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A small community in Georgia sees a nuclear plant as the source of their health woes. Scientists know otherwise, but getting that message across isn't going to be easy. In other public health news: natural disasters, mental health clues on Instagram, obesity and depression, sinus cancer, hospital violence and more.
Dr. George Church, a geneticist at Harvard who led the experiments, said the first pig-to-human transplants could occur within two years.
Researchers said the cost highlights a troubling trend: that overdose patients are arriving in worse shape, requiring longer stays and a higher level of treatment. In other news on the opioid crisis: a vaccine for addiction, treatment deserts, sober homes, safe injection centers and more.
The Commonwealth Fund's 2016 Biennial Health Insurance Survey reported solid progress for women across the country since the law was enacted, but in Texas the gains for women have been minimal. Meanwhile, state lawmakers are inching toward passing legislation that will require women to buy separate insurance for abortions.
Three candidates seek to make Medicaid's budget a key campaign issue. In other Medicaid news, talks between Iowa officials and the managed care companies there appear to have bogged down but no one is talking about what the problem is, and two insurance companies have filed suit in Mississippi over how the state awarded the managed care contract.
But Sen. Bernie Sanders is looking to start a conversation about why America has the problem it does with its current health care system.
The price changes in 21 cities range from an increase of 49 percent to a decrease of 5 percent. Elsewhere, news outlets examine insurance companies' efforts to get lawmakers to drop the health law's tax on plans, some health organizations propose fixes for the law, Oscar's plans for Tennessee, Ambetter's decision to stay in the New Hampshire marketplace and other topics.
President Donald Trump unleashed another wave of criticism toward Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), highlight the growing distance between the president and Congress.
Just 3 in 10 want President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to continue their drive to repeal and replace the statute, while nearly 8 in 10 say Trump should be trying to make the health law work according to a new poll.
President Donald Trump hasn't yet spelled out what the declaration will entail, but it could allow the government to negotiate lower prices for naloxone, open up additional funding to states and provide technical assistance and manpower to places where local and state resources have been overwhelmed. Some experts say it is a mostly symbolic move, though.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers also offer their thoughts on the Affordable Care Act's stability, the negative systemic possibilities of Medicare for all and a range of other topics.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from California, Arizona, New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Florida, Tennessee, Maryland, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, New Hampshire and Georgia.
Republican Jill Holtzman Vogel sponsored the 2012 bill that would have required most women who get abortions to first undergo a vaginal ultrasound.
The study finds that a "startling" number of adults in America are binge drinking at least once a week. In other public health news: stroke, Glenn Campbell's struggle with Alzheimer's, gallstones and pregnancy, exercise, video games, asthma, and more.
The study comes amid a raging epidemic across the country in which physician prescribing has been identified as a key factor. Meanwhile, states are taking steps to limit the number of painkillers a doctor can prescribe, and officials tout the benefits of declaring an emergency over the crisis.
The company is the latest to slash their forecast due to generic drugs.
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