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Briefing: The Impact of Gun Violence on Youth Mental Health and Well-Being

Strategic angle: Exposure to gun violence can severely affect the mental health of children and adolescents.

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Briefing: Child and Adolescent Firearm Deaths: National Trends and Variation by Demographics and States

Strategic angle: This brief analyzes the latest youth mortality data from the CDC, revealing alarming trends in firearm-related deaths among children and adolescents.

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Briefing: Analysis of Medicare data shows who mental health providers treat over telehealth

Strategic angle: A new analysis reveals that mental health specialists utilizing telehealth did not significantly increase their rural patient base.

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Briefing: An NIH Whistleblower Warning

Strategic angle: The doctors behind the telehealth GLP-1 boom, a men's health office moment, and other health news

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Briefing: Momentum builds for a federal office of men’s health focused on disease prevention

Strategic angle: For advocates who have been pushing to create a federal office of men's health, this could finally be the moment.

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Briefing: A global food price shock looms as Middle East war rages on. Here's who will be hit hardest

Strategic angle: A widening Middle East conflict that disrupts trade through the Strait of Hormuz could ripple far beyond the energy markets, risking a spike in global food prices.

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Briefing: How Does Health Spending in the U.S. Compare to Other Countries?

Strategic angle: This analysis examines how U.S. health spending compares to health spending in other high-income nations.

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Briefing: Jim Cramer on Molina Healthcare: “Lots of Exposure to Medicare and Medicaid, the Weakest Part of a Weak Business”

Strategic angle: Jim Cramer critiques Molina Healthcare's reliance on Medicare and Medicaid.

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Briefing: Healthcare on a lifeline: Egypt’s hospitals rely on Ramadan donations to survive

Strategic angle: In Egypt, Ramadan is not just a time for religious fasting – it is also a critical financial lifeline for the country’s public and charitable healthcare system.

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Briefing: Prison sentences for pair who attacked gay men hailed as sign of hope for Kenya’s LGBTQ+ community

Strategic angle: The sentencing of two attackers in Kenya is seen as a positive step for LGBTQ+ rights amidst rising homophobic violence.

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Briefing: How Does Cost Affect Access to Health Care?

Strategic angle: This analysis explores trends in how the cost of healthcare affects access to care in the U.S.

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Briefing: Soil health index finds restored mangroves can near full function

Strategic angle: Brazilian researchers have developed an index to measure mangrove soil health, showing restored areas can achieve near full functionality.

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Briefing: Amid dueling autism meetings, HHS cancels

Strategic angle: Epilepsy med response, a long-awaited fix to the kidney transplant system, and more health news

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Briefing: Who's making money off Trump's war in Iran?

Strategic angle: A look into the financial interests behind the ongoing conflict and its implications.

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Briefing: Removing race from kidney function algorithm helped more Black patients access transplants

Strategic angle: A significant change in the eGFR algorithm led to increased kidney transplant opportunities for Black patients.

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Briefing: Gene edit makes probiotic safer for immunocompromised patients

Strategic angle: An international team of researchers has modified a probiotic yeast to enhance safety for vulnerable populations.

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Briefing: Men who brought explosives to NYC protest cited Islamic State as inspiration, complaint says

Strategic angle: Two individuals arrested for carrying explosives at a protest in New York City reportedly cited the Islamic State as their motivation.

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Briefing: ‘Cash Apples’ is giving away $500,000 to people who click on trees in a web browser

Strategic angle: Want to make real money just by clicking on virtual trees? Starting today, residents of the United States can begin an online hunt for golden apples.

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Briefing: The ER Staffing Conflict and No Facility Fee for a Marmot

Strategic angle: A battle between doctors and a hospital system is an early test of a new law designed to separate business and medicine.

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Briefing: Fresh turmoil at the FDA with Prasad’s exit

Strategic angle: Prasad out again, generic Ozempic on its way, and more health news from Morning Rounds