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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

KFF Health News is on Instagram and TikTok! Watch our videos and follow along as we break down health care headlines and policy.

First Edition: April 9, 2024

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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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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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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New England Journal Of Medicine Often Ignored Nazi Atrocities, Article Says

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

An article in the NEJM criticizes the journal itself for its weak reporting when the Nazis were rising in Germany and performing horrific medical experiments. Also in the news: a probe into liver transplants at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.

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FDA Should Not Have Approved AvertD Test For Opioid Risk, Experts Say

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

A group of 31 experts in genetics, addiction, psychiatry, and medical-device regulation sent letters to the FDA and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The Washington Post reported. The experts called the approval a mistake that relied on faulty science.

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Morning Briefing for Monday, April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Watch Out For Eye Damage During Today’s Solar Eclipse

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

News outlets cover advice on how to avoid eclipse-related retina damage, highlighting the use of special equipment like eclipse glasses — except for the very brief, darkest moments when you’re in the moments of totality. The positive impact of the eclipse is also in the news.

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Trump Reveals Abortion Stance After Months Of Dodging Issue

April 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

In a video on social media, former President Donald Trump said it’s “up to the states to do the right thing.” In other news, Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde appeared to soften his previously strict anti-abortion stance.

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