First Edition: February 12, 2018
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Viewpoints: CVS’ Plans To Merge With Aetna Still Promising; Amazon Just Might Tackle Health Policy Problems
Opinion writers comment on these health issues and others.
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Research Roundup: Medicare Advantage, Medicaid And Diabetes Coaching
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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State Highlights: Fla. Tests ‘Infected’ Mosquitoes To Slow Zika; New Strategies For Frostbite Shine At Minn. Hospitals
Media outlets report on the news from Florida, Minnesota, Maryland, Massachusetts, Kansas, New Jersey and Vermont.
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South Dakota Bill Would Block Teaching On Gender Identity; Calif. Aims To Keep Minors Away From Tackle Football
State legislatures also focus on changing home health-care workers' contracts, ending gay conversion therapy and allowing paid family leave.
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Kansas’ Abortion Laws Could Be In Jeopardy Depending On How High Court Rules In Pending Case
The state's supreme court will rule whether the Kansas Constitution includes a right to abortion. Ahead of the ruling, Gov. Jeff Colyer wants lawmakers to consider amending the constitution to guarantee protection of laws restricting the procedure. Outlets report on news from Iowa and Florida, as well.
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Researchers Discover Common Patterns In Brain Activity Between Five Major Psychiatric Diseases
Researchers find links between the brain activity of people with autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and alcoholism. In other public health news: sexual harassment, pain management, prostate cancer, modified mosquitoes and hysterectomies.
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How Close Should Anti-Addiction Experts Be To An Industry That Many Blame For Opioid Crisis?
Specialist Jessica Hulsey Nickel through her advocacy group, the Addiction Policy Forum, has accepted funding from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. The decision to take the money is roiling the anti-addiction world. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions talks tough on fighting the opioid crisis and investors want more information on wholesaler AmerisourceBergen's roll in the epidemic.
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Beyond Tamiflu: After Decades With Just One Main Drug To Fight Virus, More May Be On The Horizon
“For several decades now, we have not sought to develop the tools we need to fight the flu,” said Olga Jonas, a senior fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. “The tax we pay for this folly is as inexorable as it is enormous.” Pharmaceutical companies stand to make quite a fortune off of any medicine they develop to treat the flu.
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CVS To Use $1.5B Windfall From GOP Tax Plan To Raise Hourly Wages For Workers
The company also said it will invest in technology that can help it track prescription drug use or monitor data like blood tests to determine if a patient's health or a condition grows worse.
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Medicare Beneficiaries Would Be Able To Share In Rebates From Drugmakers Under Trump’s Plan
President Donald Trump is also proposing to expand Medicare's "catastrophic" drug benefit so that many seniors with very high costs would not face copayments.
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Enrollment Numbers For State-Run Vs. Federal Exchanges Reveal A Great Divide
States that run their own exchanges tend to want them to succeed so they invest time and energy into getting people to sign up. Meanwhile, the Trump administration approached the enrollment period as if the health law has failed. The enrollment numbers from the year reflect those different mentalities.
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Budget Deal Stuffed Full Of Health Provisions: Community Health Centers, IPAB, The ‘Doughnut Hole’ And More
In the early hours of Friday morning the House passed a spending deal to very quickly reverse a government shutdown that was triggered at midnight. The bill includes many of the Democrats' top health care priorities, but they had to compromise in some places as well.
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First Edition: February 9, 2018
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Time To Be ‘Freaking Out’ About CDC Budget; Medicaid Work Requirements Are Unlawful
Opinion writers highlight these health issues and others.
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Longer Looks: A $10,000 Injection; Babe Ruth’s Cancer Treatment; And The Science of ‘Man Colds’
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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State Highlights: N.H. Wants To Roll Out Welcome Mat For Companies Growing Human Organs; After Safety Issue Review, Mass. Psych Unit To Close
Media outlets report on news from New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Kansas, Florida, California, Arizona and Ohio.
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Oregon Hospital Reverses ‘Archaic Transplant Policy’ After Undocumented Woman Denied A Liver
When Silvia Lesama-Santos could not produce documents to show she was in the country legally she was denied a transplant through the Oregon Health and Science University. The decision immediately received backlash as being “cruel and inhumane," leading to the facility to change its policy.
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Getting To The Olympics Takes Years Of Training And Dedication … For These Doctors
Getting onto the crew of medical personnel that care for the Olympic athletes isn't easy, nor is it paid. But for the doctors, getting a taste of Olympic glory, even if it's just vicarious, is worth it.
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2016 Election Triggered Clinical Depression For Some, But Social Buffers Helped Protect Others From Distress
Researchers study how people react to a large political shift, and whether they exhibit psychical symptoms of depression. In other public health news: the human genome, suicide, bacteria in hospitals, breast cancer and dementia.
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