Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/longer-looks-interesting-reads-you-might-have-missed-279/ Viewpoints: If You're Going To A Concert, Watch Out For Flu; What's The Real Reason Overdose Deaths Have Plummeted? https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-as-insurance-costs-climb-employers-reconsider-benefits-whats-the-real-reason-overdose-deaths-have-plummeted/

As Costs Rise, SNAP Cuts Put School Meals At Risk

As Costs Rise, SNAP Cuts Put School Meals At Risk According to nutrition experts, recent restrictions in SNAP benefits are causing schools to accumulate meal debt without government reimbursement. Also in the news: Maryland, California, Virginia, and Louisiana. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/state-watch-102326/

New Orleans' Newly Reopened Planned Parenthood Can't Accept Medicaid Yet

New Orleans' Newly Reopened Planned Parenthood Can't Accept Medicaid Yet After reopening last week, Planned Parenthood’s New Orleans Health Center is accepting insurance from only two private companies — Aetna and Provider Plus — while they wait to secure contracts with other Louisiana insurance providers, including Medicaid health plans. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/friday-october-23-2026/

Quest Diagnostics Pauses Access To Lab Test Portal After Cybersecurity Breach

Quest Diagnostics Pauses Access To Lab Test Portal After Cybersecurity Breach The company, which serves millions of Americans, said it learned Wednesday of unauthorized access to a system used by doctors and others to order tests and view lab results, The Washington Post reported. Orders could still be made by fax or other methods; full functionality could be restored as soon as today, the company said. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/health-industry-102326/

Fly Bite-Induced Shamonda Virus Infects First Human In France

Fly Bite-Induced Shamonda Virus Infects First Human In France Because it's a virus that previously had not been detected in humans, health officials aren't aware of the symptoms it might cause or its effects on human health. European health officials are trying to determine how the person, who has died, became infected. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/outbreaks-and-health-threats-102326/

MAHA Bellwether Calley Means Resigns From Trump Administration

MAHA Bellwether Calley Means Resigns From Trump Administration An adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Means is leaving his influential role before having met some of his goals, such as reworking the definition of ultraprocessed food and changing school meals, Bloomberg reported. “This movement is in the first inning and just getting started,” he said. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/administration-102326/

Humana, UnitedHealthcare Discontinue Medicare Advantage Plans For Nearly 1M People

Humana, UnitedHealthcare Discontinue Medicare Advantage Plans For Nearly 1M People About 390,000 UnitedHealth Group members and about 600,000 Humana members will lose coverage, mostly from Preferred Provider Organizations plans, The Hill and Fortune reported. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/healthcare-costs-and-coverage-102326/