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President Donald Trump's plan to battle the opioid crisis includes a fresh public-awareness campaign about drug abuse, a research-and-development partnership between the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies into opioid prescription alternatives, tougher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, and screening of all prison inmates for opioid addiction.
The review process of Dr. Robert Redfield will likely be thorough after the previous director, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, resigned over financial conflicts of interest.
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But even apart from the added dangers of opioids, advocates say there are too many older Americans relying on anti-anxiety drugs and sleep medications. In other public health news: genetic tests, mutations, our ancestors, heart health, CTE, adults on Adderall, and more.
A month after the Parkland, Fla. school massacre, officials still don't have an explanation for the event. Meanwhile, more states are creating anonymous tip lines to try to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again. And a wrongful death lawsuit in Connecticut could decide if gunmakers can be held responsible for mass shootings.
“Their dreams of future children were irrevocably destroyed," Adam Wolf, the lawyer for a family suing the San Francisco fertility center, said. "They entrusted their eggs and embryos after exhausting other avenues to have children.”
Virginia was the first state to see its Legislature reshaped by an anti-Trump wave, but while many seats in the House were nabbed by Democrats, the Senate wasn't touched.
“I’ve come here to improve the lives of vets. A lot of people are more interested in politics. I’m interested in getting the job done," Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said at a House hearing. "I do believe we are getting back on track."
Middlemen are negotiating contracts deals where pharmacists can't tell the patients that paying cash might actually be less expensive than the insurance co-payment. The middlemen then pocket the difference. Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, Republicans are signaling support for changes to the 340B drug discount program.
The case revolves around a California state law that requires pregnancy centers to let their clients know that abortions and other medical services are available elsewhere, for little or no cost.
The government may be on the hook for up to $20 billion for past and future payments to insurers, who say the administration promised to help cover losses under the health law and then didn't deliver. Republicans had blocked some of the payments, and the administration says insurers aren’t entitled to funding because it was never appropriated by Congress. The case is now being considered by a federal appeals court. Meanwhile, Idaho officials met with Trump administration officials to talk about a way forward after the state's proposal to let insurers skirt regulations was shot down.
The White House's most concrete proposal yet to address the national drug epidemic comes after complaints from state health officials and advocates that President Donald Trump has moved too slowly to combat the problem. The plan could be announced as soon as Monday.
The move garnered praise from anti-smoking advocates. “There is no other single action our country can take that would prevent more young people from smoking or save more lives,” said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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