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Sarah Fuller was given a prescription version of fentanyl, a drug 100 times more potent than morphine, for her back and neck pain. A year later she was found dead in her bathroom.
Meanwhile, the controversy around the high cost of EpiPens continues to make headlines.
The warning focuses on travel to countries in Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, turnaround times for Zika testing in Florida is starting to improve, officials say.
The recommendation earlier this year to switch children from the nasal spray vaccine to shots may result in fewer children getting immunized, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In addition, officials are concerned about a recent drop in vaccination rates among Americans over the age of 50.
In other news from Capitol Hill, Sen. Harry Reid deals a setback to "right-to-try" legislation. And election-year politics keep Democrats from working with vulnerable Republican senators.
In related news, Arise Health Plan will exit the Affordable Care Act marketplaces in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the health plan choices are finalized in Kansas, and Utah regulators announce the average premium rate increases for 2017.
The Government Accountability Office says money that was paid to insurers should have gone to the Treasury. The administration defended its interpretation of the law, while Republican seized on it as vindication that the Affordable Care Act is hurting taxpayers.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Outlets report on health news from Vermont, Texas, California, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin, Maine and Florida.
The Washington Post offers a look at the basics of the treatment that has everyone from patients to investors to pharmaceutical companies paying attention.
For the seventh straight year, U.S. teen birth rates drop. But other industrialized countries are far ahead of America. In other public health news, high blood pressure could affect children's cognitive skills, biological age trumps actual age when it comes to lifespan and a study finds a link between contraception use and depression in women.
The wave of overdoses overwhelmed first responders in Columbus. Police officers are scrambling to determine the source of the heroin.
In other health information technology news, researchers work on flexible bone grafts using a 3D printer.
Federal officials attributed the rise largely to increasing prescription drug costs, which make up about a quarter of the total costs in the program, general inflation and the aging of the covered population, The Washington Post reports. Meanwhile, Bloomberg examines how the U.S. health care system compares to other countries.
The Medicare Trustees have estimated that the deductible for Medicare Part B would grow from $166 to $204 next year for all enrollees and the premiums would grow 22 percent next year for about 30 percent of beneficiaries.
These vets who don't seek or qualify for care by the Department of Veterans Affairs are also not eligible for Medicaid coverage, especially in states that did not expand the program. Meanwhile, news outlets report about the ongoing challenges at the VA.
A new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would bar nursing homes from turning over claims of elder abuse, sexual harassment or even wrongful death to a private system to settle disputes.
Although he hasn't donated any of his own money to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Donald Trump's business ties to it are raising some eyebrows. In other election news, Hillary Clinton reiterates her health care plan in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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