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Although the debate over the Planned Parenthood provision is defused, other sticking points arose over the weekend. Still, lawmakers hope to seal an agreement Monday.
The Columbus Dispatch offers a look at different ways the opioid epidemic is hitting Ohio.
The Associated Press and The Center for Public Integrity find that drugmakers set in place a strategy to continue to profit off of doctors' aggressive overprescribing, even as they claim to play an important role in curbing the epidemic.
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Granting more power to nurse practitioners to decide if a patient should be given medical marijuana and stricter labeling of the products are among the handful of updated regulations. In other news, a judge in Florida says officials there broke their own rules when granting marijuana licenses and legalization supporters in Massachusetts net a big-name donor. Meanwhile, scientists wonder, does marijuana make us lazy?
Also in this public health roundup, a small federal agency that monitors biomedical research misconduct is in turmoil, the Food and Drug Administration cracks down on online sales by the E-cigarette industry and the number of railroad workers in the U.S. who test positive for drug use is on the rise.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports on a program that connects dogs trained in the "puppies-behind-bars program" with veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Meanwhile, Peloton Therapeutics raised $52.4 million in venture capitol to support clinical trials for a new kidney cancer treatment.
Also in the news, a new breast cancer test -- molecular breast imaging -- when paired with traditional mammograms is effective in identifying cancer that otherwise would have be missed in women with dense breasts.
One solution to the EpiPen controversy, some advocates say, is classifying it as preventive care so consumers wouldn't have to pay anything for the life-saving drug. But while the suggestions seems to favor consumers, a New York Times investigation finds Mylan is pulling the strings.
In other Medicaid news, though the outcome is uncertain, some Texas lawmakers are revisiting the cuts to Medicaid payments for disabled children that were made in 2015.
The one-page letter provides a partial view into Donald Trump's medical records, showing that he takes cholesterol medication and is overweight while recent EKG, chest X-ray and a colonoscopy results are normal.
The Republican presidential nominee says he supports expanding Medicaid to cover more low-income people, access to over-the-counter birth control and permanently prohibiting federal funds from being used for abortion. He also names a new head to his anti-abortion coalition. Meanwhile, on the trail, Trump and Hillary Clinton trade health barbs. And KHN examines five reasons why drug pricing has emerged as a 2016 campaign issue.
The 21st Century Cures Act has stalled in the Senate, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton wants to get it moving again. A revamped measure could be introduced as early as next week, but many say even that version would be nowhere near ready to pass. In other news from Capitol Hill, lawmakers introduce a bill to curb price gouging, MACRA'S close ties to the health law spell trouble, and the Senate approves funds for Flint.
Republicans may be ready to relent on the Planned Parenthood provision at the center of the impasse over the bill, but this week alone has highlighted the sharp divide in Congress as the election draws closer.
The law called for employers to provide "reasonable" time and private space for new mothers to express breast milk, but there are loopholes. Some Pennsylvania lawmakers would like to find a way for the state to buttress the provisions. Also, the effort to get young adults to buy insurance and to use the health care system is still stumbling.
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