Morning Briefing: Friday, May 26, 2023
Long covid, Paxlovid, debt limit talks, abortion access, cancer, vaccines, transgender care, and more are in the news. Plus, weekend reads.
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Long covid, Paxlovid, debt limit talks, abortion access, cancer, vaccines, transgender care, and more are in the news. Plus, weekend reads.
Friday's roundup covers mask guidelines, covid vaccines, abortion, health care costs, pandemic orphans and more. Also, weekends reads.
Tuesday's roundup covers covid boosters, abortion laws, monkeypox, polio, rural hospitals, medical bills, gun violence, Dr. Fauci, and more.
Shutdown watch, abortion pills, Medicare, loneliness, covid tests and vaccines, and more are in the news. Plus, the bill of the month.
Wednesday's roundup covers covid shots for young kids, boosters, the delta wave, vaccine mandates, Medicare, abortion and more.
Covid vaccine attitudes, shutdown watch, ARPA-H hubs, Medicare Advantage premiums, abortion law, drug pricing, and more are in the news.
Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.
Montana’s governor pushed the state’s health workers to seek religious exemptions to a federal mandate to be vaccinated against covid, but the number who have done so is unknown.
The hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin fiascoes have soured many doctors on repurposing drugs for covid. A few inexpensive old drugs may be as good as some of the new antivirals, but they face complex obstacles to get to patients.
Wednesday's roundup covers youth trauma, formula supplies, covid cases and treatments, monkeypox, abortion data, surprise bills, and more.
To contain the spread of covid, hospitals and nursing homes barred visits. The separation and isolation took a toll on patients and families. Florida is one of the latest states to ensure access for visitors.
Medicaid, gun violence, combatting fentanyl, a looming shutdown, covid cases, abortion law, flu vaccines, and more are in the news.
National paid sick leave provisions for covid expired, and an uncertain covid winter is around the corner. Colorado, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh are among the places trying to fill the gap, but many employees still face financial pressure to go to work while sick.
RSV shots, covid, Medicare, drug shortages, weight loss, addiction treatment, telehealth, youth mental health, and more are in the news.
Monday's roundup covers abortion, Halloween safety, MIS-C, covid treatment, vaccine mandates, boosters, Medicaid, ACA, Facebook and more.
Transgender health care, abortion law, opioid overdoses, anxiety, covid origins, drug shortages, and more are in the news.
The next CDC director, Medicaid losses, dementia, cancer, homelessness, heart disease, transgender health, and more are in the news.
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