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January 14, 2025

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New rules could significantly reduce nicotine levels in tobacco products

The Biden administration is poised to reduce the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an 11th-hour effort that has been years in the making. The move would give the White House one last chance to try to regulate cigarettes, as it had previously aimed to finalize a long-standing pledge to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes. The rules have not been made public, so the specific language is unknown, but…

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Patient groups urge Trump administration to allow Medicare to cover obesity drugs

A coalition of obesity-related patient advocacy groups is calling on the incoming Trump administration to finalize a proposal that would allow Medicare coverage of obesity drugs. More than 70 organizations led by the Obesity Care Advocacy Network (OCAN) said in a statement that addressing, treating and managing obesity is key to making America healthier. The group pointed to a study that found nothing wrong with…

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US overdose deaths far exceed other countries: report

The United States has the highest drug overdose death rate among 30 countries, according to a report by the health nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. The number of overdose deaths in the United States decreased slightly around 2018 after several years of increases. But those deaths began to rise again in 2019, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and spiked at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Death due to overdose…

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all over the country

Local and state headings for healthcare:

Doctors and nurses will proceed as follows. wildfire stocks L.A.healthcare (LA Times)
one Massachusetts town's refusal water fluoridation Foresaw a rise in national debate (boston globe)
wisconsin Senators want to introduce new abortion law If the state Supreme Court upholds current access (milwaukee journal sentinel)

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Cigna, Centene, Walgreens dropout JP Morgan Conference (status)
'We can't tackle social media head on,' top US health official reflect on, regret (washington post)
Prospect Medical Holdings file for bankruptcy After the owner received a payment of hundreds of millions of dollars (CBS News)

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Biden announces student loan relief for 150,000 borrowers, bringing total aid to more than 5 million

The Biden administration announced Monday that it would forgive student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of individuals to… read more