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Viewpoints: Home Caregivers Deserve A Living Wage; Chicago’s Emergency Medical Services Severely Lacking

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle home health care, emergency medical services, AI in health care, and clinical trials.

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Mark Cuban Aims At A Temporary Fix For Penicillin Shortages, Via Imports

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company is working with the FDA to import and distribute penicillin temporarily to offset the shortage of Pfizer supplies. Humana, Ardent Health, Novartis, and more are also in health industry news.

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President Biden Has Covid: Isolating With ‘Mild Symptoms,’ Taking Paxlovid

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

President Joe Biden’s positive test comes amid another summer surge of the virus. Also, studies look at vaccines and the risk for long covid.

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Scientist’s MRIs Highlight Psilocybin Boosting Brain Plasticity

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

NPR reports on fascinating research that shows how taking the psychedelic drug psilocybin changes brain process, producing mind-altering effects and temporary boosts to the brain’s ability to adapt and change. In other research news, CBD may protect skin from the sun.

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Millions Of Bacteria Discovered In Sealed Bottles Of Tattoo Ink

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

According to the FDA, the bacteria were also found in sealed bottles of permanent makeup ink. Other news on public health covers two deaths in Canada from contaminated milk substitutes, a ranking of states with regard to women’s health, tips for staying hydrated in extreme heat, and more.

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Illinois Reports Its First West Nile Case This Year

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

In other news from across the country, Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators compromised on a gun bill that cracks down on “ghost guns;” two people die from heat-related causes in Baltimore City; extreme heat hits Phoenix, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon; and more.

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With N.C. Budget Adjustment Delayed, DHHS Braces For Medicaid Shortfall

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

The department is staring down a $100 million shortfall by the end of this fiscal year, officials say. Separately, Maryland and Colorado also are making decisions about health care costs.

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Democrats Would Suspend Filibuster To Codify Abortion Rights If They Win Congress

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

“We have the votes” to suspend the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said Wednesday, announcing the Democrats’ plan if they win the House and Senate in the November elections. Meanwhile, it’s reported that Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has pushed the Justice Department to crack down on abortion pills via the 151 year-old Comstock Act.

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Doctor’s Assessment Weighs Heavily On Whether Biden Will Stay In Race

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

No doctor has told the president that he is physically unfit to hold office, and Biden believes he has the wisdom and experience to do the job. Meanwhile, GOP nominee Donald Trump is mum about his physical and mental health after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

Insulin costs, long covid, abortion access, Medicaid, marijuana, hospital infections, psilocybin, drug shortages, and more are in the news.

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First Edition: July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Trump Is Wrong in Claiming Full Credit for Lowering Insulin Prices

By Jacob Gardenswartz July 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Though the Trump administration established a voluntary, temporary program lowering insulin costs for some older Americans on Medicare, the mandatory price caps implemented through Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act go significantly further.

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Montana’s Plan To Curb Opioid Overdoses Includes Vending Machines

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press July 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Details about where the machines would go — and how they would help those most at risk — are sparse. The state has proposed using them to distribute naloxone and fentanyl testing strips.

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An up-close photograph of a person holding a box of Narcan in front of a vending machine stocked with the same boxes of Narcan.

El plan de Montana para frenar las sobredosis de opioides incluye máquinas expendedoras

By Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press July 18, 2024 KFF Health News Original

En todo Estados Unidos, las máquinas expendedoras que distribuyen naloxona y otros suministros de salud de forma gratuita se están convirtiendo en elementos de primera línea en la lucha contra las sobredosis de opioides. Diferentes versiones del modelo se están probando en al menos 33 estados.

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Tennessee Agrees To Remove Sex Workers With HIV From Sex Offender Registry

By Brett Kelman July 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

For years, Tennessee has required anyone convicted of prostitution while HIV-positive to register as a sex offender for life. In response to DOJ and ACLU discrimination suits, the state has agreed to reverse course.

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A Little-Recognized Public Health Crisis

By Vanessa G. Sánchez July 17, 2024 KFF Health News Original

About every 12 minutes, someone is killed on America’s roads and countless others are injured. More than 42,500 people died in car crashes in 2022, a death toll that rivals or surpasses those of other major public health threats, such as the flu and gun violence. “We have not recognized that traffic violence is a […]

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Paxlovid Reigns Supreme In Treating Covid; Antibiotics May Trigger Asthma In Young Children

July 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent pharmaceutical developments in KFF Health News’ Prescription Drug Watch roundup.

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Perspectives: NextGen Backs New Covid Vaccines; Ideas To Limit New Vaccine Hesitancy

July 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: How To Make Extreme Heat Less Lethal; New OB-GYNs Wary Of Working In Texas

July 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss extreme heat, effects of overturning Roe, 988, and more.

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Covid Infection Doesn’t Make You Vulnerable To Other Ailments: Study

July 17, 2024 Morning Briefing

A review of hundreds of millions of patient records shows that covid didn’t put adults more at risk for common infections and illnesses like the flu or asthma. However, one study did link covid infections to a faster progression from preclinical to Type 1 diabetes in children.

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