Optum Rx Invokes Open Meetings Law To Fight Kentucky Counties on Opioid Suits
By Aneri Pattani
August 20, 2025
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In a Goliath-versus-David fight, UnitedHealth Group鈥檚 pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, has filed lawsuits in five counties to stop them from including the company in national opioid litigation.
Planned Parenthood Bets on Redistricting To Push Back Against GOP Funding Cuts
By Christine Mai-Duc
August 20, 2025
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Alarmed at Republicans鈥 deep cuts to health care and restrictions on reproductive rights, advocates are supporting California鈥檚 effort to counter a mid-decade gerrymander by the Texas GOP to pad their party鈥檚 fragile U.S. House majority.
Kennedy鈥檚 Anti-Vaccine Strategy Risks Forcing Shots Off Market, Manufacturers Warn
By Stephanie Armour
August 20, 2025
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting the government鈥檚 Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, without which manufacturers might cease producing shots.
Bucking The CDC, Pediatric Experts Back Covid Vaccine For Young Kids
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendation is for children ages 6 to 23 months. In May, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed the covid vaccine from the CDC’s immunization schedule for healthy children. Meanwhile, MedPage Today reports on how financial conflicts of interest in federal vaccine panel members have actually fallen since 2000.
Cash-Paying US Customers May Buy Ozempic At Discounted Rate Of $499
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
‘We do believe that people who face high out-of-pocket costs need more options,鈥 said Kevin Donahoe, diabetes marketing chief for Novo Nordisk. Plus: a look at the drugmaker’s alliance with GoodRx; how pharmaceutical companies and health systems are responding to tariffs; and more.
Hospitals Lean On Community Health Workers To Help Prevent ER Crowding
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
As Modern Healthcare reported, a rush of people left uninsured because of Medicaid cuts and/or ACA changes could overwhelm already packed emergency departments and hospitals. Community health workers can help people navigate insurance coverage to help prevent this.
Health Officials Say Texas Measles Outbreak Is Over, But Threat Lingers
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
Although no new cases have been reported in the Lone Star State for 42 days 鈥 double the virus’ incubation period 鈥 the area could see more infections due to the rise across the nation. Other states’ health threats include measles in Colorado, Valley fever in California, and malaria in New Jersey.
Psychedelics Show Promise For Treating Postpartum Depression
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
Reunion Neuroscience is conducting clinical trials on an injectable, single-dose drug that produces a state that鈥檚 similar to psilocybin but is generally much shorter, lasting about four hours. It also requires significantly less time in a clinical setting than medications already on the market.
Use Of Over-The-Counter Opill Is High Among First-Time Birth Control Users
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
When Opill became available a year ago, public health experts anticipated it would benefit women without health insurance and those residing in rural areas. The goal was to boost access to reproductive care. A new study shows that the pill is having its desired effect.
First Edition: Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025
August 19, 2025
Morning Briefing
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
The National Suicide Hotline For LGBTQ+ Youth Shut Down. States Are Scrambling To Help.
By Annie Sciacca
August 19, 2025
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LGBTQ+ youth lost dedicated support on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in July at a critical time. Advocates say mental health issues are rising in that population amid hostility from the Trump administration.
Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America鈥檚 Other Epidemic
By Fred Clasen-Kelly Renuka Rayasam
August 19, 2025
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Firearm violence is killing Americans at the scale of a public health epidemic. The suffering is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by segregation, disinvestment, hate crimes, and other forms of racial discrimination.
Ya llega la temporada de gripe. 驴Deber铆as vacunarte? 驴Lo cubrir谩 el seguro?
By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact
August 18, 2025
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El Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., quien se ha opuesto a las vacunas, coincidi贸 en que la mayor铆a de las personas deben vacunarse contra la gripe.
Morning Briefing for Monday, August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025
Morning Briefing
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Leaked MAHA Report Largely Dodges Policy Proposals, Seeks More Studies
August 18, 2025
Morning Briefing
Stat unpacks key parts of the 鈥淢ake Our Children Healthy Again Strategy,” which mentions 鈥渁ddressing vaccine injuries.鈥 It stops short of tackling HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s priorities (such as banning prescription drug marketing), hardly mentions ultraprocessed foods, and softens his tone on pesticides. Plus, Kennedy rules out another run for president.
Judge Again Rejects Ending Protections For Immigrant Minors In US Custody
August 18, 2025
Morning Briefing
Both Trump administrations have sought to end the Flores Settlement Agreement, which outlined care standards for children in detention facilities. 鈥淭here is nothing new under the sun regarding the facts or the law,” said U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles. Plus: D.C.’s homeless struggle with new order; aid groups seek a full appeals court review over funding block; and more.
With VA Union Contracts Voided, Staff Lose Extra Time Off After Baby Comes
August 18, 2025
Morning Briefing
Roughly 400,000 Veterans Affairs employees have lost the four extra weeks of unpaid maternity and paternity leave that the union contracts provided. Those affected include people giving birth this week, and those already on leave. Most VA employees are women.
