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Most Recent Covid Booster Offers 54% Protection: Study

February 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, a meta-analysis of covid research found that among the different strains that have so far swept the world, the deadliest was beta, followed by gamma, alpha, delta, and omicron. Beta’s case-fatality rate (CFR) reached 4.2%, and while omicron’s CFR was lowest, it was still four times that of flu.

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First Edition: Feb. 2, 2024

February 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Taliyah Murphy stands outside the Denver City and County Building. She rests her left hand on her left hip and looks into the distance.

Acuerdo legal en Colorado mejoraría estándares de atención y vivienda para reclusas trans

By Moe K. Clark February 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos encontró en 2014 que las personas trans en prisión tienen muchas más probabilidades de experimentar violencia sexual tras las rejas tanto del personal como de otros presos.

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Taliyah Murphy stands outside the Denver City and County Building. She rests her left hand on her left hip and looks into the distance.

Colorado Legal Settlement Would Up Care and Housing Standards for Trans Women Inmates

By Moe K. Clark February 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A soon-to-be-finalized legal settlement would offer transgender women in Colorado prisons new housing options, including a pipeline to the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. The change comes amid a growing number of lawsuits across the country aimed at improving health care access and safety for incarcerated trans people.

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Possibility of Wildlife-to-Human Crossover Heightens Concern About Chronic Wasting Disease

By Jim Robbins February 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A response is ramping up to a potential spillover of the neurological disease to humans from deer, elk, and other animals.

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Struggle Over Who Gets the Last Word

February 1, 2024 Podcast

As science skepticism pervades politics, the Supreme Court will soon consider two cases that seek to define the power of “experts.” Meanwhile, abortion opponents are laying out plans for how Donald Trump, if reelected as president, could effectively curtail abortion even in states where it remains legal. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Samantha Liss, who reported and wrote the latest KFF Health News-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature about a husband and wife who got billed for preventive care that should have been fully covered.

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Is the Nation’s Primary Care Shortage as Bad as Federal Data Suggest?

By Rae Ellen Bichell February 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Federal policymakers have been trying for a long time to lure more primary care providers to understaffed areas. The Biden administration boosted funding in 2022 to address shortages and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pushed sweeping primary care legislation in 2023. But when KFF Health News set out last year to map where the primary care workforce shortages really are — and where […]

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Médicos deben racionar la penicilina por el dramático aumento de casos de sífilis

By Catherine Sweeney, WPLN February 1, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A nivel nacional, las tasas de sífilis están en su punto más alto en 70 años. Entre 2018 y 2022, las tasas de esta enfermedad de transmisión sexual subieron alrededor del 80%.

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Research Roundup: Minorities And Covid; Elective Surgery And Covid; Long Covid; Low Immunity And Covid

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

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

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Viewpoints: Medical Workers Need To Rethink Their Fat Bias; Mental Health Care Must Include A Safe Home

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss fatphobia, mental health care, transgender care, and more.

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eBay Settles, Will Pay $59 Million Over Pill Presses Used For Counterfeit Pills

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

AP reports that the $59 million settlement between eBay and the Justice Department comes after thousands of pill press machines, which can be used to make fake pills that look like prescription pills, were sold online. Other news on the opioid crisis is on settlement funds in Boston, Washington’s King County morgue, and more.

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Mississippi Targets Earlier Medicaid Coverage To Lift Pregnancy Outcomes

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Mississippi could allow coverage earlier in pregnancy so that health outcomes for mothers and babies are better — in the state has the nation’s worst infant mortality rate. Meanwhile, in Texas, a federal complaint claims Deloitte software is behind thousands of erroneous Medicaid removals.

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Lawmakers Aim To Loosen Abortion Bans In Kentucky and Tennessee

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

They acknowledge though that there are tough headwinds to change abortion law in states with Republican-majority legislatures.

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In Emotional Hearing, Lawmakers Blast Tech CEOs For Mental Health Crisis

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Parents have blamed Meta, TikTok, X, Snap, and Discord for fueling cyberbullying and even their children’s suicides. In an extraordinary moment during his congressional testimony Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood and told parents in the room, “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through.” Every CEO stressed that they are parents, too.

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Experts: Conspiracy Theories Drive Rise Of Unproven Medical Treatments

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

An AP report draws attention to a rise of marketing unproven cures and treatments, driven by conspiracy theorists and rising social media use against a backdrop of skepticism about traditional health science. Meanwhile, the CDC’s new vaccice schedule for kids addresses fears over egg allergies.

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Public Outrage Sparked As Essentia Shutters Labor, Deliveries In A Hospital

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

The facility in question is in Fosston, Minnesota. Separately, Bloomberg reports on the failed sale of Pennsylvania hospital chain Tower Health’s Brandywine hospital. A merger of two New Jersey providers — Saint Peter’s Healthcare System and Atlantic Health System — is also in the news.

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FDA Says Recalled Philips Machines Linked To 561 Deaths Since 2021

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Philips ventilators and devices for treating obstructive sleep apnea are linked to 561 reported deaths since 2021. Also in the news: CVS will close 25 MinuteClinic sites in Los Angeles; GSK settled another Zantac lawsuit in California; FDA warns against using some unapproved eyedrops; and more.

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CDC Study Links Camp Lejeune Water Contamination To Cancer

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Military staff stationed at the base from 1975 to 1985 had a higher chance of developing a number of cancers, CDC data say. Separately, the EPA has OK’d the use of the herbicide paraquat, despite its known links to Parkinson’s disease.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, February 1, 2024

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Medicare drug pricing, Alzheimer’s drug, online mental health crisis, opioids, maternity care, covid, abortion, and more are in the news.

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Cigna To Sell Its Medicare Business To Health Care Service Corp.

February 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Cigna is shedding its troubled Medicare Advantage, Medigap, and Medicare part D plans that cover 3.6 million people. The business will be sold to Health Care Service Corp., a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer.

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