First Edition: October 21, 2016
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Viewpoints: Why Medicare Should Negotiate Drug Prices; What About That Cadillac Tax?
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Longer Looks: A Zika Experiment; Making Vaccines; The Big Soda Battle
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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State Highlights: Calif. Takes Steps To Speed Approval Of Stem Cell Therapies; Following The Money In Mass. Marijuana Vote
Outlets report on health news from California, Massachusetts, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Louisiana and Washington.
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Washington State Gets Approval From CMS To Overhaul Medicaid Program
State officials sought out the waiver as a way to help address Washington's ballooning Medicaid population.
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A Cure For The Common Cold? It May Not Be Impossible After All
Martin Moore, a virologist, has come up with a vaccine that has shown promising results in monkeys. And he's not the only one working on what was previously thought of as "just not possible." Meanwhile, in an age where editing genes will become the norm, scientists try to untangle basic questions about whether babies' DNA should be adjusted.
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Vt. Governor Wants To Limit Opioids Prescriptions Based On Expected Severity, Duration Of Pain
“We didn’t have a heroin crisis in America before OxyContin was approved and started being handed out like candy," Gov. Peter Shumlin, whose state has been particularly hard hit, said when talking about the proposed regulations. Media outlets also report on the epidemic out of New York, Delaware and North Carolina.
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Millions Of Americans Not Getting Mental Health Treatment They Need, Report Finds
The rates are particularly bad among children and adolescents -- 80 percent of whom get either insufficient treatment or none at all.
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STD Rates Are Spiking And Experts Are Pointing Fingers At Budget Cuts, Dating Apps
Syphilis cases increased by 19 percent, gonorrhea by nearly 13 percent, and chlamydia by nearly 6 percent compared with 2014.
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Much Of Touted VA ‘Shakeup’ Post-Scandal Came From Within Agency
All but eight of the new Veterans Affairs' clinic directors worked for the agency already.
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CDC: Children Under 14 Only Need Two Doses Of HPV Vaccine
Those aged 15 through 26 should continue to receive three doses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Don’t Expect A Price War Between J&J, Pfizer Over Arthritis Treatment
Pfizer's plans to sell a biosimilar version of Johnson & Johnson's blockbuster drug aren't going to move the price of it in the market.
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21st Century Cures Bill Will Get Through Lame-Duck Congress, Pelosi Predicts
However, she said support from Democrats is not universal.
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Obama Administration Sets 13.8M Goal For Final Enrollment Period
If enrollment increases as the Obama administration predicts, it would suggest that the marketplace is steadier than its critics contend.
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In Final Debate, Clinton Accuses Trump Of Using ‘Scare Rhetoric’ On Abortion
“If you go with what Hillary is saying, in the ninth month you can take the baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother just prior to the birth of the baby," Donald Trump said, after affirming that he would appoint anti-abortion justices to the Supreme Court. Hillary Clinton fired back, saying, "The government has no business in the decisions that women make with their families."
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First Edition: October 20, 2016
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Politics And The Health Law; Health Care’s Trust Gap; Medicare And Drug Costs
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Perspectives: Allowing Medicare To Negotiate Drug Prices Could Transform Health Care
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Group Proposes 11 Things States Can Do To Curb High Drug Prices
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical drug pricing.
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State Highlights: Georgia’s Doctors Have Pessimistic View Of Future; Right-To-Die Measure Nears Vote By D.C. Council
Outlets report on health news from Georgia, the District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Illinois, California, Texas, Ohio, Florida, Vermont and Massachusetts.
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