Morning Briefing: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Transgender health care, abortion law, opioid overdoses, anxiety, covid origins, drug shortages, and more are in the news.
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Health Officials See Bright Future in Poop Surveillance
Sewage surveillance is proving so useful in mapping covid trends that many public health officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases. Whether that happens will depend on the nation’s ability to make it viable in communities rich and poor.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
The next CDC director, Medicaid losses, dementia, cancer, homelessness, heart disease, transgender health, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, July 31, 2023
Medicaid unwinding, drug pricing, organ transplants, medical record theft, abortion access, overdoses, alcohol, and more are in the news.
By khnlaureno Health Programs Are at Risk as Debt Ceiling Cave-In Looms
Episode 296A warning from the Treasury Department that the U.S. could default on its debt as soon as June 1 has galvanized lawmakers to intervene. But there is still no obvious way to reconcile Republican demands to slash federal spending with President Joe Biden’s demand to raise the debt ceiling and save the spending fight for a later date. Meanwhile, efforts to pass abortion bans in conservative states are starting to stall as some Republicans rebel against the most severe bans. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Tuesday's roundup covers abortion, boosters, vaccine mandates, California recall vote, covid cases, hospital woes, Medicare and more.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Wednesday's roundup covers abortion, census health data, drug pricing, Medicare, covid surge, vaccine mandates, recall, chokeholds and more.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Preventive care, Medicare, drug pricing, abortion access, cancer med shortages, maternal health, suicide, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, June 13, 2023
ACA preventive care, Medicaid renewals, doctor shortages, the next covid shot, abortion, youth mental health, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, October 15, 2021
Friday's roundup covers boosters, vaccine mandates, covid tracking, treatments, FDA's top job, abortion and more. Plus, weekend reads.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Tuesday's roundup covers Medicare, covid vaccines and boosters, mandates, travel rules, ACA premiums, abortion, full ERs, Facebook and more.
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Morning Briefing: Monday, October 4, 2021
Monday's roundup covers 700,000 American covid deaths, hot spots, boosters, vaccine mandates, Supreme Court, Congress, misinfo and more.
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Morning Briefing: Friday, November 5, 2021
TGIF! Today's summaries cover federal vaccine mandate details, Pfizer's covid pill, spending bills, strikes and more. Plus, weekend reads.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Presidential age, abortion access, Medicaid and SNAP, covid, weight-loss drug frenzy, opioids, medical records, and more are in the news.
By khnlaureno The Crisis Is Officially Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On
Episode 297The public health emergency declaration for covid-19 ends May 11, ushering in major changes in how Americans can access and pay for the vaccines, treatments, and tests particular to the culprit coronavirus. But not everyone will experience the same changes, creating a confusing patchwork of coverage — not unlike health coverage for other diseases. Meanwhile, outside advisers to the FDA formally recommended allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. If the FDA follows the recommendation, it would represent the first over-the-counter form of hormonal contraception. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Extreme heat dangers, anti-smoking initiatives, Medicare, AI in health care, OTC birth control pills, malaria, and more are in the news.
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Morning Briefing: Thursday, October 28, 2021
Thursday's roundup covers hospital penalties, breast implant warnings, covid treatments, vaccine mandates, spending bill, abortion and more.
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Morning Briefing: Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Wednesday's roundup covers vaccine efficacy, shot mandates, covid origins, school mask fights, budget vote, diabetes, drug costs and more.
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Morning Briefing: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Tuesday's roundup covers booster, kid shots, vaccine mandate, covid death divide, misinformation, strokes, overdoses, heath IT and more.
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