A dozen states have reported cases of the newest omicron subvariant BA.2.75 as of July 29, early disease surveillance data shows.
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COVID-19 cases dip slightly as BA.5’s prevalence grows: 10 CDC findings
The U.S. saw minor fluctuations in COVID-19 cases, admissions and deaths this week, according to the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published July 29.
More than 40 abortion clinics have closed since June’s Roe reversal
At least 43 abortion clinics nationwide have closed a month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to research published July 28 from The Guttmacher Institute, a left-leaning research and policy organization focused on sexual and rep…
San Francisco, New York state call monkeypox an emergency: 5 updates
New York state declared an imminent threat and San Francisco issued a state of emergency over monkeypox July 28 as the virus continues to spread in the U.S., NBC News reported.
Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care
Private equity firms are seeing opportunities for profit in hospice care, once the domain of nonprofit organizations. The investment companies are transforming the industry — and might be jeopardizing patient care — in the process.
What the Polio Case in New York Tells Us About the End of Polio
The Rockland County case isn’t expected to cause a major outbreak, but it shows how even this rare disease can pop up in undervaccinated communities.
How much is health spending expected to grow?
This chart collection explores how health spending is expected to grow in coming years, based on National Health Expenditure projections from federal actuaries.
How much is health spending expected to grow?
This chart collection explores how health spending is expected to grow in coming years, based on National Health Expenditure projections from federal actuaries.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Manchin Makes a Deal
In a rare surprise for official Washington, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced a deal to expand the planned health bill in the Senate to include provisions raising taxes and addressing climate change. The measure would include a third year of expanded subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, but not health care coverage for people left out of Medicaid in states that failed to expand the program. Meanwhile, the ACA goes back to court, and the Biden administration restores anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people that were rolled back by the Trump administration. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Dr. Céline Gounder of KHN about the latest on the monkeypox outbreak.
US braces for emergency declaration as monkeypox cases surpass 4,600: 5 updates
The U.S. could soon declare monkeypox a public health emergency, according to people familiar with the matter, Politico reported July 27. There have been 4,639 cases confirmed in the U.S. as of July 27.
