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Three photos are shown in a collage. The left photo is a portrait of a woman standing indoors with a walker. The top right photo shows a woman in a hospital bed. The bottom right photo shows a man in a Kansas City Chiefs jersey carrying his daughter on his shoulders.

Three People Shot at Super Bowl Parade Grapple With Bullets Left in Their Bodies

By Bram Sable-Smith and Peggy Lowe, KCUR May 8, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.

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An NIH Genetics Study Targets a Long-Standing Challenge: Diversity

By Lauren Sausser May 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In his 2015 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a precision medicine initiative that would later be known as the All of Us program. The research, now well underway at the National Institutes of Health, aims to analyze the DNA of at least 1 million people across the United States to build a diverse health database. The key word there is “diverse.” So […]

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Penn Medicine To Phase Out Greenhouse Gas Anesthetic

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Desflurane is reportedly the most potent greenhouse gas used in health facilities, and reducing it can improve a hospital’s carbon footprint. Also in the news: more fallout from the Steward Health bankruptcy filing.

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Viewpoints: More Than Ozempic Is Needed To Fight Obesity; How Can Doctors Justify Immoral Actions?

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle weight-loss drugs, morality in medicine, H5N1, and more.

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Lawmakers Spotlight Large Nursing Home Companies’ Staffing, Spending

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Democratic lawmakers sent letters to three large chains of nursing homes, questioning their spending levels and staffing ratios, in response to new federal minimum levels. In Wisconsin, 3 in 5 homes are said to need to hire more staff.

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Psych Hospital Often Falsified Records To Its Benefit, Former Staffers Allege

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Workers at Jacksonville’s Brynn Marr Hospital in North Carolina say management told them to exaggerate diagnoses. In other news, researchers explore the teen mental health crisis.

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‘I’m Huuungry’: After-Day Care Snacks Tend To Be Unhealthy, Study Finds

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Emerging from day care tired and cranky, the foods kids eat in the hour transitioning home tend to be sugary or processed, according to a new study. Nutritionists say this is a prime opportunity to teach healthier eating habits.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Cancer drugs, sunscreen safety, Obamacare, Medicare solvency, Alzheimer’s, reproductive health, mpox, and more are in the news.

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Federal Candidates Have Carte Blanche To Raise Funds For Ballot Measures

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

A ruling by the FEC immediately affects campaigns in Missouri, where an amendment to enshrine abortion is on the ballot. Meanwhile, lawsuits are moving forward in New York over abortion pill “reversal” and in Alabama over its authority to prosecute those who help women travel for abortions.

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The Risk Of Inheriting Alzheimer’s May Be Higher Than Was Thought

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new study into a gene long linked to risks for Alzheimer’s shows the disease may be more commonly inherited. Meanwhile, researchers found human brains were larger for people born in the late 20th century than earlier — and this may protect us against dementia.

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FDA Advisers Set To Consider Use Of Psychedelic-Assisted PTSD Therapy

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

In June, independent advisers will discuss the possibility of recommending MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Separately, reports note how some recreational psychedelic drug users are left with long-lasting, unwanted highs.

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Medicare Hospital Trust Fund Now Projected To Go Broke In 2036

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new financial report indicates that Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund has gained an additional five years over the previous estimate for when it will run out of money, but the overall outlook for the security net program remains grim.

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Alarm Raised As Mpox Cases Surge In New York City

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene warned over rising mpox infection rates among unvaccinated people. Meanwhile, during recent health crises, including mpox, the national stockpile saw infrastructural issues.

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First Edition: May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Amgen Plows Ahead With Costly, Highly Toxic Cancer Dosing Despite FDA Challenge

By Arthur Allen May 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

The FDA told Amgen to test whether a quarter-dose of its lung cancer drug worked as well as the amount recommended on the product label. It did and with fewer side effects. But Amgen is sticking to the higher dose — which earns it an additional $180,000 a year per patient.

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Biden Team’s Tightrope: Reining In Rogue Obamacare Agents Without Slowing Enrollment

By Julie Appleby Updated May 8, 2024 Originally Published May 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal regulators face a growing challenge — how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumers’ Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.

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What’s Keeping the US From Allowing Better Sunscreens?

By Michael Scaturro Illustration by Lydia Zuraw May 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A decade after Congress told the FDA to expedite the approval of more effective sunscreens, the federal government still has not approved sunscreen ingredients that are safely being used around the world. Meanwhile, skin cancer is the nation’s most common cancer.

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La gripe aviar es mala para las aves de corral y las vacas lecheras. No es una amenaza grave para la mayoría de nosotros… por ahora

By Amy Maxmen May 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Las pruebas han detectado el virus en el ganado en nueve estados, principalmente en Texas y Nuevo México, y más recientemente en Colorado. Una persona ha dado positivo para el H5N1.

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Rompiendo una promesa: déficit en California podría frenar aumentos a cuidadores de personas con discapacidades

By Vanessa G. Sánchez May 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro señalan que California ha vuelto más difícil retener a los trabajadores en tareas de cuidado después que aumentara los salarios en otros sectores vinculados a los servicios y la salud.

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California propone ampliar subsidios de seguros de salud a todos los inmigrantes adultos

By Jasmine Aguilera, El Tímpano May 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

California es el primer estado en ampliar Medicaid a todos los adultos que reúnan los requisitos, independientemente de su estatus migratorio, una medida celebrada por los activistas de la salud y por líderes políticos de todo el estado.

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