Is Insomnia Solvable? Cancer Deaths and COVID; ‘Explosive’ Diarrhea at Grand Canyon

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Is insomnia solvable? Experts say yes. (New Scientist)

Patients at several healthcare facilities in Florida were evacuated following electricity outages, building damage, and lack of potable water. (AP)

Oregon plans to cover health-related climate change expenses for certain low-income patients as part of its Medicaid program, the first state to ever do so. (Washington Post)

The Biden administration awarded $225 million in American Rescue Plan funds to train over 13,000 community health workers, the White House announced.

India’s Supreme Court ruled all women have the right to an abortion up until 24 weeks regardless of marital status. (CNN)

On the heels of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals snagging an FDA approval for its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug, Biohaven announced its own experimental ALS drug just flopped in a phase II/III trial.

More than 16,000 cancer deaths were due to complications from COVID-19 in 2020 in the U.S. (JAMA Oncology)

Trials for an experimental Ebola vaccine are expected to launch soon in Uganda in an effort to curb the latest outbreak, the World Health Organization said. (Science)

The telehealth startup Cerebral treated a 17-year-old boy with a prescription antidepressant without parental consent and they only found out hours before he died by suicide. (Wall Street Journal)

A chasm of staffing shortages and rise in viral illnesses are causing the emergency department at Seattle Children’s Hospital to overflow with “unprecedented demand.” (Seattle Times)

As of Sept. 28, 7.6 million people in the U.S. already received their updated COVID-19 booster — 3.2 million of which in the last week alone — the CDC said. (Reuters)

A Juul executive lashed out at the FDA’s approach to vaping regulations at a recent tobacco industry conference. (STAT)

Oregon’s three largest hospital systems are suing the state over its lack of sufficient mental healthcare treatment. (AP)

The first mRNA COVID vaccine developed by a Chinese company was approved…not in China, but in Indonesia. (Reuters)

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices now recommends kids as young as 2 get a cholera vaccine if traveling to an area with active transmission. (MMWR)

One high school girl was turned away from an urgent care following a car crash because the claim would go through auto insurance, not medical insurance, later leading to a $17,000 emergency department bill. (NPR)

More details have emerged on the possible cause of the outbreak of “explosive” gastrointestinal illnesses at the Grand Canyon earlier this year. (Arizona’s Family)

DNA sequencer giant Illumina said its launching its 2.5-times faster genome sequencer that can generate more than 20,000 genomes per year.