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Inability To Find All Sources For E. Coli Outbreak Raising Concern About Food Safety In U.S.
For more than two weeks, the FDA and the CDC have been investigating the outbreak as it continues to grow and have only been able to track down where the whole-head romaine lettuce came from. The government is still looking for the source of chopped lettuce that sickened dozens more Americans.
Weapons Training Alone Is Enough To Leave Troops With Lasting Brain Trauma, Study Finds
“It’s analogous to people getting hits to the head in sports, playing football or boxing,” said Paul Scharre, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.
After Arrest Using DNA Database Ethicists Left Wondering: Do The Ends Justify The Means?
Genetic testing and genealogy sites are widely popular these days, but the case of the Golden State Killer calls attention to privacy issues some had glossed over in the past.
Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, an internist and friend of Trump confidant Ike Perlmutter, has been given access to the updates on the project, which has not gone over well with the officials trying to get it up and running.
The Trump administration is failing “to recognize the unique legal status of Indian tribes and their members under federal law, the U.S. Constitution, treaties, and the federal trust relationship,” the 10 senators — led by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) — wrote HHS Secretary Alex Azar. Medicaid news comes out of Ohio and Illinois as well.
Transgender Advocates Say Trump Administration Is Gutting Their Rights
The most recent example, they say, is the administration’s rewrite of a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care based on “gender identity.”
CDC Director’s $375,000 Salary Called Into Question By Democratic Senator
CDC Director Robert Redfield’s salary is nearly double what his predecessor made.
Ronny Jackson To Stay On White House Staff, But Won’t Resume Role Of President’s Personal Physician
Some names being tossed around for the VA spot now that Dr. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn are: Ascension President and CEO Anthony Tersigni, Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), and former Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.). Meanwhile, President Donald Trump defended his former nominee over the weekend.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
How A Drug Company Under Pressure For High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity
Denmark-based drugmaker Novo Nordisk has invested more in lobbying and doubled political donations since 2015.
Tax-Funded Mental Health Programs Not Always Easy To Find
Revenue from California’s Mental Health Services Act has funded billions of dollars in mental health programs across the state, but finding out what’s available — and to whom — could be a challenge for consumers.
Best Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend.
Editorial writers look at these and other health topics.
Research Roundup: The Opioid Crisis; Short-Term Plans; Systematic Cross-Checking
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Media outlets report on news from West Virginia, Montana, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Minnesota and California.
ProMedica Scoops Up Nursing Home Provider: ‘When You Look At The Trends … You Fight It Or Go All In’
The move is just the latest in a flurry of acquisitions and mergers that are taking place in the ever evolving health care landscape.
New CDC Chief On Board With Researching Gun Violence, Schumer Says
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he hopes the CDC “will use some of their newly increased resources from the omnibus spending package to get this done.” In other public health news: the E. coli outbreak, cancer, amputations, our ancestors’ brains, and more.
About 1 in 59 U.S. children were identified as having autism in 2014. The report also found that white children are diagnosed with autism more often than black or Hispanic children, but the gap has closed dramatically.
Genealogy Site Helps Police Nab Alleged Golden State Killer, Raising Concerns Among Privacy Experts
Investigators took DNA collected years ago from one of the crime scenes and submitted it in some form to one or more commercial genealogy websites that have built up a vast database of consumer genetic information. The results led law enforcement to the suspected killer’s distant relatives.
Charleston, W.Va. is at the very heart of the opioid crisis, yet the city just shut down its needle exchange, which has been shown to save money and cut the spread of disease while not increasing drug use. Experts look at why such programs, which seem like no-brainers to many, struggle to gain public acceptance.