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The Oregon Health Authority's Health Systems Division, Medical Assistance Programs, has issued a final rule adopting a new High-Cost Drug Carve-Out List under Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 410. The rule was filed in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026.
How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.
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How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.
The Oregon Board of Pharmacy has proposed a rule under which Pharmacy Technicians may administer an influenza vaccine to people six months of age or older. It was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and it is a proposal, so it would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
The Oregon Health Authority's Health Systems Division, Medical Assistance Programs, has proposed amending a rule to include nondiscrimination language from SB 729 (2025). The proposal was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
The Oregon Health Authority's Health Systems Division, Medical Assistance Programs, has proposed Work or Activity Rules for the Medicaid Expansion and 1115 waiver program population, in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 410. The proposal was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
The Oregon Health Authority's Health Systems Division, Medical Assistance Programs, has proposed revisions under its Benefit Update Project (BUP), including improved clarity and reimbursement changes. The proposal was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
The Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division has proposed rules to implement the Toxic Free Cosmetics Program under SB 546 (2023). The proposal was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
A peer-reviewed study in Cell analyzes genomes of gut bacteria from globally diverse sources. It reports that gut bacteria evolved convergent genome changes across an industrialization gradient, and that industrialization is linked to more gene acquisition and larger genomes. The study shows a link, not a cause.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, reports an experimental mRNA vaccine encoding the CagW protein of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium the abstract says the World Health Organization classifies as a group I carcinogen. In mice, the authors report that vaccinated animals carried markedly fewer gastric bacteria after challenge than controls, and they say the platform warrants further preclinical development.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, reports that memory T cells passed from mothers protected offspring from a lethal respiratory viral infection, independently of maternal antibodies. The authors say maternal vaccination gave similar protection.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, reports germ granule-like structures in rat spermatozoa that show prion-like propagation in lab tests. The authors propose that such structures could pass environmentally caused information to offspring; this is a proposal, not a demonstrated finding.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, models aging across 10 organelles using proteins from plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of 61,931 people. The authors report that people with four or more prematurely aged compartments had up to 22-fold higher kidney disease risk and up to 8-fold higher mortality risk.
The Washington Health Care Authority has proposed new rules for contingency management services in chapter 182-567. The program would complement other substance use disorder treatment by giving eligible clients motivational incentives, and the comment deadline is November 24, 2026.
How to weigh in: Comment by November 24, 2026.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, presents the Global Atlas of Immune Alleles (GAIA), built from whole-genome sequencing data from 20,248 people. The authors report that Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) variants occur at different frequencies across groups, and that reaching 90% HLA-B coverage for vaccine design needs up to 2.7 times more alleles in underrepresented groups.
A peer-reviewed study in PLOS Medicine is a model-based economic evaluation of COVID-19 vaccines in the first year of the vaccination programme. Vaccine development and delivery cost $79.4 billion, and the authors estimate a return of $59.7 to $809 per dollar invested in the base case.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, studies immune cells in people 4-6 days after symptoms began with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The authors report that faster clearance of infectious virus was associated with stronger activation of certain T and B cells in unvaccinated people.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, analyzes SARS-CoV-2 transmission across 126 countries to isolate the effect of public health and social measures (PHSMs). The authors report that these measures often explained a substantial share of transmission variation, with reductions of 60-80% or more in countries with strong evidence.
This is UK law, made on November 4, 2026, under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, and it comes into force on November 9, 2026. It sets specified requirements that, if complied with, count as signing the register in person for births, deaths and still-births in England and Wales.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that updates Medicare payments under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system for calendar year 2027, effective January 1, 2027. It expands prior authorization to additional Botulinum Toxin Injection services and implements certain Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 provisions for off-campus outpatient departments.
How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.
The Oregon Department of Education has issued a final rule implementing Executive Order 26-06, Preserving Instructional Time, and SB 1596 (2026), with a focus on Play-Based Learning. The rule was filed in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026.
How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, studies whether early access to Claude Mythos Preview, a model for finding software vulnerabilities, affected cyber defense at a group of large US tech firms. The author reports that those firms disclosed more high-impact vulnerabilities, while the share of flaws exploited within a month of disclosure fell.
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Insurance Regulation, has proposed repealing a rule on Primary Care Provider Assignment in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 836. It was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and the repeal would apply only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
The Oregon Employment Department has proposed amending and adopting administrative rules for Paid Leave Oregon, in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 471. The proposal was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Department has proposed updates to its Transportation Planning Rules, in Oregon Administrative Rules chapter 660. The proposal was published in the Oregon Bulletin on November 2, 2026, and would take effect only if adopted.
How to weigh in: No comment deadline is listed; see the document.
A peer-reviewed study in PNAS compares children's ambient heat exposure in China between 1989 to 1991 and 2019 to 2021, covering 250 million children. It finds that children's average annual exposure to moderate or stronger heat increased, and that both rising temperatures and shifts in where children live contributed. The first author is Kai Feng.
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A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, studies 121 people across four cohorts after broad-spectrum antibiotics. The authors report that under the mildest course, the recovered gut community was closer to each person's own pre-treatment mix than to others' in more than 90% of people.
A peer-reviewed study in Science is a meta-analysis of 214 experimental studies on 177 aquatic and terrestrial species. It finds that noise altered at least one physiological, developmental, or behavioral trait in 80% of species, with declines in fitness and abundance and disruptions of predator-prey interactions.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a supplemental proposal to update its Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) regulations to reflect the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. It would reduce PFC turnback, add two new PFC-eligible projects, restrict eligible projects, and change review and submittal requirements.
How to weigh in: Comment by January 4, 2027.
The Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) has issued a final rule, effective December 7, 2026, that changes the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). It allows online ordering and internet-based transactions and streamlines food delivery rules as the program completes its transition to electronic benefit transfer (EBT).
How to weigh in: The rule is final, but the agency takes comments until January 5, 2027.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a final rule, effective January 5, 2027, that sets new requirements for foreign importers of record when making entry. It also sets out responsibilities for licensed customs brokers with regard to their clients, and consequences for foreign importers and brokers who fail to comply.
How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.
A preprint, not yet reviewed by other scientists, is a modelling study of how group structures across network layers affect the spread of disease. It reports that correlated group structures can make outbreaks longer but milder, and that immunizing central nodes reduces outbreak size faster than in uncorrelated networks.
A peer-reviewed study in Nature reports that engineered molecular conjugation lets self-assembled molecules form highly ordered layers. The authors use these layers to make higher-performance perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells.
A peer-reviewed study in PNAS analyzes 20 waves of a national survey in the US conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. It finds that institutional trust, especially trust in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was a strong predictor of protective behaviors such as mask wearing, more than age, income, education, and partisan affiliation combined. It is a survey study, which shows an association, not a cause.
A peer-reviewed study in Science describes a stamping and stacking method for making porous nitinol (NiTi) structures for Elastocaloric cooling, a method that uses shape memory alloys. The authors say the structures withstand many compression cycles and that the method cuts fabrication costs by one order of magnitude.
A peer-reviewed study in PNAS describes Beth-2, a computational framework that predicts key SARS-CoV-2 mutations from within-host deep sequencing data. The authors report that 98.6% of key receptor binding domain mutations were detected in retrospective validation, a median of 9 months before they became predominant.
The Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has issued a final rule that will take effect November 14, 2026, amending rules for special education services. Changes include the age of eligibility under SSB 5253 (2025), how students placed in private or educational service district settings are administered, and state special education safety net funding.
How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.
The Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) has adopted temporary rules, in effect since October 16, 2026, that let local education agencies charge sliding scale fees for the transition to kindergarten (TK) program. The rules also set how state funding is allocated for TK programs in the 2026-27 school year.
How to weigh in: No comment period: this is a final rule.