Different Takes: In Rejecting Official Death Toll Numbers, Trump Once Again Makes A Tragedy All About Himself
Opinion writers look at these health issues and others.
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State Highlights: Colorado Settles Lawsuit Over Providing Prisoners Expensive Hep C Drugs; Past Criminal Records Block Crime Victims From Claiming Compensation In 7 States
Media outlets report on news from Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Texas, Massachusetts, Oregon, Minnesota and Kansas.
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Research Roundup: Work Requirements; Reference Pricing; And Medicare Beneficiaries
Editorial pages express views on reproductive issues.
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So, Just How Accurate Will New Apple Watch Be When It Comes To Catching Irregular Heart Rhythms?
Experts weigh in on the studies that were done on the new product, which Apple launched this week. In other public health news: alcohol research, birth control, transgender suicide, egg nutrition, and more.
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Launches $2B Fund To Help The Homeless, Build Preschools For Low-Income Families
The world's richest man has been coming under pressure to help with the growing homeless problems. He tweeted about his philanthropic plans writing he wants "to be helping people in the here and now—short term—at the intersection of urgent need and lasting impact.”
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Cuban Scientists Dismiss Claims That Mysterious Symptoms In Diplomats Were The Result Of An Attack
American and Cuban officials gathered to discuss the illness that U.S. scientists theorize was a result of a microwave weapon. “If you’re going to try to explain why donkeys fly, you’re first going to have to see a flying donkey,” said Dr. Mitchell Joseph Valdés Sosa, the director general of the Cuban Center for Neurosciences. “And we haven’t seen a flying donkey.”
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CDC Opioid Guidelines For Providers That Sparked Concern At The Time May Have Helped Cut Prescription Rates
Chronic pain patients worried the guidelines would impede their access to needed medication. Two years later the rules have seemed to make a dent in overall prescription practices, though some caution that it's hard to attribute the decrease to any one thing. Meanwhile, lawmakers ask CMS to include substance disorder patients in the Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design model.
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Cancer Doctor Resigns From Sloan Kettering Over Financial Disclosure Controversy
Dr. José Baselga's resignation comes as top officials at Memorial Sloan Kettering struggle to contain the fallout from an investigation into Baselga's financial ties to companies like the Swiss drugmaker Roche and several small biotech startups. Meanwhile, the controversy shines a light on the need for transparency when it comes to experts who contribute to medical journals.
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Letter Alleging Decades-Old Sexual Misconduct Incident Adds Fuel To Fiery Partisan Debate Over Kavanaugh
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) turned the letter over to the FBI after much internal debate between Democrats, but that doesn't mean it will impact the vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which Senate Republican leaders pushed to next week.
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Maryland Is Latest State To Launch Counterattack Against Trump Administration’s Attempts To Upend Health Law
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh wants the U.S. District Court of Maryland to make a declaratory judgment that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and issue an order barring the U.S. from taking any action inconsistent with that conclusion. The move comes just a little more than a week after oral arguments kicked off in a massive lawsuit in Texas seeking to invalidate the health law. News about the marketplaces comes out of Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Georgia and Connecticut, as well.
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Republicans Nix Trump’s Idea To Require Drug Prices In TV Ads As Lawmakers Wrap Up Work On Spending Package
Congressional lawmakers will vote on a two-bill spending package that funds the Pentagon as well as health, labor and education programs, with the bundle also including temporary funding for every other agency facing a lapse on Sept. 30. If President Donald Trump balks at the measures, it would effectively shut down the government right before the contentious midterm elections.
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Trump’s False Claims Over Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll Anger, Shock Both Allies And Critics: ‘I’m Flabbergasted’
President Donald Trump sparked a firestorm on Thursday when he tweeted that the death toll estimate of nearly 3,000 in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria was inflated by Democrats to make him look bad. The numbers have been widely accepted as accurate by Puerto Rico, Republicans and researchers, among other experts.
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‘Only God’s Going To Get Me Out Of This House’: Sick, Elderly Often Hunker Down For Storm Instead Of Leaving
Experts give tips on what aging and infirm residents who decide to stay in their homes can do to prepare for worst-case scenarios. Residents on the coast of the Carolinas are facing hurricane winds and rain as Florence makes landfall.
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First Edition: September 14, 2018
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Securing Schools Won’t Stop Mass Shootings; Grass Roots Revolt Against Kavanaugh Is Not Bribery
Opinion writers weigh in on these health issues and others.
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Longer Looks: Single-Payer In Taiwan; Medicare For Shoes; And Cancer Patients
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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State Highlights: D.C. Works To Improve One Of Worst Maternal Mortality Rates In Country; Massachusetts’ Health Spending Drops To Lowest Level Growth In 5 Years
Media outlets report on news from D.C., Massachusetts, Louisiana, Maryland, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, New York, Delaware, Alabama and Wisconsin.
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Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better: No Correlation Found Between Health Systems’ Size And Higher Revenues
"This flies in the face of the conventional wisdom that has driven mergers," said Jeff Goldsmith, a national adviser for Navigant, which released the new data.
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Changing Opioid Patterns: Misuse Of Prescriptions Holds Steady While Illicit Drug Abuse Rises Sharply
The results of Quest Diagnostics' analysis of nearly 4 million lab reports also had evidence of patients combining a prescribed medicine with one or more other drugs, including ones that are illicit. Other news on the epidemic includes insurers dropping coverage of OxyContin, schools stocking antidotes, and technology to fight opioid use.
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National Obesity Rates Continue To Climb, Tipping Over 35 Percent In Seven States
Hawaii and Washington, D.C., were the only other places where fewer than 1 in 4 adults were obese, while the South and Midwest had the highest prevalence. In other public health news: pandemics, the mystery diplomat attacks, sperm donors, gene mutations, and more.
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