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States Pass Privacy Laws To Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices

By Kate Ruder July 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Colorado, California, and Montana have passed neural data privacy laws meant to prevent the exploitation of brain information collected by consumer products.

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Estados aprueban leyes de privacidad para proteger la información que los dispositivos recogen del cerebro

By Kate Ruder July 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Colorado, California y Montana están entre los estados que recientemente han exigido la protección de los datos neurales recopilados por dispositivos fuera del ámbito médico.

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Viewpoints: Cuts To NIH And Global Health Research Are Dangerous And May Accelerate The Next Pandemic

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers tackle these public health issues.

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4-Day Workweek Improves Employee Health, Reduces Burnout, Study Finds

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

Remote work made necessary by the pandemic exposed employee burnout and disconnection. Researchers found a four-day workweek improved these issues. In other news: Covid cases are climbing across the U.S.; Measles exposure in day cares has ripple effects; and more.

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Sarepta Suspends Elevidys Shipments After Pressure From FDA, Hospitals

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

Sarepta’s pause on its prescription gene therapy drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy gives the company time to work with the FDA on reviews. Infusions nationwide will be canceled. Also in the news, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Humana, UnitedHealth, and more.

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New Genetic Test Could Foretell A Child’s Obesity Risk In Adulthood

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

Experts hope the research, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, may allow for earlier interventions. Other research-related news is on the first pill for postpartum depression, antibiotic prescribing at urgent care clinics, an experimental mRNA vaccine targeting cancer, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, July 22, 2025

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

Medicaid work requirements, forever chemicals, nutrition and SNAP, uninsured, organ donation, genetics of obesity, 4-day work week, and more.

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Trump’s Tax Law Will Leave 10 Million Uninsured, New CBO Report Forecasts

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

By 2034, more than 10 million people will be uninsured under President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law, the Congressional Budget Office finds in a revised analysis of the bill. That’s an improvement from an earlier projection that found 11.8 million people would lose coverage in that time period.

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HHS To Reform Organ Donation System In Wake Of Procurement Concerns

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

A House subcommittee will hold a hearing today covering safety lapses and improvements to be made to the organ donor system. In other news: the FDA’s debate on antidepressant use during pregnancy; the impact of NIH cuts on science; and more.

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Illinois Food Pantries Prep For Influx Of Need As SNAP Benefits Are Cut

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

As the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, readies for the biggest budget cuts in its history, nonprofit food banks strain to fight food insecurity. Other states making news: Mississippi, Texas, Connecticut, North Carolina, California, Colorado, Missouri, and Maine.

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First Edition: Tuesday, July 22, 2025

July 22, 2025 Morning Briefing

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

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Cuts to Food Benefits Stand in the Way of RFK Jr.’s Goals for a Healthier National Diet

By Renuka Rayasam July 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration has said improving American nutrition is a priority, but deep cuts to federal food assistance could lead people to forgo healthy food in favor of cheaper alternatives.

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Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported

By Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact July 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.” But a recent analysis found only about 300,000 cited a lack of interest in working as the reason they were unemployed.

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Amid PFAS Fallout, a Maine Doctor Navigates Medical Risks With Her Patients

By Marina Schauffler July 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

A doctor doing environmental health research in rural Maine is working to establish the best practices to treat patients exposed to “forever chemicals,” potentially leading the way for practitioners across the nation.

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Viewpoints: GOP Using Flawed Report To Attack FDA; Preventative Care May Be RFK Jr.’s Next Target

July 21, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers discuss these public health issues.

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NIH, FDA Cuts Would Lead To Fewer New Meds, CBO Analysis Indicates

July 21, 2025 Morning Briefing

An estimated 53 drugs would not enter the market in the next 30 years if the NIH is hit with a permanent 10% budget cut and the FDA experiences a nine-month drug review delay due to staffing cuts, the analysis suggests. Plus, the Trump administration rejects WHO health regulation changes.

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Rising Organ Transplants Mean More Danger For Donors, Bungled Retrievals

July 21, 2025 Morning Briefing

The increased use of a type of organ removal called donation after circulatory death has led to a rise in disturbing transplant stories. This method allows doctors to make a judgment call that patients, although alive and still with brain activity, are near enough to death and won’t recover.

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Joint Commission Streamlines Standards, Cuts Requirements

July 21, 2025 Morning Briefing

Reducing redundancy and improving hospital compliance are among the goals. Other industry news is on health system purchases of physician practices, insurance claim denials, and more.

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Federal Cuts Deal A ‘Big, Devastating Blow’ To Los Angeles Health System

July 21, 2025 Morning Briefing

“We can’t survive this big a cut,” said public health department chief Barbara Ferrer. Other states making news: Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, and Ohio.

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45% Of Dementia Cases Linked To 14 Modifiable Risk Factors: Study

July 21, 2025 Morning Briefing

Among the factors are cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, nearsightedness, and farsightedness. An estimated 5% to 19% of U.S. dementia cases were attributable to vision impairment, a recent study showed. Other news is on chronic Lyme disease acceptance, computer prompts to help stave off antibiotic over prescription, and more.

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