Tina Reed
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Health care editor and author of VITALS at @axios. Send tips to tina(dot)[email protected]. Subscribe here: https://t.co/9Lhi2rTnsw
Washington D.C.
Joined January 2009
Plenty of attention has been focused on the long-term effects of head injuries in professional football. A new study highlights a previously undocumented risk that exists even for those playing at the amateur level.
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Men who play organized football have higher odds of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.
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FDA experts unanimously endorse over-the-counter birth control pills via @OrianaBeLike
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A final decision from the FDA is expected to come at some point this summer.
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Lyme disease solutions on the horizon ...
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New tools to protect against the tick-borne illness are getting closer to reality.
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In Vitals this morning: What's next with surprise billing, SCOTUS recap and ethical questions around an emerging fertility tech ...
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Happy Monday, Vitals readers. Today's newsletter is 874 words or a 3½-minute read.
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Good morning from the American Hospital Association meeting in D.C. #AHAMTG
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D.C. is installing harm reduction vending machines, stocked with Narcan, fentanyl testing strips, and hygiene products, in four locations in a harm reduction pilot program. The machines are grant-funded to two community partners: HIPS and Family and Medical Counseling Services.
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Judge strikes down free HIV drugs, contraception and cancer screening under ACA
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The Biden administration is expected to appeal the decision.
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What do we still need to do to be ready for the next pandemic? Send me your questions!
🗓 8am on March 23 Join @JHSPH_CHS director @T_Inglesby, @HHSGov Asst. Secretary @HHS_ASPR & @BioCommission's Dr. Asha George for convos on public health preparedness. Moderated by: @TReedinDC & @abettel RSVP: https://t.co/NcmF7qQ8LX Presented by @EmergentWeGo
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Looking forward to it!
3/23 8am LIVE in DC: Join @JHSPH_CHS Director @T_Inglesby, @HHSGov Asst. Secretary @HHS_ASPR & @BioCommission’s Dr. Asha George for convos on public health preparedness. Moderated by: @TReedinDC & @abettel RSVP: https://t.co/NcmF7qQ8LX Presented by @EmergentWeGo
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.@medicarepayment votes to recommend doctors' payments get an increase of 50% of the Medicare Economic Index, as well as an add on payment for services provided to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
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.@medicarepayment votes to recommend Congress give a 1% pay bump to hospitals, begin a transition to redistribute DSH and uncompensated care payments through the Medicare safety-net index.
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WEDS @ 12:30 CT: Join @TreedinDC & @monicaeng for a convo on the nation's mental health crisis, with a closer look at local initiatives in Chicago, feat. @Surgeon_General Vivek Murthy & @ChiPublicHealth Comm. @DrArwady. REGISTER: https://t.co/SQ8BDSBwPi Presented by @Walgreens
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Adding this to my to do list ...
Connecting with nature in green spaces is great for our mental health. Now fresh research is showing that time near water – by the coast, rivers and even fountains in the park – is even more restorative Here are 6 tips for making the most out of nature https://t.co/RRyhHoFUXc
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NEW: The pandemic caused a surge in superbug infections + deaths because sicker patients flooded hospitals, docs overprescribed antibiotics, and there were shortages of masks and staff to control infections, new @CDCgov report says. My story.
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Sicker patients, antibiotic overuse, and staff and equipment shortages led to a 15 percent increase in superbug infections and deaths.
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Doudna: "I had the opportunity to speak over Zoom with ... the first sickle cell patient in the U.S. to be treated with CRISPR ... To see that real-world impact within 10 years of that original publication? That’s just mind-blowing to me." https://t.co/KGqwWg3FY2 via @statnews
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"Only in retrospect did it become clear to people who weren’t specialists what an important moment that was," Doudna said of the CRISPR paper's publication.
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What abortion access looks like in each state now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned
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A patchwork of state laws will now govern the procedure.
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🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade https://t.co/qG9VOYPx5b
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The decision comes after a leaked opinion in May revealed the court was ready to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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.@AshishKJha46 says 4 million covid vax doses have been delievered for youngest americans.
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THURS @ 12:30 ET: Join @alexi & @TreedinDC for a conversation on the impact of misinformation on public health & climate change, feat. @ginamccarthy46 & @NIMHD Director Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable. #AxiosEvents REGISTER: https://t.co/KTyKQDatOc Presented by @3M
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