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“The trick with the flu is that it happens very quickly,” said Dr. Flor M. Munoz. “You have to be really paying attention. Things can progress within 48 hours or so.” Media outlets report on flu news out of Texas, Florida and Wisconsin, as well.
The Government Accountability Office recommends more federal guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services on what states and hospitals should do when it comes to infants affected by the opioid crisis, but the agency says it's doing enough. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump in recent speeches seems to be focusing on law enforcement over treatment to curb epidemic.
While Mississippi's House recently passed the strictest bill on record, banning abortions more than 15 months after contraception, other states eye limits for certain fetal conditions. Meanwhile, former Planned Parenthood board member Anna Quindlen is tagged to lead the search to replace Cecile Richards.
The insurer's revenue, driven largely by Medicare Advantage premiums, grew 3.8 percent to $10.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
The Trump administration is encouraging states to pursue such requirements, though critics of a work mandate say most adults on Medicaid already work or are too disabled or sick to do so.
Family planning providers have been worried the delay signals that the Trump administration is no longer in support of the Title X program, which helps fund reproductive health services for low-income women.
The original bill on experimental drugs passed the Senate by unanimous consent, but some House lawmakers eye modifications in its version. Meanwhile, a U.S. attorney considers reopening a federal investigation of Allergan's drug marketing practices.
Total signups slid by 3.7 percent, which was a much lower drop-off than most experts initially predicted. Meanwhile, states that ran their own exchanges far outperformed those that relied on the federal marketplace.
The two-year budget deal includes funding for community health centers, extends CHIP for a total of 10 years, funnels money into fighting the opioid epidemic and boosts the National Institutes of Health's budget, among other things. Other areas of health industry are being targeted in order to pay for the package though. The Senate and House are both expected to vote on the proposed deal Thursday.
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New research finds that fetal alcohol spectrum disorders affect 1.1 to 5 percent of children in the country. In other public health news: stroke treatment, untreated water, black lung, death and aging, car horns and health, and more.
In testing, the device improved word recall by 15 percent — roughly the amount that Alzheimer’s disease steals over two and half years.
Stat talks to a group of doctors who are traveling the country and meeting with young people of color who are interested in health career paths.
The Obama administration had been drafting a rule to require train operators, as well as truck and bus drivers be screened and treated for obstructive sleep apnea, but the Trump administration recently squashed it.
Kratom advocates say the botanical substance is a good way to wean people off of opioids. But new research reinforces Food and Drug Administration's concerns about kratom’s “potential for abuse, addiction and serious health consequences, including death," Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says. Meanwhile, the Drug Enforcement Administration comes under fire from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.).
The initiative was established under the Affordable Care Act to encourage prevention and wellness care for Medicare patients. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has decided not to move forward with an Obama-era program that would use outside organizations to improve care for select Medicare patients.
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