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US Death Rate Fell 4% In 2024; Covid No Longer A Top 10 Cause, CDC Says

September 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Heart disease and cancer remain the leading causes of death, a report indicates, but overdoses and other unintentional injuries along with suicides ticked up last year. Plus: Another group recommends covid vaccines; HHS officials want to scour health data for ill effects of covid shots; and more.

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Wildfire Fighters Will Now Be Provided With Masks For Smoke Protection

September 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

The move, which reverses a decades-long ban, comes after a series of articles in The New York Times describing health crises among wildfire fighters. Also in the news: California, Ohio, New York, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Rhode Island, Maine, Alaska, and elsewhere.

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Marijuana Use May Be Linked To Birth Defects, Miscarriages, Study Finds

September 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

The study, published Tuesday, links high levels of THC with changes in how eggs mature and a possible increase in chromosome malformations. Plus: a new test for HPV-linked head and neck cancer; brain iron levels linked to cognitive impairments; and more.

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First Edition: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

September 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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RFK Jr. Said ‘Everybody Can Get’ a Covid Vaccine. Is That True?

By Grace Abels, PolitiFact and Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Although the FDA has approved the vaccines for anyone 65 or older and anyone at least 6 months old who is at risk of a severe covid infection, barriers to coverage and access persist.

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Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at ‘Able-Bodied Adults.’ Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt.

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The GOP said its overhaul of Medicaid was aimed at reducing fraud and getting more adult beneficiaries to work. Among the likely side effects: fewer services and doctors for treating sick children.

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Lice Pose No Health Threat, Yet Some Parents Push Back on Rules To Allow Affected Kids in Class

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Public health officials see lice as a nuisance, not a health threat, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended for years that students with live lice be allowed to remain in class. But as “no-nit” policies have been dropped in favor of “nonexclusion” rules, some school districts have seen parents and teachers push back.

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Aunque no son una amenaza para la salud, algunos padres no quieren niños con piojos en la escuela

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Padres de Massachusetts, Texas, Ohio y Georgia les están pidiendo a sus distritos escolares que vuelvan a establecer reglas estrictas sobre liendres y piojos.

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Recortes de Trump a Medicaid apuntaban a “adultos sanos”, pero hospitales advierten que niños sufrirán las consecuencias

By Phil Galewitz September 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Algunos hospitales infantiles podrían perder miles de millones de dólares en ingresos una vez que se aplique por completo la amplia ley fiscal y de gasto de Trump, conocida por los republicanos como la One Big Beautiful Bill.

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Viewpoints: It’s A Slippery Slope To MAHA Misinformation; State Health Alliances Will Protect Vaccine Access

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle these public health topics.

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FDA OKs Trial For Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Transplants

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

Stat reports that Boston-based eGenesis will likely begin the study early next year, aimed at helping patients with end-stage kidney disease. Other pharma and tech news is on Novartis, Summit Therapeutics, “smart cartilage,” and more.

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Shield Laws Likely To Go To High Court As NY Steps Into Texas Abortion Case

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

As The New York Times explains, shield laws in at least eight states protect health care providers who prescribe abortion pills by telemedicine and send them to patients in states with bans. Other states making news: Louisiana, Texas, Wyoming, South Carolina, Utah, Maine, and others.

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Poison Centers See Big Rise In Calls Related To Self-Harm From Preteens

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, a data analysis shows that nearly half of people age 15 and older living with diabetes are undiagnosed. Other public health news is on life expectancy, the effect of the pandemic on toddlers, remembering AIDS activist Michael Seltzer, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, September 9, 2025

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

FTC’s Sole Democrat Caught In Fray As Agency Abandons Noncompete Bans

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump had fired Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter in March, but she won a court reprieve and was reinstated. On Monday, however, the Supreme Court halted that lower court ruling. Meanwhile, the FTC voted 3-1 last week on the noncompete issue; Slaughter cast the dissenting vote. In a statement reported by Modern Healthcare, Slaughter said tossing the regulation was another attempt by Trump to “throw workers under the bus to ingratiate himself with corporations.”

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FDA’s Makary Says Autism Report Isn’t Written, Calls WSJ Story ‘Premature’

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

Chief Marty Makary says it hasn’t even been started yet but that it will be released “within a month,” Bloomberg reported. Meanwhile, Kenvue, the parent company of Tylenol, is seeing its stock drop after The Wall Street Journal’s story saying the government plans to link autism with Tylenol use during pregnancy.

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Vaccine Policy Exposes Signs Of Strife Between MAHA Movement, President

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

Stat explores the nuances in the language used by President Trump regarding vaccines, highlighting the difference in opinion between him and RFK Jr. “If I were at HHS, I would be very mindful of the president’s comments,” a former HHS official said.

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White House Signals Cuts To Poor Americans’ SSI Disability Benefits

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

The proposed reversal would end the Biden-era rule for Supplemental Security Income that allowed those in need to still receive it even if someone in the household was on SNAP. It could affect hundreds of thousands of poor Americans. Meanwhile, California looks to ban private companies from charging fees to help file veterans’ disability claims.

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Health Care Job Growth May Be Slowing, August Jobs Report Indicates

September 9, 2025 Morning Briefing

Separately, more than 600 Kaiser Permanente certified nurse midwives and registered nurse anesthetists held a one-day strike in Northern California on Monday. Other industry news is on rural hospitals, the cost of ambulance services, hospital real estate, and more.

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Luego de los recortes de Trump a la salud, estados enfrentan decisiones presupuestarias difíciles

By Stephanie Armour and Christine Mai-Duc and Sam Whitehead and Arielle Zionts September 9, 2025 KFF Health News Original

En conjunto, estas reducciones representan un cambio radical en la forma en que se financian y se ofrecen los programas estatales de salud.

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