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Your Morning Rounds

• July is UV Awareness Month. See resources from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) on how to protect your skin from sun.

Join Us at Our Upcoming Events!

• Wednesday, August 12th: 6:00 - 9 PM: "Docs on Deck," Networking Sunset Cruise on the Goodtime III. Register here!
• Thursday, September 17th: Save the Date: Women in Medicine Wine Night.
• Friday, October 16th: Save the Date: Annual Swing for Students Fundraiser at Topgolf.

Here Locally

• Moms Demand Action & the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive at St Columbkille Church in Parma on Thursday, July 30th from 1-6 PM. Register here.
• Registration is now open for volunteers to help provide free medical, dental, and vision care to our community at MedWish Medworks' annual 2-Day Dental + Medical Clinic on October 9 and 10. Register here.

From Columbus

• The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is urging Ohioans to practice safe food handling as cases of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic illness that causes severe watery diarrhea, continue to increase across the state.

• The Health Policy Institute of Ohio (HPIO) has released a new brief titled “Insurance coverage and affordability of mental healthcare for Ohio children and youth.”

From Washington

• U.S. healthcare spending is set to climb to $9 trillion by 2034, representing 20.6% of the economy, according to new federal data.
• The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging patients to review their prescriptions after a nationwide recall of more than 11,000 bottles of chlorthalidone, a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure.
• Kaiser Family Foundation President Dr. Drew Altman concludes that only a sliver of the public hold definitive anti-science, anti-vaccine views, and are greatly outnumbered by the people who believe established science, with even more Americans stuck in a “muddled middle". 
• Kaiser Family Foundation discusses how Copay Assistance Is Meant To Defray Patient Drug Costs. Some Insurers Keep It Instead. - KFF Health News.