KFF HEALTH NEWS Morning Briefing, FRIDAY, MAR 22 2024
Record 108,000 Americans Died From Overdoses In 2022: CDC
Meanwhile, Bloomberg notes 270,000 overdose deaths from fentanyl are playing a part in the presidential race. Separately, scientists say using GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy to treat addiction is showing "exciting" progress.
AP: Drug Overdoses Reach Another Record In 2022, CDC Says
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday. Over the last...
Measles is among the most contagious viruses known and can linger in airspace for up to two hours. Up to 90 percent of unvaccinated people exposed will contract it.
KFF Morning Briefing – The question was posed by a federal appeals court to West Virginia's highest court on Monday, in a case targeting three major U.S. drug distributors. Separately, the methadone clinic system for treating addiction is in the spotlight.
AP: Appeals Panel Asks West Virginia Court Whether Opioids Distribution Can Cause A Public NuisanceA federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it...
Adapted from reporting by Jacob Bruns, Headline USA
HEADLINE HEALTH – Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and other commonsense figures slammed Huntsville, Alabama’s U.S. Space and Rocket Center Space Camp for hiring a so-called "transgender" employee to oversee children at the overnight camp, 1819 News reported.
The camp hired a man who likes to be called Molly Bowman to chaperone the event, acting as a hall monitor for the girls’ dormitories.
Mr. Bowman’s role at the camp came...
Former intelligence officials say migrants will sneak into the country by moving to places like Brazil before coming to the United States and claiming that as their country of origin.
Advil Marketers Introduce "The Advil Pain Equity Project"
How do you get blacks to buy more Advil? Tell them they're victims of racism, according to the new pitch from Advil owner the Haleon Group, quoted below
"HALEON GROUP OF COMPANIES – The Advil Pain Equity Project is a long-term commitment to champion equitable and accessible pain relief, created by Advil and launched in partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine and BLKHLTH.
"The Advil Pain Equity Project's first...
The first blood test to screen for colon cancer could be approved this year, greatly expanding the number of people identified with the third cause of cancer death in America.
ARS TECHNICA – Months in jail and thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees—those are the consequences Alabamians and Arizonans could soon face for selling cell-cultured meat products that could cut into the profits of ranchers, farmers, and meatpackers in each state.
State legislators from Florida to Arizona are seeking to ban meat grown from animal cells in labs, citing a “war on our ranching” and a need to protect the agriculture industry from...