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More Known About Aggressive Fungus In Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

In a report in NEJM, researchers detailed how the fungus attacked the base of the brains of patients exposed at medical clinics in Mexico. Twelve people died in the outbreak last year.

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Cost Forces A Majority Of Californians To Delay Or Avoid Medical Care

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, the Covered California sign-up window is set to close at midnight tonight. In other health news from across the U.S., Virginia Democrats push to expand state-funded health insurance to undocumented children; a bill would allow Florida hospital districts to convert to nonprofits; and more.

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Morning Briefing for Friday, February 9, 2024

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

High drug prices, aging, gun violence, abortion laws, organ transplants, drug overdoses, and more are in the news. Plus, your weekend reads.

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Biden Pushes Back On Special Counsel Report Questioning His Cognition

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

“My memory’s fine,” President Joe Biden said at a press conference Thursday night, strongly defending his age and cognitive abilities in response to a special counsel report on the president’s handling of classified documents. The document cited several examples when Biden couldn’t recall key dates.

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Pharmaceutical Execs Grilled By Senators About High US Drug Prices

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, held a hearing Thursday on the cost of prescriptions drugs. The CEOs for Bristol Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck faced questions on pricing practices and why medicines cost more in the U.S. than other countries.

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Democrats Push Numerous Gun-Control Bills In Virginia

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Washington Post reports on a “cascade” of gun-control bills passing through the Virginia General Assembly, although they face an uncertain reception with the Republican governor. Separately, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a rule barring “ghost gun” limits.

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First Edition: Feb. 9, 2024

February 9, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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A digital illustration shows a black-and-white pencil drawing of the face of an older woman. Some areas of her face are warped and look like ghostly, swirling mist. Surrounding the older woman are various young people who, as they party, exercise, or socialize, look at her with demeaning and dismissive expressions. Gray static expands out from behind the woman’s head and fades into a bright yellow background where the younger people are. Covid-19 virus particles cover the image like polka dots.

Do We Simply Not Care About Old People?

By Judith Graham Illustration by Oona Zenda February 9, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Recently, thousands of older Americans have been dying weekly of covid. But most Americans aren’t wearing masks in public, a move that could prevent infections. Many at-risk seniors aren’t getting antiviral therapies, and older adults in nursing homes aren’t getting vaccines. Why?

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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on mental health, “magic” mushrooms, nursing homes, surrogacy, and more.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: To End School Shootings, Activists Consider a New Culprit: Parents

February 8, 2024 Podcast

For the first time, a jury has convicted a parent of a school shooter of charges related to the child’s crime, finding a mother in Michigan guilty of involuntary manslaughter and possibly opening a new legal avenue for gun control advocates. Meanwhile, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case challenging the FDA’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, a medical publisher has retracted some of the journal studies that lower-court judges relied on in their decisions. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachana Pradhan of KFF Health News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.

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Public Health Resources Lagging Behind Rising Tuberculosis Wave

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Stateline reports on public health experts’ warnings that awareness of rising TB is lagging and that state and local health services lack resources to keep up with prevention and control. Meanwhile, the CDC is checking protocols on a cruise ship where more than 100 people had gastrointestinal illnesses.

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Research Roundup: Covid Vaccine In Pregnancy; Infection Reduction; Insomnia; Acute Flaccid Myelitis

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Each week, KFF Health News compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

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Viewpoints: Is Importing Canadian Drugs Risky?; Accepting Vaccine Hesitancy Is A Slippery Slope

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle counterfeit drugs, parental vaccine hesitancy, HIV, and more.

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House Passes Bill Barring Use Of QALY Metric In Federal Health Programs

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

The legislation would ban the use of quality-adjusted life years indexes when valuing medicines for federal health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and VA Health Care.

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DEA Won’t Strip Licenses From Large Drug Distributor Over Opioids History

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Reversing an earlier order, the Drug Enforcement Administration will allowing Morris & Dickson Co to stay in business. As part of a settlement, the drug distributor agreed to admit wrongdoing over its failure to properly monitor opioid shipments and will forfeit $19 million.

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160,000 More Americans Died Of Covid Than Have Been Counted: Study

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

A new study says 162,886 excess pandemic-era deaths in the U.S. that were blamed on other reasons, like natural causes, were actually due to covid. This means covid killed more people in the U.S. than had been thought. Also: Scientists find 1 in 4 with covid go on to get long covid symptoms.

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Missouri Republicans Block Abortion Exceptions For Rape, Incest

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

An effort led by Democratic lawmakers in Missouri had targeted the state’s strict anti-abortion laws to allow exemptions for rape or incest. Senate Republicans decided allowing these victims to have abortions wasn’t a good idea. Meanwhile, thousands of people attended events to push for an abortion ballot question in the state.

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Another Hospital In Minnesota Ends Baby Deliveries

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Mayo Clinic Health System’s New Prague hospital is the latest facility in the state to stop delivering babies. Minnesota Public Radio reports on how midwives are filling the void in birthing services as hospitals move deliveries to larger, centralized hospitals.

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FDA Reports Quality Lapses At Indiana Drug Factory That Novo Is Buying

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

The facility in Bloomington, Indiana, belonged to contract drugmaker Catalent. FDA inspectors found issues including a “pest” on the manufacturing line. Novo is buying Catalent to boost Wegovy production. Also: A report says FDA oversight of foreign firms making U.S. market drugs is weak.

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Facing Backlash, Ohio Scraps Plans To Limit Gender Care For Adults

February 8, 2024 Morning Briefing

Ohio’s proposed restrictions would have been the toughest on transition-related care for adults in the country, trans rights advocates said. Separately, a survey shows that transgender Americans have been experiencing economic and health disparities for years.

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