Public Health

Oregon senators passed a bill June 26 that would make undocumented immigrants in the state eligible for Medicaid.

As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign slows in the U.S., officials are citing young adults as one of the biggest barriers to mass immunity, reports The New York Times.

Johnson & Johnson confirmed it has ended its distribution of opioids in the U.S. when it agreed to a $230 million settlement with New York over its role in the opioid epidemic. 

Cases of type 2 diabetes more than doubled at Baton Rouge, La.-based Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital between March and December 2020, CNN reported June 25. 

Persistent loss of smell, also known as anosmia, linked to a COVID-19 diagnosis has an excellent prognosis of nearly complete recovery at one year, according to study findings published June 24 by JAMA Network Open. 

The seven-day average number of COVID-19 vaccines administered daily in the U.S. was down by more than 50 percent this week compared to last, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published June 25.

Nearly 61 percent of U.S. women between the ages of 18-49 had an ongoing or potential need for contraceptive services between 2017-19, according to the CDC's latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report published June 25. 

Pennsylvania's health department is not keeping count of all breakthrough COVID-19 cases — those that occur among vaccinated residents. That means a lack of real-world data to demonstrate vaccine efficacy, and could conceal signs of a surge in cases among…

President Joe Biden is looking to orchestrate an overhaul to Medicaid that would expand its reach to include inmates and undocumented immigrants, among others, according to an NPR report. 

The National Institutes of Health will assess the use of COVID-19 vaccines in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding through a new national study, the organization said June 23.