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8/5/2026

Medicaid Urges States to Increase Autism Therapy Oversight
New York Times
The program’s spending on the therapy has quintupled since 2021, far outstripping the growth in diagnoses and raising concerns about overprescribing and fraud.
 
CDC expands largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states
Washington Post
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding the largest known cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states, adding six states where illnesses have been traced to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, according to three individuals familiar with the investigation.
 

 
The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Children.
New York Times
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.