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With Only Gloves To Protect Them, Farmworkers Say They Tend Sick Cows Amid Bird Flu

By Rae Ellen Bichell August 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A Colorado picnic celebrated Farmworker Appreciation Day. But some dairy workers there said they aren’t feeling appreciated: They don’t have basic protective gear, even as bird flu spreads through area farms.

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An Arm and a Leg: Don’t Get ‘Bullied’ Into Paying What You Don’t Owe

By Dan Weissmann August 27, 2024 Podcast

In this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” host Dan Weissmann speaks with Caitlyn Mai, a woman in Oklahoma who received a six-figure bill for a surgery her insurance promised to cover. This episode is an extended version of the “Bill of the Month” series, produced in partnership with NPR.

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Feds Killed Plan To Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition

By Fred Schulte August 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A private 2014 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces new scrutiny in a multibillion-dollar Justice Department fraud case against UnitedHealth Group.

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Trabajadores dicen que cuidan a vacas enfermas en medio de la gripe aviar usando solo guantes

By Rae Ellen Bichell August 27, 2024 KFF Health News Original

En Colorado, los departamentos de Salud y Agricultura dan equipos de protección gratis. Pero dicen que hasta ahora solo el 13% de los productores en tambos los han solicitado.

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Share a Letter to the Editor

By Lydia Zuraw August 26, 2024 Page

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Steward Health Care Closures To Hit Over 900 Hospital Staff In Ohio

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news from across the country, UNC Health tries a new “transparent” PBM system for employers; essential health information sharing in North Carolina through barbershops and beauty salons; gun laws in California; and more.

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Walmart Great Value Apple Juice Recalled For High Arsenic Levels

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

Also in public health news: a diarrhea-causing parasite in Yellowstone County, Montana; a wildlife biologist contracts tularemia; the challenges of tracking heat-related deaths; and more.

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Viewpoints: Climate Change Extreme Heat Is Killing Workers; Abbott Makes Health Care For Immigrants Harder

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss these public health issues.

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Researchers Raise Alarm Over Levels Of Plastic Found In Human Brains

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

Samples of brain tissue collected early this year contain more shards of plastic than samples collected eight years ago, a study found. Also in the news: a possible microbiota-based treatment for recurrent C Diff.

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Harris-Walz Platform Includes Effort To Wipe Out Americans’ Medical Debt

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

Details about how the plan would work are few, and bringing it to fruition would require Congress and the states to work together. Also in the news from the Capitol: FDA delves deeper into Ecstasy studies; a judge blocks an EPA pollution effort; and more.

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Trump-Vance Ticket Expresses A More Moderate Note On Abortion

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

While the Republican presidential nominee pledges to be “great for women and their reproductive rights,” his running mate indicates a federal ban on abortion isn’t their goal. Democrats are skeptical: “American women are not stupid,” said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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J&J’s New Move Against Drug Discounts Is Charging Hospitals Full Price

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Wall Street Journal reports Johnson & Johnson informed certain hospitals that they’ll now have to pay full price for two drugs that were previously sold at discount rates — then claim a rebate. But the government is already said to have described the plan as “inconsistent” with the law.

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Morning Briefing for Monday, August 26, 2024

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

New covid shot, Trump vs. Harris on drug prices, abortion law, West Nile virus, medical debt, plastics found in the brain, and more

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Fresh Round Of Free Covid Tests, Treatments Coming This Fall

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

In response to the latest covid wave, the federal government will reopen in late September its order-by-mail program for four free covid tests. Supplies of the antiviral drug Paxlovid also will be available at no charge for people with Medicare or Medicaid as well as those who are uninsured.

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Fauci Still Recuperating After Bout With West Nile Virus

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

“By far, this is the worst I’ve ever been with an illness,” the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said. Separately, some Massachusetts communities are closing outdoor areas after dusk in hopes of halting the spread of eastern equine encephalitis.

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First Edition: Aug. 26, 2024

August 26, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Turning 26 and Struggling To Find Health Insurance? Tell Us About It.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal August 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News and The New York Times are looking into a dreaded “adulting” milestone: finding your own medical insurance at 26.

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The New Covid Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want To Rush To Get It.

By Arthur Allen and Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat and Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat Updated September 5, 2024 Originally Published August 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Although public health officials recommend the newly approved covid vaccine for everyone 6 months and older, it may make more sense to wait until closer to the holiday season.

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Her Life Was at Risk. She Needed an Abortion. Insurance Refused To Pay.

By Sarah Varney August 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Insurance coverage for abortion care in the U.S. is a hodgepodge. Patients often don’t know when or if a procedure or abortion pills are covered, and the proliferation of abortion bans has exacerbated the confusion.

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For Pharma, Trump vs. Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes

By Stephanie Armour August 26, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as more aggressive than former President Donald Trump in taking on pharmaceutical companies, but Trump allies say he would also make lowering drug costs a top priority.

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