Today’s early morning highlights from the main information organizations.
KHN:
The Private Sector Steps In To Protect Online Health Privacy, But Critics Say It Can’t Be Trusted
Most individuals have not less than a imprecise sense that somebody someplace is doing mischief with the information footprints created by their on-line actions: Maybe their use of an app is permitting that firm to construct a profile of their habits, or possibly they maintain getting adopted by creepy advertisements. It’s greater than a sense. Many firms within the well being tech sector — which supplies companies that vary from psychological well being counseling to delivery attention-deficit/hyperactivity dysfunction drugs via the mail — have shockingly leaky privateness practices. (Tahir, 5/19)
KHN:
This Rural, Red Southern County Was A Vaccine Success Story. Not Anymore.
At a look, it appeared like a Southern pandemic success story in a very unlikely place. A small county northeast of Chattanooga, alongside the twisting banks of Chickamauga Lake, for a lot of the previous 12 months has reported the very best covid-19 vaccination price in Tennessee and one of many highest within the South. Meigs County, which is overwhelmingly white, rural, and conservative — three demographics that strongly correlate with low vaccination charges — appeared to have damaged a sample of hesitancy and mistrust that has stymied vaccination efforts throughout the U.S. (Kelman, 5/19)
The New York Times:
Biden Invokes Defense Powers In A Bid To Ease Formula Shortage
President Biden took pressing motion on Wednesday to handle the nationwide child system scarcity, invoking the Defense Production Act to extend manufacturing and creating “Operation Fly Formula” to deploy Defense Department planes and pace system shipments into the United States from abroad. The strikes are Mr. Biden’s first main initiative to answer a disaster that has sown concern and frustration amongst mother and father throughout the nation and prompted Republicans and Democrats alike to demand motion. (Karni and Cochrane, 5/18)
AP:
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act For Formula Shortage
The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of system producers to meet orders from these firms earlier than different prospects, in an effort to get rid of manufacturing bottlenecks. Biden can also be authorizing the Defense Department to make use of industrial plane to fly system provides that meet federal requirements from abroad to the U.S., in what the White House is looking “Operation Fly Formula.” (Miller and Freking, 5/19)
Bloomberg:
House Passes FDA Baby Formula Bill, But Senate Fate Is Uncertain
The House handed a $28 million emergency funding invoice for the Food and Drug Administration to handle the scarcity of toddler system within the US and supply tighter oversight of the business. The laws was permitted Wednesday evening on a 231 to 192 vote. Democrats argued that growing funding for inspections would assist bolster provides by expediting sourcing of system from new home and worldwide suppliers, which have to be FDA-approved. (Wasson, 5/19)
The Hill:
Here Are The Republicans Who Bucked The Party On Baby Formula Bills
A handful of Republican lawmakers bucked their occasion on Wednesday in votes on two separate payments aiming to handle the nationwide child system scarcity inflicting rising concern for folks throughout the nation. The important invoice, dubbed the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act, handed in a 231-192 vote that primarily broke alongside occasion strains. Four Republicans and one Democrat didn’t vote. (Schnell, 5/19)
Columbus Dispatch:
Baby Formula Shortage: Ohio Moms On WIC May Soon Have Some Relief
The Ohio Department of Health mentioned Wednesday that it has utilized for waivers from the federal authorities to present low-income moms extra decisions when choosing child system. Low-income moms usually rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, extra generally often known as WIC, to safe cash for child system and meals for his or her youngsters. WIC usually comes with strict pointers that say what model and the way a lot of toddler system a mom should buy at a time. (Wu, 5/18)
Fox News:
Baby Formula Shortage: Why Many Mothers Can’t Breastfeed
With the current nationwide child system scarcity, breastfeeding is commonly prompt for moms as a pure various, but it surely’s not so easy, in line with a current the New York Times report. “TRY BREASTFEEDING. It’s free and obtainable on demand,” singer and actress Bette Midler, 76, tweeted on Thursday, May 12 in response to the nationwide system scarcity. “Most moms have the flexibility to breastfeed, so I really feel it’s laborious for them to know what it’s like for a mom who can not. As a brand new mother, we’re informed it’s so vital to breastfeed, even earlier than the newborn is born, they drill it into you. After working with 5 lactation consultants, I wasn’t constructed for it,” first-time mom Misty Mortezaie, 40, informed Fox News. (Sudhakar, 5/18)
The Boston Globe:
State Health Officials Confirm Rare Case Of Monkeypox In Massachusetts
A person who traveled to Canada has been recognized with the monkeypox virus, the nation’s first confirmed case of the uncommon illness, and is being handled in isolation at Massachusetts General Hospital. State public well being officers and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case on Wednesday, and hospital officers mentioned they’re making an attempt to trace down anybody who could have are available contact with the affected person. The man was admitted to the hospital on May 12 and “throughout the course of their admission, they had been recognized as a doable monkeypox suspect,” Dr. Erica Shenoy, director of the Infection Control Unit at MGH, mentioned at a night information convention outdoors the hospital. Officials didn’t determine the person or say when he traveled to Canada or to what areas of the nation. The CDC mentioned he used “personal transportation” for the journey. (Stoico, 5/18)
CIDRAP:
UK, Spain, Portugal Report More Monkeypox Cases
The risk of neighborhood unfold is rising extra seemingly within the United Kingdom, as current instances haven’t any journey historical past to a rustic the place the virus is endemic. The most up-to-date instances have additionally been seen in males who’ve intercourse with males (MSM). Though monkeypox just isn’t recognized to be sexually transmitted, it may be handed via shut, private contact, and through the clothes and linens which were utilized by an individual with monkeypox. (Soucheray, 5/18)
The Washington Post:
What Is Monkeypox, The Rare Virus Now Confirmed In The U.S. And Europe?
Monkeypox just isn’t recognized to unfold simply between people. The undeniable fact that instances are rising in a number of international locations without delay — with indicators of “sustained” transmission in individuals — is hanging, mentioned Aris Katzourakis, a professor of evolution and genomics on the University of Oxford. “It’s both a number of dangerous luck or one thing fairly uncommon occurring right here,” Katzourakis mentioned. (Kornfield and Knowles, 5/18)
Fox News:
Abortion Providers To Meet With Kamala Harris Virtually At The White House
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet just about with abortion suppliers on the White House on Thursday morning, because the Supreme Court considers a key abortion case after an opinion overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) leaked earlier this month. Harris will communicate with abortion suppliers over livestream video in a 2 p.m. Eastern occasion on the White House Thursday, a White House official informed Fox News. The vp will present opening remarks, communicate with the suppliers, and interact with pro-choice advocates within the viewers. (O’Neil, 5/19)
The New York Times:
Justice Dept. Employees Urge Administration To Grant Leave For Out-Of-State Abortions
Justice Department staff pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to grant federal staff day off in the event that they or their members of the family have to journey out of state to acquire abortions. The request places the administration in a probably tough place: both denying a profit at the same time as a number of giant firms have made lodging within the space, or granting one which pits it in opposition to state governments that limit entry to the process. (Benner, 5/18)
NPR:
64% Of U.S. Adults Oppose Overturning Roe V. Wade, Poll Says
About two-thirds of Americans say they don’t help overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court resolution that made abortion authorized within the United States, in line with the most recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist ballot. Seven-in-10 U.S. adults, nonetheless, say they’re in favor of a point of restrictions on abortion rights. That contains 52% of Democrats. The challenge of abortion rights was as soon as once more thrown into the recent highlight of American politics after the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion from the Supreme Court earlier this month that confirmed the majority-conservative courtroom able to overturn Roe. (Montanaro, 5/19)
PBS NewsHour:
As Nearly All Abortions Come To A Halt In Oklahoma, Clinics Search For New Ways To Connect Patients With Care
Before Oklahoma’s governor signed a six-week abortion ban earlier this month, Dr. Iman Alsaden was usually driving lots of of miles every week, largely from Kansas to Oklahoma, to see sufferers. As the lead medical director for Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which operates two of the 4 abortion clinics in Oklahoma, Alsaden was seeing upwards of fifty sufferers a day at her clinic in Oklahoma City. Demands on the clinic had grown since final September, when extra individuals from Texas sought care following a brand new legislation that banned most abortions after six weeks of being pregnant. Overnight, her clinic and others in Oklahoma had change into important entry factors for Texans looking for care. Months later, after Oklahoma’s new ban, Planned Parenthood Great Plains has stopped scheduling surgical and medical abortions within the state altogether. For Alsaden, it’s now the sufferers she’s now not seeing that fear her essentially the most. (Kemp, 5/18)
AP:
Jill Biden, Selena Gomez Lead Talk On Youth Mental Health
Selena Gomez joined first woman Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on the White House on Wednesday for a dialog about youth psychological well being. The singer/actor has been public about her struggles and revealed in 2020 that she had been recognized with bipolar dysfunction. Biden, Murthy and Gomez held a dialog within the East Room with a number of younger individuals, together with a mom and a current Rutgers school graduate, who shared how that they had improved their psychological outlook. (Superville, 5/18)
Roll Call:
White House Turns Focus To Youth Mental Health
For Jazmine Wildcat, a younger member of the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming, discovering a therapist who understood her struggles was tough. “Where I’m from, on the reservation, it’s not very talked about,” she mentioned Wednesday, with tears in her eyes, throughout an occasion on the White House targeted on the nation’s youth psychological well being disaster. “I’ve been to means too many funerals, and so I took the freedom to actually, you realize, say this isn’t OK.” On Wednesday, Wildcat was not alone. (Raman, 5/18)
The New York Times:
Biden Health Officials Warn Of Substantial Increase In Virus Cases
Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mentioned that the seven-day common of hospital admissions from Covid rose 19 p.c over the earlier week. About 3,000 individuals a day had been being admitted with Covid, she mentioned, though dying charges, a lagging indicator, remained low. More than 32 p.c of Americans now dwell in counties with medium to excessive ranges of virus transmission, in contrast with about 24 p.c the earlier week. Dr. Walensky mentioned that native leaders and people in these areas ought to undertake — or not less than take into account — prevention methods, reminiscent of masking in indoor public settings and extra frequent testing. (LaFraniere, Shear and Stolberg, 5/19)
AP:
A Third Of US Should Be Considering Masks, Officials Say
COVID-19 instances are growing within the United States — and will get even worse over the approaching months, federal well being officers warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to think about reissuing requires indoor masking. Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are placing extra of the nation underneath pointers issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that decision for masking and different an infection precautions. Right now, a couple of third of the U.S. inhabitants lives in areas which are thought-about at greater danger — largely within the Northeast and Midwest. Those are areas the place individuals ought to already be contemplating sporting masks indoors — however Americans elsewhere must also take discover, officers mentioned. (Miller and Stobbe, 5/18)
CNN:
New York Mayor Says He’s Not Reinstating Mask Mandates As Health Officials Say City At ‘High’ Covid Alert Level
As well being officers warn of rising Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations, the mayor of New York mentioned the town wouldn’t reinstate masks mandates at the moment. “I’m happy with what we’re doing and the way we aren’t permitting Covid to outstmart us,” Mayor Eric Adams mentioned throughout a Wednesday information convention, after he was requested about reinstating a mandate, particularly within the metropolis’s faculties. “We’re staying ready and never panicking.” To defend his stance, Adams cited what he mentioned had been steady hospitalization numbers and deaths throughout the town, in addition to Covid-19 testing in faculties. (Alsharif, Ly and Maxouris, 5/18)
The New York Times:
70 N.Y. Judges Went On A Montauk Retreat. 20 Came Down With The Virus.
More than 70 New York City judges descended on a Long Island resort final week to take pleasure in an annual three-night retreat. In the times after, 20 examined optimistic for the coronavirus. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for New York’s courts, confirmed Wednesday that the judges had examined optimistic. He mentioned that, to his data, not one of the judges had been critically sick, and that those that had been symptomatic had not reported to work. (Bromwich, 5/18)
AP:
US Health Secretary Tests Positive For COVID On Germany Trip
President Joe Biden’s prime well being official examined optimistic for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most recent member of his Cabinet to be contaminated with the virus. U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra examined optimistic whereas visiting Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services mentioned. Becerra, who’s totally vaccinated and boosted, was experiencing delicate signs. … Becerra was final on the White House final Thursday. He just isn’t thought-about a detailed contact of Biden. (Jordans and Murphy, 5/18)
CNN:
Ashley Biden Tests Positive For Covid-19, Drops Off Trip With First Lady
First daughter Ashley Biden has examined optimistic for Covid-19 and is now not becoming a member of first woman Jill Biden on a visit to South and Central America, in line with the primary woman’s press secretary, Michael LaRosa. Ashley Biden had been scheduled to depart with the primary woman Wednesday afternoon for Ecuador. Jill Biden is scheduled to additionally journey to Panama and Costa Rica on the journey, earlier than returning to Washington on Monday. “Ashley Biden just isn’t thought-about a detailed contact to the President and first woman,” LaRosa mentioned. (Bennett, 5/18)
Los Angeles Times:
Jimmy Kimmel Tests Positive For COVID, Lines Up Guest Hosts
COVID-19 has continued to plague the late-night TV circuit, this time hitting Jimmy Kimmel — once more. “I’m such a optimistic particular person, I examined optimistic AGAIN,” the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” tweeted Tuesday. “I’m feeling advantageous.” While Kimmel recovers, fellow comedy stars John Mulaney and Andy Samberg “have graciously agreed” to visitor host his present on Wednesday evening. Kimmel has beforehand disclosed that he’s vaccinated and boosted. (Carras, 5/18)
The New York Times:
Over 75 Percent Of Long Covid Patients Were Not Hospitalized For Initial Illness, Study Finds
More than three-quarters of Americans recognized with lengthy Covid weren’t sick sufficient to be hospitalized for his or her preliminary an infection, a brand new evaluation of tens of hundreds of personal insurance coverage claims reported on Wednesday. The researchers analyzed knowledge from the primary few months after docs started utilizing a particular diagnostic code for the situation that was created final 12 months. The outcomes paint a sobering image of lengthy Covid’s critical and ongoing impression on individuals’s well being and the American well being care system. (Belluck, 5/18)
Stat:
Study Links Vaccination After Covid Infection To Lower Odds Of Long Covid
Ever since Covid-19 vaccines turned obtainable, some individuals with lengthy Covid have mentioned vaccination eases the constellation of signs that persist weeks and months after their authentic an infection clears. Research exploring this anecdotal proof has up to now been intriguing however inconclusive, partly due to the small numbers of individuals studied. A brand new examine revealed Wednesday in BMJ solves the dimensions drawback, combing via responses from greater than 28,000 adults collaborating within the U.Ok.’s nationally consultant Covid-19 Infection Survey. Vaccination after an infection was related to a decrease chance of lengthy Covid, the researchers report, however extra knowledge might be wanted to clinch any cause-and-effect connection. (Cooney, 5/18)
CIDRAP:
MRNA COVID Vaccines Show Stronger Immune Response Against Variants
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, elicited stronger antibody responses in opposition to 4 variants of concern (VOCs) and the unique virus in comparison with viral vector vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and AstraZeneca. The analysis is revealed in PLOS Medicine. The examine was performed through the use of blood samples gathered from 165 healthcare employees within the Netherlands 3 and 4 weeks after first and second vaccinations, respectively, for the Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines, and at 4 and eight weeks after J&J vaccine administration. (5/18)
CIDRAP:
Kids With Heart Conditions Prone To Severe COVID-19
Congenital and purchased coronary heart situations reminiscent of biventricular defects, cardiac arrest, and coronary heart failure are related to elevated COVID-19 severity in US youngsters, suggests a multicenter examine revealed yesterday in JAMA Network Open. (5/18)
Politico:
New York Made 11M Bottles Of Hand Sanitizer. Now It Has 700,000 Gallons It Can’t Get Rid Of.
In the primary days of the Covid-19 pandemic, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced New York would use jail labor to handle a hand sanitizer scarcity and make bottles that had been superior to “merchandise now available on the market.” New York made a lot of the “NYS Clean” hand sanitizer — a whopping 11 million bottles, to be precise — that it nonetheless doesn’t know tips on how to eliminate it. (Spector, 5/18)
AP:
COVID-19 Vaccine No Longer Required, For Louisiana Students
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration has agreed to take away the COVID-19 vaccine from the checklist of vaccines college students are required to get to enroll in class within the state, officers mentioned Wednesday. The state well being division mentioned in a information launch that it’s going to proceed to strongly suggest the vaccine, in accordance with suggestions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics, however acknowledged that the vaccine had not but acquired full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for these underneath age 16. (5/18)
San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. Firefighters Who Refused Vaccines Fought Their Firings With Misinformation And Conspiracy Theories
Termination proceedings for San Francisco firefighters who’ve refused COVID-19 vaccines are nearing a bruising conclusion, after greater than 50 hours of hearings wherein the division’s final holdouts — and their supporters — denigrated the general public well being order, brandished conspiracy theories and in contrast the town authorities to an authoritarian regime. Seventeen of the Fire Department’s 1,735 staff refused to get vaccinated, and 13 have been fired so far, each entitled to a videoconferenced listening to earlier than the Fire Commission and infrequently that includes a drawn-out, vitriolic interval of public remark, in line with movies and paperwork reviewed by The Chronicle. (Swan, 5/18)
NPR:
Republican-Leaning Areas Continue To Face More COVID Deaths
Even with broadly obtainable vaccines and newly efficient remedies, residents of counties that went closely for Donald Trump within the final presidential election are greater than twice as more likely to die from COVID-19 than people who dwell in areas that went for President Biden. That’s in line with a newly-updated evaluation from NPR, analyzing how partisanship and misinformation are shaping the pandemic. NPR examined COVID deaths per 100,000 individuals in roughly 3,000 counties throughout the U.S. from May 2021, the purpose at which most Americans might discover a vaccine in the event that they needed one. Those residing in counties that voted 60% or greater for Trump in November 2020 had 2.26 occasions the dying price of people who glided by the identical margin for Biden. Counties with a better share of Trump votes had even greater mortality charges. (Wood and Brumfiel, 5/19)
Stat:
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli Released From Prison
The sudden transfer, which first got here to gentle on Twitter on Wednesday morning, is the most recent twist in an advanced and sensational saga that transfixed the American public over Shkreli, who performed an outsized position within the controversy over the rising value of prescription medicines. … Earlier this 12 months, he was ordered to pay $64.6 million in income and was banned for all times from the business. The resolution adopted a trial wherein Shkreli was accused by federal and state authorities of stifling competitors. An skilled who testified on behalf of the federal government calculated his firm would have generated $67.6 million much less in gross sales had the value of the drug not been raised because it had. (Silverman, 5/18)
AP:
‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli Freed From Prison For Halfway House
Convicted pharmaceutical government Martin Shkreli was freed Wednesday from jail after serving a lot of a seven-year jail sentence for mendacity to hedge fund buyers and dishonest buyers in a drug firm. His lawyer, Ben Brafman, mentioned Shkreli, 39, was launched early from a jail in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. The transfer was confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. (Neumeister, 5/18)
The Wall Street Journal:
Cerebral Replaces CEO Kyle Robertson, A Move He Calls Illegal
Cerebral Inc. has changed Chief Executive Kyle Robertson, in line with a press release launched by the corporate, a transfer Mr. Robertson referred to as unlawful after accusing board members of creating him a scapegoat for the mental-health startup’s troubles. The board mentioned within the assertion that it has changed Mr. Robertson with David Mou, the corporate’s president and chief medical officer. The management tumult comes as the corporate is dealing with a federal probe into its prescription practices and doable violations of the Controlled Substances Act. (Winkler, 5/18)
Stateline:
Ransomware Attacks On Hospitals Put Patients At Risk
A University of Vermont Medical Center worker unintentionally opened an emailed file from her owners affiliation, which had been hacked, in October 2020. That one mistake ultimately led to the University of Vermont Health Network, which incorporates the state’s largest hospital in Burlington, having to cancel surgical procedures, delay mammogram appointments and delay some most cancers sufferers’ remedies. The ensuing ransomware assault had pressured officers to close down all web connections, together with entry to sufferers’ digital well being information, to stop cybercriminals from doing any extra injury. (Bergal, 5/18)
Stat:
Former Medicare Official Blasts The Medicare Advantage Coding Industry
Parts of the Medicare Advantage program — basically, personal Medicare plan choices — are ripe for reform, former and present prime Medicare officers mentioned Wednesday. One of essentially the most abused areas is danger coding, the place well being insurers doc individuals’s diseases and situations as a technique to get greater funds from the federal authorities, the officers mentioned. (Herman, 5/18)
The New York Times:
911 Dispatcher May Be Fired Over Handling Of Buffalo Shooting Call
An emergency companies dispatcher in Buffalo could possibly be fired after being accused by a grocery store worker of hanging up on a 911 name throughout a racist capturing rampage on the retailer final week. The dispatcher was positioned on administrative go away on Monday after an inside investigation and faces a disciplinary listening to on May 30, at which “termination might be sought,” Peter Anderson, a spokesman for the Erie County government, mentioned. (Shanahan, 5/18)
Green Bay Press-Gazette:
Buffalo Shooting Expose Lack Of Mental Health In Black Community
Michael Vinson was shocked to really feel his coronary heart pounding whereas buying at his native grocery retailer on Sunday afternoon. Yet, there he stood within the retailer he knew so properly, scanning the partitions for exit indicators. Vinson wasn’t in any fast hazard, however being Black whereas grocery buying led to bloodshed for 13 individuals at a Tops Friendly Markets grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday. Ten individuals misplaced their lives. “Unexpectedly, I felt a rush of concern and a necessity for self-protection. I began to search for the exits,” Vinson, gross sales director at Schreiber Foods in Green Bay, informed USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Monday. “What’s occurring within the broader world impacts the way in which that I present up on the earth the place I do dwell. (Ellbert and Lynch, 5/18)
The Washington Post:
Virginia Health Officials Warn Of Potential Measles Exposure
Virginia public well being officers are warning individuals who had been at a pediatrician’s workplace or hospital in Northern Virginia throughout particular occasions lately that they could have been uncovered to a toddler with measles. The baby, who’s in steady situation and enhancing, was unvaccinated and contracted measles throughout worldwide journey, in line with the state well being division. Officials declined to say if the kid was underneath 1 12 months outdated and too younger to be vaccinated or an older minor. (Portnoy, 5/18)
Politico:
New York Accuses Amazon Of Pregnancy, Disability Discrimination
The New York Division of Human Rights filed a grievance Wednesday in opposition to Amazon over alleged being pregnant and incapacity discrimination in opposition to employees, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced. The grievance accuses Amazon of denying affordable lodging to employees who’re pregnant or have disabilities, in violation of New York’s Human Rights Law. It alleges that the corporate, which operates 23 worksites in New York, has insurance policies that drive such staff to take unpaid go away reasonably than permitting them to work with lodging. “New York has the strongest employee protections within the nation and was one of many first to have protections for employees who’re pregnant and people with disabilities,” Hochul mentioned in a press release. “Working women and men are the spine of New York and we’ll proceed to take a stand in opposition to any injustice they face.” (Young, 5/18)
AP:
Tennessee Doctor Agrees To Prescription Limits In Settlement
A Tennessee doctor has been barred from prescribing plenty of managed substances in settling a lawsuit that accused him of prescribing medication with no reliable medical function. The settlement was reached final week between Manchester physician David Florence and the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for the Middle District of Tennessee, in line with a information launch. (5/19)
The Washington Post:
Spain Plans For Paid ‘Period Leave’ For Women Workers, Wider Abortion Access
Spain’s left-wing coalition authorities this week permitted a draft proposal with a broad vary of reproductive rights provisions, together with one that might make Spain the primary European nation to grant employees paid “menstrual go away.” Under the plan, the federal government would foot the invoice for ladies to take days off work if they’re recognized by a physician with extreme menstrual ache. More than half of ladies who menstruate expertise some ache for one to 2 days every month, with some feeling ache so acute that it retains them from doing regular duties, in line with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Westfall, 5/18)
Press Association:
Bulimia Anorexia Hospital Admissions Almost Double In England In 5 Years
Hospital admissions for individuals with consuming issues have risen 84% within the final 5 years, with boys and younger males more and more affected, a brand new evaluation has discovered. There had been 11,049 extra admissions for diseases reminiscent of bulimia and anorexia in 2020/21 than in 2015/16, reaching 24,268 admissions throughout England. Admissions in youngsters and younger individuals rose from 3,541 to six,713, with a 35% improve within the final 12 months alone because the Covid pandemic hit, in line with the evaluation by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (Kirby, 5/19)
Bloomberg:
NHS Patients Left With Drill Bits, Scalpels Other Objects Inside: Analysis
There have been practically 100 instances of a overseas object – together with drill bits – left inside NHS sufferers by mistake, in line with a brand new evaluation. Some 407 “Never Events” – issues so critical they need to by no means occur – had been recorded within the NHS in England from April 2021 till March 2022, figures examined by the PA information company present. This is the equal of practically eight each week and is a rise from the identical interval the 12 months earlier than, which had 364 in whole. (Bradley, 5/19)
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