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FDA Posts 200 Letters Citing Initial Concerns About Approved Drugs

July 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

The FDA published a database of letters sent to drugmakers during the review process of medications that provide information on the agency’s initial feedback or requirements for more data. These communications are not usually made public.

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Nearly 1 in 3 US Teens Has Prediabetes, CDC Data Indicate

July 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

The estimate, which was previously 1 in 5, is being questioned by scientists who note the absence of a peer-reviewed published paper or raw data, along with the unexplained change in the methodology used to calculate the figures.

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Common Pain Drug Gabapentin Linked To Dementia Diagnoses In Adults

July 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Research shows that patients with six or more prescriptions for gabapentin, commonly used to treat lower back pain, were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment within 10 years of their initial pain diagnosis.

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Missouri Repeals Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave Provision

July 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation that lifts the sick leave requirement beginning Aug. 28. Other states making news: Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, and California.

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First Edition: Friday, July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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Viewpoints: Big Beautiful Law Will Be Ugly For Rural Hospitals; Medicaid Recipients Can’t Replace Farmworkers

July 11, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers examine these public health issues.

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Who’s Policing Opioid Settlement Spending? A Crowdsourced Database Might Help

By Aneri Pattani July 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Billions in opioid settlement money was meant to be spent on treating and preventing addiction — but what happens if it’s misspent? Some advocates say attorneys general need to pay closer attention. If they don’t, a new tool might empower the public.

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The Foster Care System Has a Suicide Problem. Federal Cuts Threaten To Slow Fixes.

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock July 11, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Children and young adults in the U.S. foster care system suffer from mental health disorders and die by suicide at far higher rates than the general population, yet the system doesn’t uniformly screen and treat children who are at risk.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Digesting Trump’s Big Budget Law

July 10, 2025 Podcast

President Donald Trump’s big budget bill became his big budget law on July 4, codifying about $1 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program. But the law includes many less-publicized provisions that could reshape the way the nation pays for and receives health care. Meanwhile, at the Department of Health and Human Services, uncertainty reigns as both staff and outside recipients of federal funds face cuts. Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Rachel Cohrs Zhang of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF Health News’ Julie Appleby, who reported the latest KFF Health News’ “Bill of the Month” feature, about some very pricey childhood immunizations.

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Fungal Infections Getting Harder To Treat, More Drug-Resistant: Study

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

The study looked at infections caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, which tops the World Health Organization’s list of worrying fungal diseases. Other research news is on an experimental treatment that helped an 8-year-old walk again, robotic surgery on humans, and more.

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Research Roundup: The Latest Science, Discoveries, And Breakthroughs

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of the latest health research and news.

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Viewpoints: We Can Thank RFK Jr. For This Measles Milestone; Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Most Pregnant Patients

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers delve into these public health issues.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Preventive care task force meeting, a grim measles milestone, vaccine coverage, Medicaid cuts, cancer screening costs, and more are in the news.

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RFK Jr. Pushes Off Next Meeting Of HHS’ Preventive Services Committee

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

In a move that raises questions about its future role and composition, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s office has called off a scheduled meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The panel recommends services that health insurers must cover under the Affordable Care Act.

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US Hits Highest Measles Cases Since 2000 Disease Elimination

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

CDC data indicate 1,288 measles cases have been confirmed so far this year, pushing past the previous high reached in 2019. In other public health news: Texas first responders are experiencing mental health struggles amidst flood searches; a triple-digit heat wave is causing health concerns in California; and more.

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Pharma Group Calls On Insurers To Maintain Vaccine Coverage, Costs

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Following updates by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a coalition of pharmacy organizations has urged insurers to continue to cover vaccines unless there is “clear evidence of harm or a high likelihood of adverse effects.” Also in the news: Ballad Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and more.

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Children’s Hospitals Sound Alarm Over Megabill’s Medicaid Cuts

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Although the law’s cuts weren’t aimed at kids, children’s hospitals may be hard-hit given that a high percentage of their patients, often more than 50%, rely on Medicaid, Modern Healthcare reports.

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Texas Revamps Anti-Abortion Program, Requires Nonprofits To Detail Spending

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

Thriving Texas Families, a network that supports parenting and adoption as alternatives to abortion and has had little oversight, will take in $100 million a year starting Sept. 1. More news from across the nation comes from Ohio, Minnesota, Maryland, California, and New Jersey.

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First Edition: Thursday, July 10, 2025

July 10, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States

By Lauren Sausser and Katheryn Houghton July 10, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Even as states brace for significant reductions in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, conservative legislatures across the country are passing laws that grant doula access to Medicaid beneficiaries.

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