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Idaho To Require Clinics To Report How Many Times A Patient Has Terminated A Pregnancy
The legislation would also require providers collect other personal information about women seeking abortions. The move is part of a nationwide trend to add restrictions to the procedure. Meanwhile, Kansas wants the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that prevents the state from cutting off Medicaid funds to a Planned Parenthood affiliate.
HHS Official Whose Office Is At Center Of Probe Over Price’s Travel Investigation Resigns
John Bardis, a longtime friend of former HHS secretary Tom Price, did not face any additional accusations over his office approving Price’s charter jet flights.
Country Is Under-Counting Opioid Overdose Deaths By At Least 20 Percent, Study Finds
On a death certificate, coroners and medical examiners often leave out exactly which drug contributed to a death. In other news on the crisis, drugmakers work with federal officials to help combat the epidemic and Republicans push for higher sentencing for trafficking fentanyl.
A Fountain Of Youth In Pill Form? Scientists Say A Supplement Already On The Market Shows Results
“It’s probably not the magic pill everyone is looking for, but it’s one more brick in our efforts to understand aging and health span,” said Dr. Eric Verdin, of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. In other public health news: pap smears, genome sequencing, omega-6 fatty acids, suicides and art therapy.
‘It’s Going To Look Scary To Politicians’: Students To March In Washington For Gun Control
The March for Our Lives event was created following the mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Along with Saturday march in Washington, D.C., more than 800 student-led demonstrations are planned across the United States and internationally. The students, who are in voting-age range, say they want to make gun control a major issue for the 2018 midterm elections.
Insurers Scramble To Regroup After Health Law Stabilization Measures Are Left Out Of Spending Bill
Although some experts thought the measures would do more harm than good to the current marketplace, insurer groups say they’re “discouraged and disheartened.” However, on Thursday, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said there will be a vote on the Republicans’ plan to lower premiums, though he didn’t offer more details.
Congress Staves Off Third Government Shutdown Of Year With Late Night Vote On $1.3T Spending Deal
A measure to stabilize the health law marketplace was not included in the final deal, but medical research, addiction treatment and mental health care won big gains.
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Different Takes: Lessons Learned From Teens Wanting Gun Control; Guns Laws Don’t Stop Killers
Opinion writers focus on the public health crisis brought about by gun violence.
The Dream Among ‘Dreamers’ To Become A Doctor Now ‘At The Mercy’ Of Courts
In September, the Trump administration announced its plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, setting off an ongoing political and legal battle that could doom the dreams of immigrant doctors in training.
Poll: Americans Aghast Over Drug Costs But Aren’t Holding Their Breath For A Fix
Almost three-quarters of Americans think the pharmaceutical industry has too much power in the nation’s capital, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
For One Father And Son In Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria’s Cloud Has Not Lifted
The deadly storm turned a health challenge into a full-blown medical crisis for one young man with unconfirmed multiple sclerosis. And still he waits to see a neurologist.
Editorial writers focus on these health topics and others.
Longer Looks: Algorithms Cutting Health Care, Prisons As Asylums & Health Care Profits
Each week, KHN’s Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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Connecticut’s Attempts To Institute Individual Mandate Fail To Make It Out Of Committee
However, lawmakers said the prospects for a state individual mandate aren’t dead.
The budget from Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) was almost identical to the one former Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed in December. The state Legislature has been stuck over what to do about Medicaid expansion.
While Not Breast Cancer, Rise Is Reported In Uncommon Cancer Linked To Breast Implants
The lymphoma, usually curable by surgery alone, is more likely to occur in women with implants that have a textured coating, as opposed to a smooth cover, the FDA said. In other public health news: in-vitro fertilization testing, scanners for neurological disorders, HIV vaccine trials, a resurgence of mumps, liver transplants, fitness and dementia, early Alzheimer’s detection and a bee acupuncture death.
However, according to an HHS spokesperson, the information was simply sent elsewhere as part of an effort to make the website mobile-ready that began in 2016.
The move by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions comes after President Donald Trump released his plan to combat the opioid crisis. The administration’s focus on criminalization as a way to combat the epidemic, though, has raised criticism from justice reform groups and other advocates.