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Mashup Score: 0Monday, May 13, 2024 - KFF Health News - 2 hour(s) ago
Today’s briefing includes news on bird flu, AI in health care, a controversial dental device, Medicaid waivers, child sleep, and more.
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Facing an overdose epidemic and public fury over conditions on the streets, famously tolerant San Francisco will start requiring welfare recipients to undergo drug screening, and treatment if necessary, to receive cash public assistance.
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Mashup Score: 1First Responders, Veterans Hail Benefits of Psychedelic Drugs as California Debates Legalization - KFF Health News - 4 hour(s) ago
California lawmakers have modified a psychedelic drug bill that was vetoed last year, narrowing it to allow only supervised use of psilocybin mushrooms, ecstasy, and other hallucinogens rather than decriminalize more broadly. The current bill would establish new state agencies to regulate the program.
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Mashup Score: 13FDA Said It Never Inspected Dental Lab That Made Controversial AGGA Device - KFF Health News - 6 hour(s) ago
Johns Dental Laboratories stopped making the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance last year after a KFF Health News-CBS News investigation into allegations of patient harm. The company had “never” reported any complaints about its products to the FDA, according to the agency.
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Mashup Score: 12Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another. - KFF Health News - 21 hour(s) ago
Millions of new parents in the U.S. are swamped by medical debt during and after pregnancy, forcing many to cut back on food, clothing, and other essentials.
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Mashup Score: 107Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions - KFF Health News - 23 hour(s) ago
A new analysis shows that students graduating from U.S. medical schools were less likely to apply this year for residency positions in states with abortion bans and other significant abortion restrictions.
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Mashup Score: 3They Were Shot at the Super Bowl Parade — And Might Have Bullets in Their Bodies Forever - KFF Health News - 1 day(s) ago
Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.
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Democrats running for office are using abortion rollbacks to galvanize voters, with abortion rights ballot initiatives amplifying their lines of attack. In Missouri, the leading Democratic candidate for the Senate also blames Republican Sen. Josh Hawley for threatening access to IVF.
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The U.S. is one of nine countries that do not guarantee paid sick leave. Since the covid pandemic, advocates in states including Missouri, Alaska, and Nebraska are organizing to take the issue to voters with ballot initiatives this November.
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Mashup Score: 3They Were Shot at the Super Bowl Parade — And Might Have Bullets in Their Bodies Forever - KFF Health News - 2 day(s) ago
Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.
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Rick Slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, has died, according to a statement from his family and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent the historic operation in March. #MorningBriefing: https://t.co/A4cKKrsBLo https://t.co/wqOeE4ViXn