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Walmart's potential entry into the health care landscape is just the latest in a flurry of acquisitions and new players in the industry. Traditional organizations are eyeing the changes warily.
Stat has an exclusive look at a study that was rejected several years ago about the connection between advertising and underage drinking at the same time NIH was quietly wooing the alcoholic industry to contribute tens of millions of dollars for a study on the benefits of moderate consumption.
The Federal Vacancies Reform Act gives the president authority to temporarily fill a vacancy at a federal agency with an acting official if the current office holder “dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office.” But some legal experts note that the law does not explicitly grant that authority to the president in the case of firings. The White House and former VA Secretary David Shulkin have been refuting each other's claims over what happened.
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Opinion writers express views on Dr. Ronny Jackson, the nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the policies of the department.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Media outlets report on news from Georgia, Kansas, California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Arizona, Maryland, Michigan and Oregon.
The governor has signaled support for the legislation, and it is likely to make it into law. In other news out of state legislatures: mental health funding, school nurses and surprise medical billing.
“I’ve been to Republican mass meetings. I’ve been out and about, ballgames, this and that,” Del. Terry Kilgore said. “What I’ve heard people say is, ‘Hey, what you said made sense. We don’t mind helping people if they’re helping themselves.’” Virginia is in the midst of a hot debate over the issue, with the House wanting to expand the program and the Senate refusing to budge. Outlets report on Medicaid and work requirement news out of Minnesota and Colorado, as well.
In many cases there were warning signs from the attackers before the violent outbursts escalated. In other public health news: super-resistant gonorrhea, nutrition guidelines, knuckle-cracking, aging, workplace death, and dementia.
Media outlets report on a wide range of issues involving the opioid crisis: from overdose deaths, to treatment, to lawsuits against drugmakers.
The judge said that those challenging the requirement failed to show that the threat from the chemical at the center of the case was insignificant.
The FDA's decision to lower the dosage to 200 milligrams from 600 milligrams, decrease the number of visits a woman must make to her doctor to two from three, and extend the amount of time to take the drug from seven weeks to 10 weeks had drawn fire from anti-abortion activists and Republicans.
Daniel Best will lead the HHS' initiatives to tackle drug prices, a key talking point in President Donald Trump's campaign and presidency. Meanwhile, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has mapped out his plan to get more biosimilars to the marketplace, and students want UCLA to ease access to a prostate cancer drug developed on campus.
“I'm a little nervous. I'm an outsider,” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an address to the agency during his second day on the job. “I didn't grow up here in CDC, but I hope you accept me as a member of the family and accept my wife, because we're here to serve side by side with you.”
If there's a deal—and if regulators and shareholders approve it—Walmart would transform overnight into one of the nation’s largest health insurers.
David Shulkin has been outspoken about his belief that he's been targeted by political foes within the agency. But there's an unspoken rule in Washington that ousted cabinet secretaries should go quietly into the night. Shulkin is taking a different approach.
Although Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's physician and pick to lead the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs, has been praised for his expertise as a doctor, critics point out that he does not have much management experience.
Whether to privatize care for veterans has become a hot-button topic, especially since billionaire conservative brothers Charles and David Koch turned their attention to the cause. Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin earned the esteem of veterans' groups for fighting against that tide, but with a new secretary poised to take over, the future is unclear.
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