Tina Reed

Health care editor and author of VITALS at @axios. Send tips to tina(dot)[email protected]. Subscribe here:

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

Plenty of attention has been focused on the long-term effects of head injuries in professional football. A new study highlights a previously undocumented risk that exists even for those playing at the amateur level. https://t.co/MEGeOfvMAj

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

FDA experts unanimously endorse over-the-counter birth control pills via @OrianaBeLike https://t.co/zUqLDmpLwj

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

Lyme disease solutions on the horizon ... https://t.co/uuhVkeNkfS

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

In Vitals this morning: What's next with surprise billing, SCOTUS recap and ethical questions around an emerging fertility tech ... https://t.co/gIZSTl0Vl4

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

Good morning from the American Hospital Association meeting in D.C. #AHAMTG

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D.C. is installing harm reduction vending machines, stocked with Narcan, fentanyl testing strips, and hygiene products, in four locations in a harm reduction pilot program. The machines are grant-funded to two community partners: HIPS and Family and Medical Counseling Services.

[Adriel Bettelheim @abettel]

Judge strikes down free HIV drugs, contraception and cancer screening under ACA https://t.co/yRN7gnsfBp

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

What do we still need to do to be ready for the next pandemic? Send me your questions!

[Axios @axios]

🗓 8am on March 23

Join @JHSPH_CHS director @T_Inglesby, @HHSGov Asst. Secretary @HHS_ASPR & @BioCommission's Dr. Asha George for convos on public health preparedness.

Moderated by: @TReedinDC & @abettel
RSVP: https://t.co/NcmF7qQ8LX

Presented by @EmergentWeGo
#AxiosEvents

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

Looking forward to it!

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3/23 8am LIVE in DC: Join @JHSPH_CHS Director @T_Inglesby, @HHSGov Asst. Secretary @HHS_ASPR & @BioCommission’s Dr. Asha George for convos on public health preparedness.

Moderated by: @TReedinDC & @abettel
RSVP: https://t.co/NcmF7qQ8LX

Presented by @EmergentWeGo
#AxiosEvents

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

.@medicarepayment votes to recommend doctors' payments get an increase of 50% of the Medicare Economic Index, as well as an add on payment for services provided to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

.@medicarepayment votes to recommend Congress give a 1% pay bump to hospitals, begin a transition to redistribute DSH and uncompensated care payments through the Medicare safety-net index.

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

@garykarr While I'm clearly biased towards dogs, if you manage wrestle a cat into a costume and get a non-blurry picture, I'd consider it! https://t.co/LahX3EIxvS

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WEDS @ 12:30 CT: Join @TreedinDC & @monicaeng for a convo on the nation's mental health crisis, with a closer look at local initiatives in Chicago, feat. @Surgeon_General Vivek Murthy & @ChiPublicHealth Comm. @DrArwady.

REGISTER: https://t.co/SQ8BDSBwPi

Presented by @Walgreens

[Tina Reed @TreedinDC]

Adding this to my to do list ...

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Connecting with nature in green spaces is great for our mental health. Now fresh research is showing that time near water – by the coast, rivers and even fountains in the park – is even more restorative

Here are 6 tips for making the most out of nature

https://t.co/RRyhHoFUXc

[LenaSun @bylenasun]

NEW: The pandemic caused a surge in superbug infections + deaths because sicker patients flooded hospitals, docs overprescribed antibiotics, and there were shortages of masks and staff to control infections, new @CDCgov report says. My story. https://t.co/C7Jom1sEGx

[Gideon Gil @GideonGil]

Doudna: "I had the opportunity to speak over Zoom with ... the first sickle cell patient in the U.S. to be treated with CRISPR ... To see that real-world impact within 10 years of that original publication? That’s just mind-blowing to me." https://t.co/KGqwWg3FY2 via @statnews

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What abortion access looks like in each state now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned https://t.co/dZJh14eO8S

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🚨 BREAKING: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
https://t.co/qG9VOYPx5b

[Sarah Karlin-Smith @SarahKarlin]

.@AshishKJha46 says 4 million covid vax doses have been delievered for youngest americans.

[Meg Tirrell @megtirrell]

Dr Fauci tests positive for #covid19, per NIAID. Experiencing mild symptoms.