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A veterinarian examines the head of a calf in a barn.

Finland Is Offering Farmworkers Bird Flu Shots. Some Experts Say the US Should, Too.

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Even with a stockpile of bird flu vaccinations, the federal government is not offering them to those at high risk. Along with testing and measures to prevent spread, vaccinations may protect people and stop the outbreak from becoming a pandemic.

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Colorado Dropped Medicaid Enrollees as Red States Have, Alarming Advocates for the Poor

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Colorado defended its high disenrollment rates following the covid crisis by saying that what goes up must come down. Advocates and researchers disagree.

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Colorado expulsó a beneficiarios de Medicaid como si fuera un estado republicano

By Rae Ellen Bichell July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Es el único estado demócrata entre un grupo de estados republicanos con altas tasas de desafiliación, que incluye a Idaho, Montana, Texas y Utah, en un proceso de Medicaid que comenzó en la primavera de 2023.

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A veterinarian examines the head of a calf in a barn.

Finlandia ofrece vacunas contra la gripe aviar a sus trabajadores agrícolas. Estados Unidos debería hacer lo mismo, dicen expertos

By Amy Maxmen and Arthur Allen July 11, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Hay controversia sobre el momento para comenzar a vacunar contra la gripe aviar. Algunos piensan que debe hacerse ya, otros que hay que esperar para analizar la evolución del virus.

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Shortage Of Chemo Drug Cisplatin Ends; Troubled Norovirus Vax Is Discontinued

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Perspectives: Is The Orphan Drug Act Successful?; It’s Absurd For Mothers To Be Punished For Prescriptions

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Read recent commentaries about pharmaceutical issues.

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Viewpoints: AI Has Potential To Be A Life-Saver In Health Care; We Need To Reframe Approach To Overdose Crisis

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle AI’s role in aiding diagnoses, the overdose crisis and the anti-abortion movement.

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Historic Second Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Has Now Died

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

At the end of May, the 54-year-old New Jersey woman had to have the organ removed after just 47 days because it was damaged by inadequate blood flow from a heart pump she’d received before the genetically modified pig kidney. Also in the news: a larynx transplant, acupuncture, and more.

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Newest Pitch To Resistant Dairy Farmers: Anonymous Bird Flu Testing

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Public health officials, hoping to get a bigger picture of the spread of the spread of the H5N1 virus, think anonymous testing might encourage fearful farmers, Axios reports. Covid, plague, measles, and Jamestown Canyon virus are also in the news.

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Rural Hospital Networks Are Sprouting, This Time In North Dakota

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Rough Rider High-Value Network is made up of 23 critical access hospitals in the state and aims to improve treatment and coordinate care, Modern Healthcare reported. A similar collaboration recently launched in rural Minnesota.

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Hidden Costs Of Extreme Heat Landed California With $7.7B Bill

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new report says a decade’s worth of indirect costs from heat waves, such as lost productivity and health care for heat-related injuries, totaled more than $7.7 billion in California. Separately, the Sacramento Bee reports on how California police are spending $50 million on wellness care.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, July 10, 2024

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

In Closer Look At PBMs, FTC Faults Them For Driving Up Drug Costs

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The agency’s sharp criticism of these drug middlemen has not led to lawsuits or other actions, but it might provide Congress and states with incentive to amp up regulations.

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Senate Version Of ‘Must-Pass’ Defense Bill Restricts Troops’ Trans Care

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Provisions tacked onto the policy bill include limitations on the military paying for surgery for trans troops and also on how military members’ trans children can access gender care. Separately, the VA is in the news for dropping mandatory overtime for claims processors and a hack attack.

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CMS Unveils Dementia Care Program; Researchers Find Sign Of Early Decline

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

Research from the New York Federal Reserve and Georgetown University shows that a person’s credit score, on average, starts to fall in the five years ahead of a dementia diagnosis, CBS News reported.

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Physician Burnout Rate Dips Below 1 In 2 For First Time Since Covid Hit

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The American Medical Association annual survey has good news for the medical industry in the form of lower stats for physicians reporting at least one burnout symptom. The Los Angeles Times, meanwhile, covers LGBTQ+ “medical refugees” and health care workers fighting for trans rights.

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Falsified Data: Hundreds Of Popular US Generic Drugs May Have Safety Issues

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

The FDA has learned that a research company in India falsified the data used in key studies to gain approval of their medications, which include the generic versions of Viagra and Lipitor, Bloomberg reported. The findings could have major implications about whether the drugs are safe to take and whether insurers will retroactively decide not to cover them.

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First Edition: July 10, 2024

July 10, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Zarinah Lomax stands beside portraits she commissioned, mostly of young people who died from gunfire.

These Vibrant, Bigger-Than-Life Portraits Turn Gun Death Statistics Into Indelible Stories

By Christine Spolar July 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

With pop-up art shows in Philadelphia and beyond, Zarinah Lomax’s mission is to show what is routinely lost to gun violence in America: “This is somebody’s child. Somebody’s son, somebody’s daughter who was working toward something.”

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A sign on a lawn reads 'Free Lead Replacement'

Why the Election May Slow Plans To Replace Lead Pipes

By Sandy West July 10, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Lead in drinking water is a known danger. But how many of the country’s estimated 9 million lead service lines need to be replaced — and how quickly — is subject to debate. The clock is ticking on two competing plans as the election looms.

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