Morning Break: Kidney Care Revamp; Killer Caffeine; Are Docs Bad Patients?

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President Trump plans to reshape kidney care in the U.S., with an overhaul of the organ transplant system and a push for wider use of home dialysis. (Politico)

Undocumented immigrants can now sign up for government-subsidized health insurance in California. (NPR)

The Cleveland Clinic announced that a baby was born to a mother with uterine factor infertility who received a womb from a deceased donor, the first such case in the U.S.

As states tighten restrictions, get ready for a boom in at-home abortions, writes Vox.

Pharmaceutical companies kicked off the month of July with price hikes on at least 83 different drugs. (FiercePharma)

The epinephrine injector Symjepi is set to hit store shelves amid a national EpiPen shortage. (Becker’s Hospital Review)

An ophthalmologist at the University of California San Diego resigned amid an FBI probe over his undisclosed ties to Chinese pharmaceutical companies. (inewsource)

An overdose of caffeine supplements killed a 21-year-old Australian man, according to a coroner there. (Insider)

Another U.S. death in the Dominican Republic after a New York woman dies during a liposuction procedure. (CBS News)

Summertime warning? The “margarita burn” from hand-squeezing limes for the tequila-based drink. (Fox News)

Doctors don’t always follow medical advice when it comes to their own treatment. (The Atlantic)

STAT News writes about how the CDC successfully developed a synthetic form of the Ebola virus for testing treatments.

Make emergency buprenorphine available over the counter, a JAMA Viewpoint argues.

Black women and younger women had twice the risk of the aggressive, triple-negative form of breast cancer. (Reuters)

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2019-07-10T09:00:00-0400

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