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The move is part of a broader push by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to treat the opioid epidemic as a health issue and not a moral failing. Meanwhile, Congress is looking to tackle the crisis, starting with a series of hearings this week.
“Hospitals will start to evolve into large intensive-care units, where you go to get highly specialized, highly technical or serious critical care," predicts Bruce Leff, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The agency is asking Congress for $350 million to build a new high-containment lab complex on the CDC campus.
The HHS Office of Population Affairs released a long-awaited funding announcement Friday for $260 million in funding for Title X grants. The new rules could make it harder for Planned Parenthood to qualify for the money.
President Donald Trump spoke to the Conservative Political Action Conference after his administration issued a rule to relax restrictions around short-term insurance plans. Meanwhile, an analysis by the Urban Institute shows that the changes Trump has made will drive premiums up in most states next year.
Governors who had previously opposed changes to gun laws seemed open to considering new measures during the National Governors Association meeting, in a sign of a possible shifting tide following the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. The governors also worked on other hot-button health care issues over the weekend.
While some Republicans have signaled that they're open to some new gun measures, the contentious issue is still likely to roil Capitol Hill during a politically charged, and already busy, election year.
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A biomechanical engineer has created the first heart organoid that contains a hollow chamber, like one of the four in actual human hearts, that responds to stress hormones and beats with electrical activity. The innovation could open doors for safe and effective research. In other public health news: sepsis, fitness trackers, cancer treatments, measles, antidepressants, and supplements.
A new study found states that have done the most to integrate midwives into their health care systems -- including Washington, New Mexico and Oregon -- have some of the best outcomes for mothers and babies.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar is "setting the world on fire," President Donald Trump said. Although Azar has signaled that drug prices are a priority, he’s not yet taken dramatic action on the subject. Meanwhile, an Illinois state lawmaker has introduced legislation intended to stop price-gouging on generic drugs.
Bloomberg Businessweek takes a closer look at the health initiative being launched by Jeff Bezos’ Amazon, Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
After House Republicans abandoned their years-long opposition to expansion, the lower chamber included it in its proposed budget. In the Senate, though, GOP lawmakers have not softened their stance. Outlets report on Medicaid news out of Kansas and Montana, as well.
The policies that lawmakers will examine include updating scheduling guidelines to help clamp down on synthetic opioids, letting hospice workers dispose of unused drugs, expanding access to behavioral health telemedicine in rural areas, and more. Meanwhile, a news study finds some states simply don't have enough doctors to properly address the epidemic.
Gov. Scott Walker, once an ardent opponent to the Affordable Care Act, is now touting his reinsurance plan that would help stabilize the marketplace for the state. In a politically charged year where health care is front of mind, experts see it as a smart move to position himself well for the elections. Meanwhile, Democrats are pushing for more information on Idaho's move to allow plans that doesn't meet the ACA's rules.
The change proposes that Veterans Affairs facilities will be responsible for meeting access standards set by the VA secretary. If a facility can't, the patient can seek out a community provider --
technically opening up VA Choice eligibility to all veterans. Currently, fewer than 1 million veterans receive care through the Choice program.
Four East Coast states are forming a coalition to better promote and foster gun safety, while other states mull legislation allowing "red flag" gun seizures when necessary. And Oregon passes a measure to ban those with a domestic violence conviction from owning a firearm.
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