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Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) has made the case to President Donald Trump that VA Secretary David Shulkin has done “a great job” despite a few bumps in the road. Some reports have suggested Trump wants to replace him with Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, who Republicans know would be difficult to confirm in the Senate.
“We are saving more of the unborn than any state in America, and what better thing we could do,” Gov. Phil Bryant (R-Miss.) said. But some lawyers argue the law violates longstanding Supreme Court precedent that states may not ban abortions before they are deemed viable outside the womb, which is generally at about 24 to 26 weeks.
The case, coming out out of California, brings together two contentious issues: freedom of speech and abortion. However, whatever the court decides would affect the legality of the procedure.
It's also unlikely that measures to shore up the health law marketplace will make it into the final version of the legislation. Lawmakers are facing down a third shutdown in as many months.
“If we don’t get tougher on drug dealers, we are wasting our time,” President Donald Trump said in New Hampshire while offering an overview of his plan to fight the opioid crisis. While some advocates lauded elements of the blueprint, questions about additional money and a focus on punishment raised some concerns.
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The changes instituted by the program had hospitals taking steps to better coordinate patients’ chronic conditions with nursing and rehabilitation facilities, primary care doctors and others inside and outside of the hospitals.
"This isn’t fixing the barrier to people getting jobs,” said Dr. Nathan Chomilo of Minnesota Doctors for Health Equity. “This is putting red tape around a program that we know helps children and families.”
The report was designed to assess the health needs of veterans in New Hampshire and Vermont. Meanwhile, a new study is going to examine if genetic testing can be utilized in the treatment of depression in veterans.
The fundraising may have violated National Institutes of Health policy, which prohibits employees from soliciting or suggesting donations, funds or other resources intended to support activities. In other public health news: colorectal cancer, Stephen Hawking, the human genome, second-hand marijuana smoke, maternal health, and more.
Along with the indictments, two Insys Therapeutics sales employees have agreed to cooperate with officials in the investigation, a signal that feds may be moving closer to building a case against executives at the drug company.
Some doctors say the app-based treatments are just like any pill they'd prescribe but others aren't so won over.
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has kept a low profile as the No. 2 at the embattled Theranos. But now, facing fraud charges, he's going to be dragged into the center of attention.
Sharp premium spikes helped those insurers still in the marketplace actually make money on individual plans.
The National Academy of Sciences on Friday released the first in-depth report in more than 40 years about the state of science around abortion safety and quality in the United States.
Most major funding disputes have been settled, but lawmakers are holding firm over an abortion measure designed to make sure that Planned Parenthood receives a lion's share of federal family planning grants.
Rep. Louise Slaughter, of New York, was chairwoman of the rules committee when Democrats were in the majority in the House from 2007 to 2010. The panel controls the debate and amendment process on the House floor, and she used its power to advance the Affordable Care Act, which passed the House by just five votes in 2009.
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