The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman was arrested and taken to Pierce County Jail where she will isolate for testing and treatment for her tuberculosis, for which she has refused to seek treatment for over a year, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Louisiana, Maryland, and Washington.

• Louisiana: The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard arguments on whether to continue a freeze on a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover preventive services for free. Previously, U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor ruled the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is not appointed by Congress and therefore lacks the authority to determine what services insurers should be required to cover. Last month, the 5th Circuit Court temporarily paused O'Connor's ruling until a panel could hear oral arguments over whether the pause should be continued during the appeals process. (Weixel, The Hill, 6/5; González, Axios, 6/6)
• Maryland: FDA last week announced it has revoked Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine following the company's request for the authorization to be withdrawn. "FDA has determined that it is appropriate to protect the public health or safety to revoke this authorization," FDA said in a statement, adding that J&J "does not intend to update the strain composition of this vaccine to address emerging variants." (Cattan, Bloomberg, 6/5)
• Washington: The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman, who was not identified, had been arrested and taken to Pierce County Jail where she will be isolated for testing and treatment for her tuberculosis, for which she has refused to seek treatment for over a year. According to the department, the woman had refused to take any medication or remain in isolation, and while the department attempted to work with her family and community members for more than a year to persuade her to get treatment, they turned to a "last option" of issuing an arrest warrant. A judge held the woman in civil contempt for violating his order that she take medication to treat the disease or go into isolation. (Gans, The Hill, 6/3)