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Viewpoints: Hypertension Woefully Undertreated Worldwide; Academic Medicine Can Affect Social Change

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss hypertension, medical schools, ACA, and more.

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National Nurses Survey Finds Rising Violence Against Staff

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Nearly half of nurses said they’d experienced increasing workplace violence, prompting many to think of quitting, a new survey found. Also in health industry news, Amazon is laying off workers in its One Medical and pharmacy divisions; Premier will sell all or part of Contigo Health; and more.

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Common Plastics Linked To Tens Of Thousands Of Premature Births

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

A Lancet Planetary Health study reports plastics are linked to many U.S. preterm births each year, ultimately driving medical bill costs up by billions. Separately, while Latina and other women of color are disproportionately hit by abortion bans, they often aren’t part of the legal or media narratives.

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47% Of Transgender Americans Have Considered Moving To Another State

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Hill reports on a new survey that shows exactly how unsettling anti-LGBTQ+ laws are to trans people in the U.S., with nearly half of those polled considering moving elsewhere. Also in the news: Even though Medicaid unwinding is only half done, 10 million people are off the rolls.

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Morning Briefing for Wednesday, February 7, 2024

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ PBMs and drug prices, mental health care, guns, violence against nurses, covid, RSV vaccines, and more are in the news.

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Census Bureau Halts Planned Changes To Disability Survey Questions

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Census Bureau has reconsidered its plan for now to change the questions it uses in the annual American Community Survey to gather information related to disabilities. The agency received thousands of comments, many of which cited concerns that the policy shift would undercount people with sight, hearing, mobility, or other functional disabilities.

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Michigan School Shooter’s Mother Found Guilty Of Manslaughter

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

Jennifer Crumbley has been found guilty for her responsibilities related to securing the weapon and the mental state of her son, who killed four students in an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021. Also: the White House is readying a push for gun violence prevention.

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House Panel Advances Bill To Restrict PBMs To Charging Flat Service Fees

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

The bipartisan measure on pharmacy benefit manager reforms would also ban spread pricing — a common PBM practice of charging insurers more than they pay pharmacies.

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Federal Court Rejects Free Speech Argument Against Covid Mask-Wearing

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

A federal appeals court said Monday that refusing to wear a covid mask was not protected as free speech under the First Amendment, in a case where New Jersey residents had challenged mask-wearing rules at school board meetings. Also: Paxlovid costs; rising covid rates; and more.

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Colorado avanza con proyectos para conectar a trabajadores agrícolas con servicios de salud mental

By Vignesh Ramachandran February 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Los proyectos de ley en consideración abordarían la creciente necesidad de tratar los problemas de salud mental en áreas rurales, que se han visto exacerbados por los impactos de la pandemia y el cambio climático.

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Cerca de 10 millones ya perdieron Medicaid, y todavía faltan meses de purga

By Phil Galewitz February 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Medicaid y el Programa de Seguro de Salud Infantil crecieron hasta alcanzar un récord de 94 millones de inscritos durante la pandemia.

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First Edition: Feb. 7, 2024

February 7, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Colorado Moves to Connect Agricultural Workers With Mental Health Resources

By Vignesh Ramachandran February 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Advocates say two bills under consideration could help migrant communities but that more needs to be done.

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Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million

By Phil Galewitz February 7, 2024 KFF Health News Original

While more Medicaid beneficiaries have been purged in the span of a year than ever before, enrollment is on track to settle at pre-pandemic levels.

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Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million

By Phil Galewitz February 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

We’re halfway through the Medicaid “unwinding,” in which states are dropping people from the government health insurance program for the first time since the pandemic began. Millions of people have been dumped from the rolls since April, often for procedural issues like failing to respond to notices or return paperwork. But at the same time, […]

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Viewpoints: An Economist Is Changing The Organ Transplant Process; Can We Fix Inadequate Mental Health Care?

February 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers examine organ transplants, mental health care, abortion care, and more.

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Pharmacies Finding It Hard To Recruit Next Generation Of Pharmacists

February 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

“We have got to evolve this to get people excited to get back in the industry,” Rick Gates, chief pharmacy officer at Walgreens, told Axios. Separately, an analysis of injector pen patents for several widely used diabetes drugs (including Ozempic) found more than half have improperly listed patents.

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Studies Document Health Impact Of Police Violence On Black Americans

February 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

One study reports a pattern of sleep disturbances among Black people after a police-involved killing. Separate research finds racial disparities in injuries that occurred when Tasers and similar weapons were used by police to incapacitate people.

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Experts: Don’t Forget, Measles Is Actually Dangerous

February 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

NBC News warns that anti-vaccine activists are downplaying the dangers of measles, even though it’s a highly contagious disease. For every 1,000 measles cases, 200 kids may go to hospital and one to three may die. Meanwhile, a study found that eliminating non-medical exemptions drove up school vaccine uptake.

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CMS To Tighten Rule For Organ Donations Earmarked For Research

February 6, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is responding to complaints that organ procurement organizations are collecting human pancreases to meet federal benchmarks but are not ultimately being used for research.

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