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As the death toll continues to rise, the FDA wants the teething products off the market. The agency said it will take legal action against companies that don't voluntarily comply as soon as possible.
Previously, 24 U.S. personnel in Havana suffered a slew of health problems that resemble those that result from mild brain trauma. U.S. officials still have not determined what happened. Now, an American government employee in China is experiencing similar issues. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said medical teams are headed to China to examine the incident.
While critics call the new restrictions a "gag rule," HHS says that it is simply stripping away a policy that requires organizations that receive Title X funding to counsel women about abortion and provide them with referrals to abortion services. So which side is right?
In total, the federal subsidies to help Americans pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act and other government programs are equivalent to about 3.4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. Meanwhile, premiums are expected to rise an average of 15 percent next year and an additional three million will be uninsured, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The sweeping measure would allow veterans to see private doctors when they do not receive the treatment they expected. Critics say the measure goes too far toward privatized care, which could undermine the Veterans Affairs Department.
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No matter what companies may claim, ingesting a sunscreen capsule instead of lathering up will put you at risk. In other public health news: the health effects of alcohol and tobacco, coal miner's disease, superbugs, and air pollution.
“Today marks a turning point in how we deal with Ebola. We are moving from a strategy of containment to one of offering communities protection and care,” WHO official Peter Salama said of the new vaccine. However, even as scientists celebrate, real challenges stand in the way of success.
While cancer has always been expensive to treat, the recent landscape of sky-high drug prices and other rising health costs is straining budgets and leading to astronomical medical debt.
Lawmakers in some states hit hard by the drug epidemic are trying to create or strengthen laws allowing authorities to force people into treatment, but experts say success stories are rare. In other news on the crisis: a cycle of despair for women who end up in and out of jails for crimes related to their drug addiction; death rates in Massachusetts; a "dangerous batch" of K2 in New York; and more.
But a key Republican in the state's upper chamber said that there is a good possibility the legislation to expand the program will pass. "The question is, in what form?” said Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr.
Meanwhile, NPR looks at the challenges caregivers of disabled vets face while trying to appeal for stipends offered by Veteran Affairs.
“For some of these products, there’s going to be some uncertainty, even at the time of approval,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said. “But these products are initially being aimed at devastating diseases, many of which are fatal and lack available therapy. In these settings, we’ve traditionally been willing to accept more uncertainty to facilitate timely access to promising therapies.”
A federal jury in Manhattan found Gary Tanner, the former Valeant executive, and Andrew Davenport, a former chief executive of Philidor Rx Services, guilty on all charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
But about an hour after the faculty members sent the letter urging President C.L. Max Nikias to step aside, USC board Chairman John Mork released a statement saying that while trustees were "troubled by the distressing reports" about the campus doctor, he and others on its executive committee "strongly support" Nikias.
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