FARM MARKET: From UCare via Facebook, VERBATIM: “We love serving the community … this time with healthy food!” PHOTOS: https://fluence-media.co/4msdwKD (SPONSORED: UCare)
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POLL: Via The Hill, VERBATIM: “More than half of Americans — 57 percent — said in a new survey that they think the GOP’s sweeping package extending tax cuts and slashing welfare services will increase their health-care costs. Thirteen percent in the CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday said that the ‘big, beautiful bill’ will lower their health-care costs and 33 percent said there will be no impact.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Uok4h1
FLUORIDE: Via news release from CarQuest, VERBATIM: “Amid a federal push to end the use of fluoride in the country’s drinking water, a new survey from CareQuest Institute for Oral Health finds that the vast majority of Americans — 81% — either support (52%) or are not opposed (29%) to the practice. Only 6% of respondents supported banning water fluoridation for all communities.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4lLrbfG
SURVEY: Via KFF, VERBATIM: “This brief reviews new data from the May 2025 KFF Health Tracking Poll on LGBT adult’s experiences and concerns related to health care affordability. Overall, the survey findings show that LGBT adults face more widespread problems and concerns with health care affordability compared to non-LGBT adults. While this may reflect the lower average incomes of LGBT adults, many of these concerns cut across income, with similar shares of LGBT adults reporting concerns regardless of whether they have lower- or more moderate- income.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kXkwhl
PLASTICS: Via news release from Grove Collaborative, VERBATIM: “Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GROV), the world’s first plastic neutral retailer, a leading sustainable consumer products company, certified B Corporation, and Public Benefit Corporation, announced today the results of a first-of-its-kind national survey examining American awareness, concern, and desired actions related to microplastics . . . 77% of Americans have heard the term microplastics, but only 49% of all Americans surveyed claimed to be very or somewhat familiar with microplastics — meaning 51% are not sure of what they really are.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kS4G7x
POTTY TRAINING: Via University of Michigan, VERBATIM: “The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health asked a national sample of parents of children age 1-6 years about their experiences with potty training. Most parents report their child is either completely potty trained (41%) or in the process (35%). The most common age that parents say they started potty training is 2 years (54%), though 21% say they started before that, 22% at age 3, and about 3% at age 4 or older. Most parents report that they started potty training when their child seemed ready (75%). Other factors contributing to the decision include needing their child to be potty trained for daycare or preschool (22%), diapers being too expensive (19%), parenting books or resources (14%), and talking with their child’s healthcare provider (13%). Six percent of parents think they started potty training before their child was ready, while 3% feel they started too late.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4mbk0gL
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REPORT: Via news release form Research and Markets, VERBATIM: “The ‘Minnesota Health Market Review 2025 (Part 1)’ report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. HMO profitability plunged in 2024, as HMOs and County-Based Purchasing plans reported lower revenues, higher medical expenses and large losses on operations. The number of enrollees in Medicaid managed care plans dropped by about 207,000 in 2023 and 2024, although it is still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/46nJKSh
CUTS: Via KFF Health News, VERBATIM: “The second Trump administration has said that healthy eating is a priority. It released a ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report citing poor diet as a cause of childhood illnesses and chronic diseases. And it’s allowing states — including Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah — to limit purchases of unhealthy food with federal SNAP benefits for the first time in the history of the century-old anti-hunger program. President Donald Trump also signed a tax and spending law on July 4 that will shift costs to states and make it harder for people to qualify for SNAP by expanding existing work requirements. The bill cuts about 20% of SNAP’s budget, the deepest cut the program has faced. About 40 million people now receive SNAP payments, but 3 million of them will lose their nutrition assistance completely, and millions more will see their benefits reduced, according to an analysis of an earlier version of the bill by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Researchers say SNAP cuts run counter to efforts to help people prevent chronic illness through healthy food.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/455mIxr
RURAL HOSPITALS: Via Stateline, VERBATIM: “Congress set aside $50 billion for rural hospitals and medical providers to allay fears over the billions more in historic cuts to federal health care spending that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day. But is that bandage big enough to save struggling rural hospitals? ‘I have more questions than I have answers,’ said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, a nonprofit policy group. ‘No one has those answers yet.’ Morgan noted that the new money for rural health, to be spent over five years, is far less than the $155 billion in rural Medicaid spending cuts over 10 years, as estimated by KFF, a nonprofit health policy and research group.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/45gcPy0
MEDICAID SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FOR ALL OF US: Medicaid keeps Minnesota’s hospitals strong and ensures communities across the state have access to care. Policymakers must protect Medicaid so every Minnesotan — regardless of income or health status — can get the care they need, when they need it. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/3FtrCuH (SPONSORED: Minnesota Hospital Association)
TOMORROW: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “On Wednesday, July 23, at 4 p.m., we’ll sit down with two experts for an Instagram Live conversation about immigrant health care in Minnesota.” SEE: https://fluence-media.co/4lZMYR7
RECALL: Via Associated Press, VERBATIM: “More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades are being recalled after nine drowning deaths were reported. The recall covers a range of Bestway, Intex Recreation and Polygroup pools that were sold by major retailers as far back as 2002. According to Monday notices published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, these pools have compression straps running along the outside of the product — which ‘may create a foothold’ for small children and allow them to access the water unattended.” READ/PHOTO: https://fluence-media.co/4kVAsAL
PLANNED PARENTHOOD: Via Associated Press, VERBATIM: “Planned Parenthood won a partial victory Monday in a legal fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over efforts to defund the organization in his signature tax legislation. A provision in that bill ends Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, even to those like Planned Parenthood that also offer things like contraception, pregnancy tests and STD testing. But U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston granted a preliminary injunction Monday that, for now, blocks the government from cutting Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood member organizations that either don’t provide abortion care or didn’t meet a threshold of at least $800,000 in Medicaid reimbursements in a given year.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/450K8nk
POST-PARTUM: Via The New York Times, VERBATIM: “Clinical trials had found that the drug, zuranolone, marketed as Zurzuvae and taken daily for 14 days, can ease symptoms for some women in as little as three days, while general antidepressants can take weeks . . . Now, a year and a half after the drug became available, thousands of women have tried it, and their experiences have run the gamut. For some, symptoms improved remarkably. Others described a modest benefit that didn’t last or said their depression persisted. And others didn’t complete the two-week regimen because profound drowsiness, a common side effect of the drug, interfered with their ability to care for their babies or to fulfill other responsibilities.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4o1Zu3G
WORK WEEK: Via Newsweek, VERBATIM: “Initiatives like '4 Day Week Global' are aimed at reshaping post pandemic work to meet employees' needs without compromising their companies' interests. The study—led by Boston College researchers Wen Fan and Juliet Schor—tracked 2,896 employees across 141 organizations worldwide over a six months period, to understand the effects of the new scheme on their physical and mental health. The team found that workers whose days were cut by eight hours or more reported the most substantial improvements—which came in the form of reduced mental strain and improved physical health. Smaller reductions also had positive effects.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/46VucFz
ESSENTIA HEALTH INVESTS IN TWIN PORTS NURSES: Total payroll for Essentia Health Duluth-Superior nurses is $164 million, with $53 million paid in salary increases over the past 3 years. Essentia Health has also increased clinical support staff by 10% over the past 3 years, providing additional support for those nurses. Over half of Duluth area nurses have been with us for over 5 years and enjoy exceptional work-life balance. To join our team at Essentia Health, search for openings HERE: https://fluence-media.co/3FzLe0i (SPONSORED: Essentia Health)
BATS: From University of Sydney via Science Daily, VERBATIM: “New research from the University of Sydney sheds light on how coronaviruses emerge in bat populations, focusing on young bats as hotspots for infections and co-infections that may drive viral evolution. By analyzing thousands of samples over three years, scientists discovered that juvenile bats frequently host multiple coronaviruses simultaneously—offering a real-time window into how new strains might arise.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GZ5hX1
ALLERGIES: Via Mayo Clinic, VERBATIM: “Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at Mayo Clinic, is aiding the development of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool to support allergy patch testing. The tool is being designed to help patients self-apply test patches and use their smartphones to capture images over time, with technology offering guidance that could assist clinicians in diagnosis.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3GPrGWW
OBESITY: Via NBC News, VERBATIM: “A genetic test may one day predict a child’s risk of obesity in adulthood, paving the way for early interventions. Certain genetic variants can affect how a person’s body stores fat or make them more prone to overeating. Genetic variation can also predict how well a person will respond to different weight loss drugs.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/40z3te1
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
LEGISLATION: Via Politico, VERBATIM: “Republicans are eyeing an opportunity to enact a bipartisan health package by the end of the year, but Democrats aren’t exactly in a deal-making mood. With the dust barely settled after enacting their party-line domestic policy megabill, GOP lawmakers on the Senate Finance, House Ways and Means and House Energy and Commerce committees are hoping they’ll have another shot this year at making policy changes to drug pricing long sought by both parties.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GYCRfR
FDA: Via Associated Press, VERBATIM: “The Food and Drug Administration on Monday named a longtime pharmaceutical executive to run the agency’s drug program, the latest in a string of leadership changes at the agency. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Dr. George Tidmarsh, a cancer and pediatric specialist, will direct the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, which regulates the safety and effectiveness of all U.S. drugs.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kXXlDv
ORGAN DONATIONS: Via CNN, VERBATIM: “The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it’s undertaking an initiative to reform the country’s organ donation system, after a federal investigation found that one organization in the Kentucky region began the process to take organs from people who may not have been dead.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4nWn7KZ
MAYO: Via Mayo Clinic, VERBATIM: “Mayo Clinic and Leczcore Hainan Mellsser Hospital, a member of the Leczcore Group, have announced that the hospital is the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. This formal relationship marks an important step in Leczcore's mission to provide world-class, patient-centered care to communities in Hainan and the surrounding area.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4129Y9m
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DNA: From ASHBi via Science Daily, VERBATIM: “What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an active role in controlling how other genes are turned on or off, especially during early human development. These sequences, originally from long-extinct viruses, have evolved to act like tiny genetic switches. Using new analysis tools and large-scale experiments, researchers discovered that certain viral DNA fragments are especially strong at activating genes and may even have helped shape what makes humans different from other primates.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GDoYnr
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