists Broach Topics From Treating Shooting Victims to Sunscreen Safety

May 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

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

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Viewpoints: GLP-1’s Can Tackle Much More Than Obesity; H5N1 Doesn’t Have To Turn Into The Next Covid

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss weight-loss drugs, bird flu, abortion, and health centers.

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Study: HPV Vaccines Lower Cancer Risks In All Socioeconomic Groups

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Researchers found that England’s HPV program was linked to dramatically reduced risk of cervical cancer for all women, no matter their background. Also in the news: a digital “twin” of the human heart boosts treatment decisions; data integrity in science journals; and more.

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California’s Proposal For Universal Health Care Collapses

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

The dream of CalCare — a state insurance program for all residents with no premiums, deductibles or copays — is no more, having been scrapped in committee during a state appropriations hearing. And California also failed to advance a bill to tackle the sale of anti-aging products to kids under 13.

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Microsoft Research Head: ChatGPT Not Suitable For Making First Diagnoses

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Microsoft’s head of research Peter Lee said that while the use of AI in medicine is exciting, the current technology is perhaps too error-prone, biased, and susceptible to inventing information to be used as a tool to help physicians make important initial diagnoses.

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CDC Warns Mpox May Surge Again, Urges Vaccination

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

The CDC also noted that a deadlier version of mpox is hitting the Democratic Republic of Congo, though no cases of that subtype have yet been identified outside Africa. Other public health news is on military jets “rumbling,” a Yogi tea recall, the health risks of warming waters, and more.

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Justice Department Files To Have Florida’s CHIP Lawsuit Dismissed

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Biden administration asked a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss Florida’s suit challenging federal guidelines issued for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which operates in Florida as a program called KidCare. Other federal news covers tariffs, Medicaid cuts, telehealth, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Cannabis reclassification, opioid settlement funds, maternal mental health, mpox, CHIP, cancer risks, bird flu, and more are in the news.

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Senators Urge Bipartisan Action To Address Maternal Mental Health

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) team up to take on the high rate of maternal mortality. In other news, a study has found that SARS-CoV-2 is tied to severe maternal morbidity. Elsewhere, a Georgia OB-GYN thinks her state offers a cautionary tale regarding abortion bans.

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With Nod From White House, Feds Proceed With Cannabis Reclassification

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news, California lawmakers for a fourth year block an effort to legalize the use of psychedelics in therapeutic settings.

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First Edition: May 17, 2024

May 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care

By Michelle Andrews May 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Nurse practitioners have been viewed as a key to addressing the shortage of primary care physicians. But data suggests that, just like doctors, they are increasingly drawn to better-paying specialties.

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Two people in a warehouse, a woman in a white cardigan and a man in a green cap, sort syringes into a large brown box in a church basement.

Clean Needles Save Lives. In Some States, They Might Not Be Legal.

By Ed Mahon, Spotlight PA and Sarah Boden, WESA May 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

As billions of dollars from settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors go to state and local governments, efforts to reduce the epidemic’s harm can be hamstrung by drug paraphernalia laws. Health authorities say distributing clean syringes to users can save lives, but in states like Pennsylvania, it may be illegal.

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Watch: John Oliver Dishes on KFF Health News’ Opioid Settlements Series

May 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A recent broadcast of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” frequently cited KFF Health News in its examination of how billions of dollars from the opioid settlements are being spent.

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