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Meanwhile, in Florida, Republicans are pushing to repeal the state's certificate-of-need regulations, a Kansas House committee blocks a bill that would allow the Kansas University Health System to ban concealed firearms and the Florida-based Nemours Children's Hospital awaits state regulators' decision about its new heart and lung transplant center.
Other news stories related to public health cover Zika, the status of a canceled climate change summit, the benefits of Vitamin D on the cold and flu, depression in new dads, cardiovascular disease, ADHD and more.
The key differences in the MRIs were in how a child’s brain grew in the first year of life. Meanwhile, The Washington Post fact checks President Donald Trump's claim that the number of autism cases in the country is spiking.
Researchers found that doctors they identified as “high-intensity” prescribers sent one in four patients home with opioids. “Low-intensity” prescribers gave opioids to one in 14 patients. The patients who saw a high-intensity prescriber were 30 percent more likely to become long-term users.
In those states, lawmakers are aiming to cut tens of millions of dollars received by the reproductive health organization through Medicaid. Also, abortion-related legislation advances in Indiana, Arizona and Texas.
In 2015 the disease claimed double the amount of lives it did in 2000, but promising treatment after promising treatment fail in trials.
Meanwhile, in Maryland, health care advocates and officials are pushing for drug affordability legislation.
The Broad Institute, a research center affiliated with MIT and Harvard, retains more than a dozen patents it has already been granted on the use of the CRISPR technique to modify DNA in the cells of humans, animals and plants.
After several years of historically slow growth, health spending will pick up for the foreseeable future, according to a CMS report.
The two companies' contentious relationship is escalating as Cigna tries to end their merger deal. Anthem is asking a court to block the move.
Aetna chief executive Mark Bertolini did not say whether his own company will be withdrawing.
With growing confusion about Republicans' path on overhauling former President Barack Obama's health law, there are growing questions about how the marketplaces will be run next year.
Despite initial qualms about the employer requirements in the health law, some say they plan to keep it because it makes them more competitive when hiring.
“What if 30 percent of the public had Health Savings Accounts?” said Sen. Rand Paul. “What do you do when you use your own money? You call up doctors and ask the price… if you create a real marketplace, you drive prices down.” Meanwhile, House leadership will discuss their proposals with rank-and-file members on Thursday to gauge their receptiveness.
Seema Verma heads a consulting firm that has helped several GOP-led states seek more leeway in setting up their Medicaid programs, most notably the expansion plan in Indiana. Democrats are concerned that could signal how she will try to reshape the agency that oversees Medicaid, Medicare and much of the federal health law.
The Internal Revenue Service had previously announced that for the first time it was going to reject any 2016 tax forms that didn't have information filled out on whether the taxpayer had complied with the requirement to get coverage or risk fines. But following an executive order directing agencies to relax rules around the health law, that plan has been rolled back.
But advocates say the changes — including tighter open enrollment periods — may hurt consumers.
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