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Public health officials are starting to have hope that innovative solutions are making a difference in the South’s HIV crisis. In other public health news: pregnancy and autism, fasting diets, the liver, dog ownership, hearing aids and Zika.
10% Of World’s Population Is Now Obese. In U.S., That Rate Rises To 26.5%.
Combining children and adults, the United States reported the largest increase in percentile points of any country, a jump of 16 percentage points.
We May Be Moving Toward A Future Where Visits To The Doctor’s Office Are Unnecessary
Media outlets look at how technology is playing a role in shaping the health care landscape.
A Simple Shot Could Offer Relief From The Worst OF PTSD’s Symptoms
It’s not a cure, experts warn. But the anesthetic injection, which interrupts messages along nerve fibers that control the fight-or-flight response, has shown promising results in early clinical experience.
Senate Panel Hearing On High Prices Will Focus On ‘Delivery System’ Of Getting Drugs To Market
The hearing comes amid increasing scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen in the system.
Biosimilar Drugmakers Score Huge Victory With Supreme Court Ruling
The court, in a unanimous ruling, ruled that companies making biosimilars don’t have to wait an extra six months after gaining Food and Drug Administration approval before selling the drugs.
What’s Going On With The Health Law’s Marketplaces?
Bloomberg gives a quick rundown of what’s happening with the exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, two insurers are jumping back into the marketplace in Arizona.
Dropout Rate For ACA Exchanges Stays Steady To Previous Years
The nearly 2 million people who canceled their plans through the exchanges reflect the normal up and down of the program and does not reflect the politics of the moment, experts say.
Iowa Proposes Stopgap Plan To Save Its ‘Collapsing’ Marketplace As Congress Works On ‘Repeal’
The proposal would rewrite major parts of the Affordable Care Act for the state, and needs approval from the administration.
Kasich, A GOP Moderate Who Has Criticized Hill Efforts On Health Overhaul, Offers Olive Branch
Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he could accept the phaseout of the health law’s Medicaid expansion if Republicans writing the bill add more money for states and make the pull back more gradual. In other Medicaid news, a look at how states are remolding the program for low-income residents, concerns among nonprofit insurers about proposed changes to the law, and developments in Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio.
As Senators Write Health Overhaul Behind Closed Doors, Health Groups Fight To Get Access
Patient and industry groups are organizing rallies, ad campaigns and lobbying efforts while conservatives are trying to make sure the health law’s taxes are repealed.
Rank-And-File Senators Kept In Dark As GOP Leaders Claim They Are Getting Close To A Bill
“[T]his is not the best way to do health care, but it’s the way we’re having to do it,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Republicans, though, are trying to rein in expectations about when the vote will come.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Viewpoints: Problems With E.R. Care; For Dayton, Heroin Epidemic Is Drug-Addiction Déjà Vu
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers parse a variety of issues related to the Affordable Care Act, the American Health Care Act, Medicaid’s ups and downs, the future of single-payer proposals and other health policy developments.
Media outlets report on health-related news from Georgia, Ohio, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Texas.
News outlets report on these and a variety of other state-related mental health developments.
Traces Of Legionnaires’ Disease Found In Water At New York Police Department
Officers can still work in the building, but the Health Department has advised them to avoid taking showers there.
‘Brain Hackers’ Turning To Smart Drug To Enhance Cognitive Abilities
These drugs — nootropics — are said to improve memory, attention, creativity and motivation. But researchers say there is no evidence that the drugs help in the long-run. In other public health news: baby boxes, genital mutilation, day passes at psychiatric hospitals, gene editing, and cancer.
Emotional Wounds From Pulse Shooting Have Yet To Heal For Some First Responders
Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan says there are people who go to war and don’t see what officers saw inside Pulse.
