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Illinois Officials Warn Residents About Risk Of Fake Botox Injections

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

According to the Illinois Public Health Department, the fake injections may have led to two people being hospitalized. Also in news from around the country: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill ensuring skin cancer screenings for state employees, California aims to ban the weedkiller paraquat, and more.

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Transgender Catholics Express Disappointment At Vatican Statement

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

AP reports that transgender Catholics are dismayed by a recent Vatican document that rejects the principles of being transgender and say it shows a lack of understanding. The White House also reacted, affirming President Joe Biden’s support for the trans community.

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Study Casts Doubt On Benefits Of Paying Off People’s Medical Debt

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

A New York Times report covers a study by some economists that says paying off people’s medical debt has little impact on their lives. Separately, health care costs are found to be driving up anxiety in millennials and Gen Z, another study finds.

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Brain Implant Startup Synchron Ready For Large-Scale Human Trials

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The startup, a rival to Elon Musk’s Neuralink system, will set up an online registry for patients interested in joining the medical trial. Also in the news: AI mammograms; tests for pancreatic cancer; and LupusChat, a support system for those suffering with lupus.

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CDC: Human Risk From Bird Flu Is Small, But States Should Prepare

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged state health officials to get ready with plans to rapidly test and treat any farm workers if they test positive after cattle have been found with bird flu.

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Lawmakers Press FTC To Examine Optum’s Acquisition Of Steward

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, USC and Emory University’s credit ratings are threatened by struggling hospital systems. Also: a widening gap between city, country mortality in Arizona; a security review of Zuckerberg General Hospital in San Francisco; more.

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Google Searches For ‘Hurt’ Eyes Spiked After Solar Eclipse

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The searches suggest some people were worried they’d damaged their vision by looking at the image of the sun during yesterday’s total eclipse event. Also in the news, wildfires and mental health, legal weed, and vape use in college.

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Arizona’s Highest Court Set To Rule Today On Near-Total Abortion Ban

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Arizona Supreme Court is expected to decide an appeal that has called for reinstating a near-total abortion ban from 1864, nearly 60 years before Arizona’s statehood. Also in the news: religious exemptions for Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, how pregnancy ages you, and more.

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Trump’s Abortion Position Upsets GOP Hardliners

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Former President Donald Trump’s statement that abortion is a matter for states and “the people” to decide has not gone down well with some Republicans. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s criticism of his announcement spurred Trump to say hardliners like Graham were doing “disservice.”

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Data Stolen From Change Healthcare Ransomed In Second Attack

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

News outlets report on what cybersecurity experts had warned may happen in the aftermath of the recent attack on Change Healthcare: an alliance between cybercriminals. The alleged second ransom effort centers on 4TB of personal data on Change patients, which a new group threatens to release.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, April 9, 2024

April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

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April 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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City-Country Mortality Gap Widens Amid Persistent Holes in Rural Health Care Access

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez April 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

People in their prime working years living in rural America are 43% more likely to die of natural causes, like diseases, than their urban counterparts, a disparity that grew rapidly in recent decades, according to a new federal report.

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After Public Push, CMS Curbs Health Insurance Agents’ Access to Consumer SSNs

By Julie Appleby April 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Days after publication of a KFF Health News article about Obamacare enrollees being switched to different plans without their knowledge or consent, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took steps to tighten insurance agents’ access to private consumer information on the federal marketplace.

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Readers Speak Up About Women’s Health Issues, From Reproductive Care to Drinking

April 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.

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Viewpoints: Is It The Kids Or The Parents Who Are Struggling?; Medicaid Urgently Needs Administrative Updates

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers delve into parental anxiety, Medicaid, AI in hospitals, and more.

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As Online Sports Betting Rises, So Do Calls To Gambling Addiction Lines

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

NBC News covers the rising mental health impact of the boom in online sports betting. Separately, in Maryland, lawmakers passed two sweeping privacy bills, one of which is aimed at breaking youths’ addiction to social media.

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Kansas And Texas Are The Only 2 States Seeing Covid Infections Rise

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Just these two states, the CDC says, have had increases — or likely increases — since March 30. Elsewhere across the country, respiratory viruses are continuing to fade. Exercise and long covid are also in the news.

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Analysis Finds Half Of Accelerated Approval Cancer Drugs Don’t Help

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

A study presented at an American Association for Cancer Research meeting showed that the drugs didn’t improve patient survival or quality of life, but some even went on to be converted to full approval by the FDA. Also in the news: a link between accelerated aging and cancer risks.

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Nuclear Medicine Safety Advisers Found To Have Conflicts Of Interest

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Axios reports on a special inquiry into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, finding there was no policy requiring conflicts of interest to be reported. The inquiry centered on how diagnostic radioactive injections can sometimes leak into surrounding tissue.

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