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House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as Congress’ first Black party leader

WASHINGTON — House Democrats tapped Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Wednesday to lead them in the next Congress, and elected California Rep. Pete Aguilar as House Democratic Caucus chair.

Los Angeles Times

House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as Congress’ first Black party leader

WASHINGTON — House Democrats tapped Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Wednesday to lead them in the next Congress, and elected California Rep. Pete Aguilar of California as House Democratic Caucus chair.

Los Angeles Times

Boost in people seeking HealthCare.gov coverage, HHS says

The Biden administration says it’s seeing a big uptick in the number of new customers buying private health insurance for 2023 from the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace

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Missouri investigates hospital denial of emergency abortion

Missouri's health department is investigating whether a hospital violated federal rules in denying a woman an emergency abortion

The Independent UK

Bureaucratic red tape delaying approval of uterine cancer as 9/11 illness, advocates say

NEW YORK — Federal health officials are dragging their feet on adding cancers of the uterus to a list of 9/11-related health conditions — outraging survivors fighting to have the illnesses recognized.

Tribune News Service

Here's What Investors Need To Know About Biden's Marijuana Pardons

Marijuana stocks spiked following President Joe Biden's announcement that he would pardon those convicted of simple marijuana possession at a federal level.

Benzinga

Key takeaways from Biden's conference on hunger and nutrition in America

The White House is touting many of its pandemic programs and benefits as a way to reduce hunger. But a partisan Congress is among the biggest hurdles.

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COVID-19 response is not ‘over’ even if Biden says pandemic is - Roll Call

His optimistic remarks about COVID-19 will not lead to any immediate change in the administration's public health posture.

Roll Call

New 988 mental health crisis line sees jump in calls and texts during first month

Mental health advocates say the numbers are encouraging, but there's more work to be done to build up state and local resources.

WEKU

Superbugs are a "second punch" after pandemic

There was a 15% rise in drug-resistant infections in hospitalized patients from 2019 to 2020.

Axios

White House Covid adviser causes a stir by saying ‘God gave us two arms’ for flu shot and Covid booster

‘We are moving to a point where a single annual Covid shot should provide a high degree of protection against serious illness all year’ said White House Covid adviser Dr Ashish Jha

The Independent UK

Editorial: Remember COVID surges? Congress didn’t

Health officials are forecasting a fall COVID-19 surge, but one with fewer fatalities than past coronavirus spikes. The good news: A variant-specific booster has just been authorized to cope with the expected rise in cases.

Boston Herald

Medicaid extensions for new moms grow, may run into limits

States around the country are making it easier for newborn moms to keep Medicaid in the year after childbirth, a crucial time when depression and other health problems can develop

The Independent UK

Newsom's pick for California high court seen as consensus builder, LGBTQ history maker

LOS ANGELES — On a recent morning in Alameda County Superior Court, Judge Kelli Evans had a docket many jurists wouldn't envy — full of civil harassment cases involving litigants who didn't have lawyers or any firm grasp of the law.

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The Independent UK

Monkeypox vaccine maker warns Biden administration against strategy to stretch supply

Plan to multiply 440,000 doses into 2 million is ‘safe and effective’ and will go ahead says HHS secretary

Los Angeles Times

This drug could help treat monkeypox. Some patients have struggled to get it

Joseph Cassara decided to head back to the emergency room when the pain made it unbearable to swallow.

Tribune News Service

Lawsuit could end free preventive health checkups

When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, its authors cited three overarching goals: to improve access to health care, to slow rising medical costs and to improve health outcomes.

Reason

It's OK To Warn Sexually Active Gay and Bisexual Men They're at Greater Risk of Monkeypox

Good public health messaging must be comprehensible, accurate, and actionable.

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Texas sues Biden administration over guidance requiring abortions in medical emergencies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the Biden administration July 14 after Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released guidance July 11 requiring doctors to provide abortions in medical emergencies when “abortion is the stabilizing treatment necessary to resolve [the emergency] condition.” The guidance went…

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Biden issues second executive order to protect abortion access

Biden's executive order is aimed at protecting people's ability to travel out-of-state to access abortion.

The Independent UK

Biden names FEMA, CDC officials to head monkeypox response

President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to serve as the White House coordinators to combat the growing monkeypox outbreak

WEKU

Under fire, U.S. officials say monkeypox can still be stopped

The country's monkeypox outbreak can still be stopped, U.S. health officials said Thursday, despite rising case numbers and so far limited vaccine supplies.

Roll Call

Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters - Roll Call

At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies.

Chicago Sun-Times

As monkeypox cases near 200 in Chicago, Pritzker pushes feds for more vaccines to slow the spread

In Chicago, where 86% of the state’s cases are being reported, a second dose of the two-part vaccine is being delayed for some as the city awaits more doses.

The Independent UK

Biden's realism approach runs head-on into liberal pressure

When it comes to the thorniest issues confronting his administration, the instinct from Biden and his White House is to often speak about what he can’t do, citing constraints imposed by the courts or insufficient support in a Congress that is controlled by his own party

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