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The veteran National Football League star says that with all the new information out about brain damage and concussions that can result from the sport, it's hard to watch kids play it. In other public health news: gut microbes, seizures, tainted baby formula, Alzheimer's and heart failure.
Taking Purdue Pharma's most powerful pill off the market was one suggestion at the gathering held by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster. Meanwhile, those on the front lines of the epidemic are struggling to deal with the crisis without extra funding from the federal government.
Canadian researchers offer the first study on the vaccination's effectiveness in North America this year. Their midseason estimate suggested that the H3N2 component of the vaccine is 17 percent effective at preventing infection.
The idea of businesses stepping in where they see government failing is nothing new. But will the initiative from Amazon, Berkshkire Hathaway and JPMorgan actually succeed with the odds stacked against it?
The Roseburg Veterans Administration Medical Center saw its ratings dramatically improve under Douglas Paxton. But doctors said that was driven largely by strategic tweaks to health care practices to boost performance measures, even when they left veterans worse off. Meanwhile, Wisconsin is setting up an alert system to locate at-risk, missing veterans.
Anne Schuchat, who has nearly three decades of experience at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be taking on the role again.
The increase in what the federal government pays the plans was near to what analysts had expected.
Secretary Alex Azar has announced he will be speaking about Medicaid in Indiana today. The state's Medicaid waiver is up for renewal, and officials there have proposed adding a work requirement for non-disabled adults. News outlets also report on Medicaid developments in Iowa, Montana, Virginia and Arkansas.
A group of more than 40 medical professionals sent a letter to Congress about the legislation after President Donald Trump mentioned it in his State of the Union address. Meanwhile, the inclusion of the topic in the speech gave advocates for the movement a jolt of momentum.
“We sort of tested the limits of what we can do in the Senate last year. And we’re one vote down from where we were then," said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 3 GOP leader.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers look at these healthcare issues and others.
Editorial pages focus on the initiative to hold down employee health care costs put forth this week from Amazon, JP Morgan Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from Massachusetts, Texas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and California.
When looking at smoking rates among different populations massive disparities emerge. In other public health news: birth defects, anxiety, brain damage, migraines, heart health and more.
Researchers found that standing as opposed to sitting burns a whopping 54 extra calories for a six-hour day. However, studies do show that people who have standing desks tend to move more during the day, which wasn't accounted for in the study.
The American Heart Association is not advising against seeking cancer treatments, but wants doctors to be aware and take steps to prepare for those possible side effects.
Because the number of patients has skyrocketed across the U.S., hospitals are revamping procedures: setting up second emergency rooms, postponing elective surgeries and turning away visitors. Meanwhile, Georgia reports its first pediatric fatality from this season's flu.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee in part of an investigation into drug companies' role in the opioid epidemic noted that between 2006 and 2016, drug distributors shipped large quantities of hydrocodone and oxycodone to two pharmacies in tiny Williamson, West Virginia.
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