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Only Government Intervention Can Fix Market For Antibiotics, WHO Warns

Without government intervention, the United Nations estimates that resistant infections could kill 10 million people annually by 2050. “We urgently need research and development,” said Sarah Paulin, of WHO. “We still have a window of opportunity but we need to ensure there is investment now so we don’t run out of options for future generations.” In other pharmaceutical news: generic prices, updates on the Chris Collins insider trading case, CAR-T therapy, Medicare programs, and drug recalls.

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Jan. 21, 2020
China’s Coronavirus Scare: More Deaths, Airport Passenger Screenings, Human-To-Human Transmission, Stock Reactions, And More

Media outlets cover updates on the coronavius that has the global public health community on high alert during a busy travel season for Chinese residents.

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Jan. 21, 2020
Advocates Blast Trump Administration’s Proposal To Loosen Obama-Era School Lunch Nutrition Rules

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says the proposed rules would give schools needed flexibility, but critics say that loosening restrictions creates a loophole that will lead to kids having less nutritious options.

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Jan. 21, 2020
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case On Employers’ Ability To Limit Access To Free Birth Control Under ACA

The case will mark the third time the Supreme Court has taken up similar questions about the applicability of the contraception mandate, and it will be the first time it hears such arguments with conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on the bench.

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Jan. 21, 2020
Trump Furiously Lashes Out At HHS Secretary About Not Doing Enough On Drug Prices, Health Care Issues

President Donald Trump reportedly called HHS Secretary Alex Azar following a meeting about elections and polling where he was told that voters trust Democrats more than Republicans on health care issues.

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Jan. 21, 2020
First Edition: January 21, 2020

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Jan. 21, 2020
Viewpoints: It May Be Expensive To Buy Insulin But It Is Cheap To Buy A Senator; Plight Of Children Far More Important Than Warren, Sanders Spat

Opinion writers tackle these and other health issues.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Longer Looks: Schizophrenia, ‘Forever Chemicals,’ The Story Behind The Ebola Vaccine And More

Each week, KHN finds interesting reads from around the Web.

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Jan. 17, 2020
State Highlights: Denver, D.C. Clear Homeless Camps; Utah Governor Abruptly Ends Distribution Of Condoms With Suggestive Phrases On Wrappers

Media outlets report on news from Colorado, District of Columbia, Utah, Massachusetts, California, Georgia, Tennessee, Iowa, South Dakota, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, New York, Missouri, and Ohio.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Judge Approves Bankruptcy Plan For Opioid-Maker Insys

The case was being closely observed because it could predict Purdue Pharma's fate. News on the epidemic is also on Minnesota's new efforts to treat overdoses and save lives.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Tensions Escalate Over Planned Pro-Gun Rally In Virginia’s Capital After FBI Arrests 3 Suspected Neo-Nazis

Gov. Ralph Northam has already declared a state of emergency and has temporarily banned firearms from Capitol Square in Richmond ahead of Monday's gun rally, which has drawn national attention among the pro-gun rights movement.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Can House Ways And Means Committee Break Through Gridlock On Hill Over Surprise Medical Bills?

The issue of protecting patients from surprise medical bills has been looked at as a rare problem that may draw a bipartisan compromise. But lawmakers have yet to settle on who gets stuck with the bill if not the patients. The House Ways and Means committee is just the latest to try put forward legislation. In other health care industry and costs news: air ambulance coverage, state's efforts on surprise billing, CEOs' earnings, Medicare payments, and more.

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Jan. 17, 2020
HHS Rule Would Roll Back Requirement That Faith-Based Services Inform Patients Of Services They Don’t Provide

The proposed rule would also remove the regulation that the faith-based services have to refer patients to other providers. Ethics experts warned that rolling back the Obama-era rule could deprive patients and social service clients of information and options in seeking needed services.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Donations After Cardiac Death Are Starting To Show Promise For Thousands Of People Who Desperately Need Heart Transplants

Strict rules outline how and when organs can be transplanted but if this new trial method proves to be successful and safe, researchers say it could revolutionize transplantations. Other public health news is on inactive adults, millennials' thoughts on vaccines, blood pressure, body temperature, binge drinking, surgical gown recalls, health research on mice, sepsis deaths, breakthrough on sudden death of Amish children, and more.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Bares Insecurities As She Details Her Experience With Alopecia, Baldness

“I felt naked, exposed, vulnerable,” said Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.). She also felt that she was participating in cultural betrayal because of all the young girls who looked up to her as a congresswoman who wore braids. “I felt like I owed those little girls an explanation.” Scientists are not sure what causes the immune system to attack healthy hair follicles, but over six million people in the United States have the condition.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Second Death From Pneumonia-Like Illness In China Confirmed As Public Health Officials Tensely Watch Outbreak

Meanwhile, Japan confirmed a case of the illness in a traveler who had been to Wuhan, the area in China where the virus originated. Public health officials are closely monitoring the spread of the illness, braced for the worst as memories linger of SARS and MERS, which are relatives of this current virus.

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Jan. 17, 2020
A Record That Keeps Getting Broken: Hemophilia Treatment Poised To Become Most Expensive Drug In World

The gene therapy, which isn't officially priced yet, was extremely successful in trials. Its maker says that insurers seem on board with paying somewhere between $2 million and $3 million for the drug, which would break the previous record held by Novartis' spinal muscular atrophy drug. Experts warned when Novartis' drug was approved at its $2.1 million price that it was setting a bad precedent. In other pharmaceutical news: more updates from the JP Morgan conference, the science behind the Ebola vaccine, a diabetes pill, and more.

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Jan. 17, 2020
In Noted Break From GOP Orthodoxy, FTC Commissioner Supports Letting Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices

The comments from FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, highlight the shifting politics around high drug prices. Giving Medicare more negotiating power is an idea more typically championed by Democrats.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Will Homeless Crisis Be Uniting Force To Bring California, Trump Together Despite Acrimonious Relationship?

Publicly, Trump administration officials and California leaders have sparred over management of the homeless crisis. But as the problem continues to escalate, both sides seem to be striving to improve relations so that they can actually address the issue at hand.

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Jan. 17, 2020
Nebraska’s Two-Tier Approach To Medicaid Work Requirements Might Create Roadmap For Other Red States

Nebraska wants to create a "prime" tier for those meeting work requirements and a more "basic" tier for those who aren't. The model might allow the state to implement work requirements while alleviating courts' concerns about people being dropped from enrollment. Medicaid news comes out of California, Missouri and Ohio, as well.

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Jan. 17, 2020

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