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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. Today’s selections are on euthanasia, C. elegans, starch, an interview with Robert Califf, and more.

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Viewpoints: GLP-1s Might Also Help Curve Cravings For Illegal Drugs; Weight Loss Drugs Cost Way Too Much

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into these public health issues.

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Texas Sues Pediatrician, Alleges Illegal Treatment For Transgender Children

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The New York Times reports that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described the lawsuit as the state’s first enforcement action under a 2023 state law. Other news from around the nation comes from New York City, Michigan, North Carolina, and elsewhere.

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Shingles Infection Might Play A Role In Dementia, Study Finds

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Researchers examine the cause and effect of the viral infection on the brain. In other mental health news, 988 crisis hotline callers will now be directed to nearby call centers.

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Your Flu Shot Is Missing Something This Year — And You’ll Be Glad For It

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

NPR reports that the FDA is not including one of the strains of flu — B/Yamagata — in this year’s recipe because covid prevention initiatives appear to have pushed it into oblivion. Meanwhile, whooping cough reaches its highest spread since 2014. Have you updated your Tdap shot? You need it every 10 years, the CDC says.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, October 18, 2024

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Storm fallout on health care, teen tobacco use, Medicare Advantage plans, flu shot, emergency abortion care, and more. Plus, your weekend reads.

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Former Medicare Chief Warns About Medicare Advantage Pay Rates

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Donald Berwick, who ran Medicare during the Obama administration, says Medicare Advantage plans run by private insurers need a lot more regulation. He suggests a two-pronged system fix that would take the overpayments out of MA and use that money to cover vision, dental, and hearing service in traditional Medicare, Stat says.

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CDC: Teen Use Of Tobacco Products Falls 20% To Lowest Level In 25 Years

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The CDC released data Thursday that shows teen use of at least one tobacco product — such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches and hookahs — fell to the lowest level since the survey started in 1999. Also, young Instagram users are being warned about sextortion.

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Tennessee Doctors Who Do Emergency Abortions Shouldn’t Fear Punishment, Judges Say

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Although a panel of Tennessee judges agrees that providers can’t be punished in the professional realm, they noted physicians still may face criminal charges. Meanwhile, a federal judge clamped down on Florida’s threat to go after networks that run abortion ads, calling the action “unconstitutional coercion.”

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CVS Ousts CEO Amid Company’s Struggles To Drive Up Profits, Stocks

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

CVS announced Friday that CEO Karen Lynch will be replaced by David Joyner, as consumer spending drops at the company’s retail pharmacies and Aetna, its insurance unit, faces higher medical costs.

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First Edition: Friday, Oct. 18, 2024

October 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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California Continues Progressive Policies, With Restraint, in Divisive Election Year

By Don Thompson October 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

This legislative cycle, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills affirming reproductive rights and mandating insurance coverage of in vitro fertilization, but the Democrat was reluctant to impose new regulations and frequently cited costs for vetoing bills.

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Mountain Town Confronts an Unexpected Public Health Catastrophe

By Kim Dinan October 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Flooding wrought by Hurricane Helene devastated communities around Asheville, North Carolina. A host of government programs are helping restore water, food, and medicine.

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Helene and CVS Land Double Whammy for 25,000 Patients Who Survive on IV Nutrition

By Arthur Allen Updated October 18, 2024 Originally Published October 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A Massachusetts woman ended up stranded in the hospital because CVS stopped providing the IV nutrition she needs to survive at home. Without it, she’d starve.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: LIVE From KFF: Health Care and the 2024 Election

October 17, 2024 Podcast

The Affordable Care Act has not been a major issue in the 2024 campaign, but abortion and reproductive rights have been front and center. Those are just two of the dozens of health issues that could be profoundly affected by who is elected president and which party controls Congress in 2025. In this special live episode, Tamara Keith of NPR, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Cynthia Cox and Ashley Kirzinger of KFF join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss how health policy has affected the campaign and how the election results might affect health policy. Plus, the panel answers questions from the live audience.

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As Hospitals Get Bigger, Medical Debt Is Harder for Patients To Shake

By Noam N. Levey October 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

If you get sick in America, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt, KFF has found. One surprising risk: living in a community where hospitals have consolidated — an increasingly common development as health systems merge or large systems gobble up smaller hospitals. That’s […]

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Research Roundup: Metformin; Covid; Mpox; RSV; Breakdancing (Yes, Really)

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of health policy studies and briefs.

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Viewpoints: The Sad Reality Of Abortion Care In America; Abortion Bans Causing Doctors To Flee

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss these public health topics.

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Alcohol Safety Study Stirs Controversy Ahead Of New Dietary Guidelines

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

A study this year from the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking, intended to inform dietary guidelines for 2025-30, is causing outrage among a group of lawmakers, led by the co-chairs of the Congressional Wine Caucus.

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Oropouche Virus Spreads; CDC Warns It Might Be Sexually Transmissible

October 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

CIDRAP reports that federal health officials know of 90 cases of Oropouche virus from five states, mostly from Florida, although none of the cases is known to have been sexually transmitted. Plus: Novavax’s trial of its covid-flu shot stalls after one of the participants reported nerve damage.

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