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A poll finds that while Americans are concerned about drug prices, many don't have confidence that the current administration will be able to fix high prices.
The senators asked CMS Administrator Seema Verma if she needs Congress to craft legislation to grant the agency more authority with the end goal of creating more transparency in the pricing.
The legislation would also require providers collect other personal information about women seeking abortions. The move is part of a nationwide trend to add restrictions to the procedure. Meanwhile, Kansas wants the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that prevents the state from cutting off Medicaid funds to a Planned Parenthood affiliate.
John Bardis, a longtime friend of former HHS secretary Tom Price, did not face any additional accusations over his office approving Price's charter jet flights.
On a death certificate, coroners and medical examiners often leave out exactly which drug contributed to a death. In other news on the crisis, drugmakers work with federal officials to help combat the epidemic and Republicans push for higher sentencing for trafficking fentanyl.
“It’s probably not the magic pill everyone is looking for, but it’s one more brick in our efforts to understand aging and health span,” said Dr. Eric Verdin, of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. In other public health news: pap smears, genome sequencing, omega-6 fatty acids, suicides and art therapy.
The March for Our Lives event was created following the mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Along with Saturday march in Washington, D.C., more than 800 student-led demonstrations are planned across the United States and internationally. The students, who are in voting-age range, say they want to make gun control a major issue for the 2018 midterm elections.
Although some experts thought the measures would do more harm than good to the current marketplace, insurer groups say they're "discouraged and disheartened." However, on Thursday, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said there will be a vote on the Republicans' plan to lower premiums, though he didn't offer more details.
A measure to stabilize the health law marketplace was not included in the final deal, but medical research, addiction treatment and mental health care won big gains.
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Opinion writers focus on the public health crisis brought about by gun violence.
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However, lawmakers said the prospects for a state individual mandate aren't dead.
The budget from Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) was almost identical to the one former Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed in December. The state Legislature has been stuck over what to do about Medicaid expansion.
The lymphoma, usually curable by surgery alone, is more likely to occur in women with implants that have a textured coating, as opposed to a smooth cover, the FDA said. In other public health news: in-vitro fertilization testing, scanners for neurological disorders, HIV vaccine trials, a resurgence of mumps, liver transplants, fitness and dementia, early Alzheimer's detection and a bee acupuncture death.
However, according to an HHS spokesperson, the information was simply sent elsewhere as part of an effort to make the website mobile-ready that began in 2016.
The move by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions comes after President Donald Trump released his plan to combat the opioid crisis. The administration's focus on criminalization as a way to combat the epidemic, though, has raised criticism from justice reform groups and other advocates.
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