New Hampshire health officials confirmed Tuesday that a resident of the state had died after contracting the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus.
The big picture: The rare but potentially deadly virus has put a number of communities in New England states on alert this summer.
The long-standing tension between censorship versus safety online is coming to a head as CEOs start to publicly push back.
Why it matters: Tech companies have corrected what they consider a content moderation overreach during the 2020 election and the pandemic. Ahead of the 2024 race, they are standing their ground.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that the Biden administration was "wrong" to pressure the company to censor certain inaccurate content during the COVID-19 pandemic.
📍 The World Health Organization launched a six-month plan to stanch mpox outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries. (AP)
🧫 There's progress in replacing critical insulin-producing cells destroyed by diabetes using stem cell therapy. (WaPo)
🎧 A federal judge ordered "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli to surrender any copy he retains of a rare Wu-Tang Clan hip-hop album which he previously forfeited after being convicted of securities fraud. (CNBC)
Affordable Care Act plan enrollees had in-network access to, on average, 40% of doctors near their homes in 2021, according to a new KFF analysis.
Why it matters: Plans control costs by contracting only with certain providers. But these more limited networks can hamper enrollees' ability to actually access the care their plan covers.
A recent measles outbreak in Oregon is refocusing attention on declining childhood vaccination rates as kids head back to school.
Why it matters: Lingering vaccine hesitancy from the pandemic is evident in pediatricians' offices as more parents opt out of the shots for measles, chicken pox, and whooping cough, among others, using non-medical religious exemptions.
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli must turn over all digital copies of Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased album "Once Upon A Time in Shaolin" by Friday, a judge in Brooklyn ruled.
Why it matters: Shkreli, who was nicknamed "Pharma Bro" after gaining notoriety for having raised the price of an AIDS drug by 5,000%, previously owned the only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's rare album.
Heat-related deaths in the U.S. rose 117% between 1999 and 2023, with more than 21,500 people succumbing over that time, according to a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control data.
The big picture: Heat waves are getting longer and more intense, and as temperatures continue to rise from climate change, planners in at-risk areas should expand access to hydration and public cooling centers and make other accommodations, researchers wrote in JAMA.
Select Walmart Great Value apple juice is being recalled in 25 states because the product contains potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic.
Why it matters: The Food and Drug Administration has designated the recall as Class II, which means it "may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences."
⚕️ Psychologists and psychiatrists are opting out of taking insurance as health plans increasingly decide who can get mental health treatment and for how long. (ProPublica)
💉 Drugmakers have Mpox vaccines ready to ship to stop a potential pandemic but World Health Organization regulations have slowed access. (NYT)
✍🏻 Former President Trump's running mate, JD Vance, said that Trump would veto a federal abortion ban if Congress were to pass one. (NBC News)
🏥 Anthony Fauci is recovering at home after being hospitalized for six days with West Nile virus. (Axios)
A select group of private equity-backed physician practices benefited from the federal process for resolving billing disputes for out-of-network care, collecting payouts well above what insurers would have paid in-network, an analysis of 2023 data shows.
Why it matters: The findings from Georgetown University researchers in Health Affairs raise more questions about whether the No Surprises Act is actually having a dampening effect on health costs and premiums paid by consumers, as was projected.
The growing concierge medicine market has a new target demographic: college students and their anxious parents.
Why it matters: It's the latest example of how expanded access to health care is available to those willing to pay, which critics say drives up costs without necessarily improving outcomes.
A person in New Hampshire has died from the mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, and Massachusetts health officials warn 10 counties are at high or critical risk from the disease that's been detected in several states.
The big picture: There are currently no vaccines or medicines available to treat EEE, also known as "Triple E," which about 30% of people die from, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
