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D.C. Plans to Pay Part of Its Medicaid Bill with Opioid Settlement Money and Its Oversight Commission Objects

Washington, D.C.'s 2027 budget directs $2.3 million in opioid settlement funds to Medicaid costs. The oversight commission calls it supplantation.

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Having More Long COVID Symptoms Is Linked to Lower Life Satisfaction in a New National Study

A study of 13,880 working-age US adults found that the number of long COVID symptoms was linked to lower life satisfaction, happiness, and hopefulness.

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Cervical Cancer Screening Methods Vary Sharply Across Community Health Centers, Analysis Finds

A study of community health centers in Washington and Idaho found uninsured and rural patients were less likely to receive HPV co-testing.

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Advocacy Group Says a Medicare Rule Change Delayed Price Negotiation for a Costly AbbVie Drug by Seven Years

Public Citizen says a CMS eligibility change kept AbbVie's Creon out of Medicare price negotiation for seven extra years. Here is how it works.

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Colorado Hospitals Are Absorbing More Unpaid Bills as Coverage Losses Mount, New Claims Analysis Shows

A new Colorado claims analysis finds more uninsured patients unable to pay hospital bills, with rural regions hit hardest by coverage losses.

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More Than 60 House Democrats Press the VA on Mental Health Staffing with an Aug. 14 Deadline Approaching

A letter signed by 62 House Democrats asks the VA for wait times and vacancy data on mental health staffing. Answers are due Aug. 14.

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Wildfire Smoke Drove Most Unhealthy Air Days During U.S. Pregnancies by 2019, National Study Finds

A study of 64.5 million U.S. pregnancies found wildfire smoke accounted for about 65% of unhealthy prenatal air pollution days by 2019.

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The First Narcolepsy Drug That Treats the Underlying Disease Is Approved but Not Yet Available to Patients

Orzeyful is approved for narcolepsy type 1, but DEA scheduling must finish first. Here is who qualifies and when it may reach pharmacies.

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West Nile Cases Climb to 143 Nationally as CDC Data Show the Season Entering Its Peak Weeks

CDC surveillance reports 143 West Nile cases nationally through Aug. 4, up from 113 a week earlier, as peak transmission weeks begin.

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WK Kellogg Says Artificial Colors and BHT Will Be Out of Every Cereal by the End of 2026

WK Kellogg says it will remove artificial colors and BHT from all of its cereals by late 2026, a year earlier than originally pledged.

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A Wearable Ultrasound Patch Cut Time to REM Sleep by 43 Minutes in a 28 Person Study

A small 28-person study found a wearable ultrasound patch shortened time to REM sleep by 43 minutes and extended REM by 16 minutes.

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California Bill Would Bar Companies from Advertising AI Chatbots as Therapy and Set Rules for Clinical Use

California's SB 903 would ban marketing AI chatbots as therapy and would require licensed clinician review of AI therapeutic decisions.

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CDC Reports a Sharp Rise in Emergency Visits for Cannabis Related Vomiting, and Explains Most of It

A CDC report found emergency visits for cannabis hyperemesis rose 3.7 times after a new diagnosis code took effect in October 2025.

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New Mexico Judge Rules Meta's Platforms Are a Public Nuisance and Orders $567 Million for Teen Mental Health

A New Mexico judge found Facebook and Instagram a public nuisance and ordered Meta to fund $567 million in youth mental health care.

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Living Within a Tenth of a Mile of a Dry Cleaner Was Linked to Higher Parkinson's Odds in a Nationwide Medicare Study

A nationwide Medicare study of 19 million people found higher Parkinson's disease odds among those living closest to a dry cleaner.

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Jury Orders Medtronic to Pay $88 Million After Finding Surgeons Were Not Adequately Warned About a Hernia Mesh

A federal jury found Medtronic's Covidien unit failed to warn doctors about Symbotex hernia mesh risks and awarded an Alabama couple $88 million.

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A Chicago Area Fire Department Joins a 30 Year Study Tracking Cancer Risk in Illinois Firefighters

Oak Park firefighters have joined a University of Illinois study tracking cancer risk with annual blood and urine testing over three decades.

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Lab Labeling Error Allegedly Led to Cancer Misdiagnosis and Unnecessary Hysterectomy

A Georgia lawsuit alleges a laboratory tissue sample mix-up caused a false cancer diagnosis and an unnecessary hysterectomy at age 43.

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Eight Children Sick and Three Hospitalized in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Pet Turtles, CDC Says

CDC is investigating a Salmonella outbreak tied to pet turtles. Eight children across six states got sick, and three were hospitalized.

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Louisiana Confirms Five Vibrio Vulnificus Deaths, and All Nine Cases Began with a Wound

Louisiana reports 5 deaths among 9 Vibrio vulnificus cases in 2026. All were linked to wounds exposed to seawater, not raw oysters.

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Nursing Home Study Finds Only Resident Decolonization Reduced Drug-Resistant Bacteria on Skin

A JAMA Network Open study found decolonization cut drug-resistant bacteria on nursing home residents by 59%, while enhanced cleaning added nothing.

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A Major Anti-Inflammatory Heart Drug Trial Failed, Testing a Leading Theory About Artery Disease

Novo Nordisk's ziltivekimab lowered inflammation but did not reduce heart attacks, strokes, or cardiovascular deaths in a 6,300-patient trial.

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Texas Adds a New Screwworm Zone in Terrell County as Active U.S. Cases Fall to Five

USDA now lists 45 U.S. screwworm detections, with only five active. A new Terrell County detection triggered fresh Texas movement restrictions.

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USDA Recalls 5,084 Pounds of Breaded Swai Produced in a Country Not Eligible to Export Catfish

FSIS recalled 5,084 pounds of Al Kabeer breaded swai produced in the UAE, a country not eligible to export catfish to the U.S. Eight states affected.

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CDC Estimates COVID Infections Are Growing in 43 States While Flu and RSV Stay Quiet

CDC modeling estimates COVID infections are growing in 43 states and declining in none, while national respiratory illness activity remains low.

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