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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.
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 Robert Redfield's salary is nearly double what his predecessor made.
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 Ronny Jackson has withdrawn are: Ascension President and CEO Anthony Tersigni, Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr.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.
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The move is just the latest in a flurry of acquisitions and mergers that are taking place in the ever evolving health care landscape.
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.
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.
If the executive order is signed, federally qualified health centers would have to take on about 2 million extra patients for contraceptive services, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a women's reproductive health policy think tank. Meanwhile in Texas, more women are getting health and family planning services after a statewide marketing push.
The groups are being accused of driving up the cost of health care by masking the price of drugs and forcing higher costs on the insurance companies that pass them along to consumers and employers. Meanwhile, KHN dissects President Donald Trump's rhetoric over high drug costs.
In its larger lawsuit, states led by Texas and Wisconsin argue that because Congress eliminated the tax penalty the health law is now unconstitutional.
Dr. Ronny Jackson withdrew his name as nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaving advocates worried about the chaos and risks ahead for the agency that serves 9 million military veterans and employs 350,000 workers. “Veterans are losing six different ways right now, from all directions, and it’s discouragingly unclear why this keeps happening or what might make it stop,” said Joe Chenelly, national executive director for AMVETS.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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