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In other news on the substance abuse epidemic, a mother's raw and emotional Facebook post breaks taboos on openly discussing drug issues. And news outlets cover developments in Texas and North Carolina.
Doctors and nurses miss opportunities to catch the fast-moving disease, the agency warns. Meanwhile, at Massachusetts hospitals, preventable medical errors jumped 60 percent last year.
Daily diets for those aged 2 to 18 should not exceed six teaspoons of added sugar -- the equivalent to about 100 calories or 25 grams. In related news, the soda tax in Berkeley, California appears to be achieving its goal of cutting sugar consumption.
In pharmaceutical industry news, Pfizer acquires AstraZeneca's antibiotics business and the pay package of Valeant's new CFO is revealed.
ProPublica analyzed the disciplinary records for doctors in five states -- California, Texas, New York, Florida and New Jersey -- and then checked those records against data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on companies' promotional and advisory payments to doctors.
If the legislature, which is meeting in a special session, eventually goes forward with the proposal favored by the governor, the vote will have to take place in a special election. Also in Medicaid news, Arkansas officials report that more than 300,000 people are signed up for the state's expanded Medicaid program.
In another report related to mortality rates, cancer surpasses heart disease as the leading cause of death in 22 states.
Meanwhile, in other women's health news, an anti-abortion group leads an effort to compile more demographic data about women who have abortions.
Virginia and some other jurisdictions are offering residents tax advantages to help pay to retrofit a home, for example widening doorways to accommodate wheelchairs or adding ramps. Also, a look at how for-profit companies are moving into a Medicare program designed to keep people in their homes.
Fetal brain scans and ultrasounds show the damage caused by Zika to 45 babies in Brazil.
The patient in Pinellas County had not traveled internationally so officials are trying to determine if the illness was caused by a mosquito transmission.
Discussions over how to pay for efforts to battle the mosquito-borne virus remain contentious.
News outlets report on how the maker of the emergency allergy medicine came to raise the treatment's price tag by so much, how this move fits into the broader story of U.S. drug pricing policy and how the ensuing controversy will now play out both in the marketplace and on Capitol Hill.
The Department of Health and Human Services' rules seek to keep insurers from blanket bans on coverage of gender reassignment services and ban health care providers from refusing to care for transgender patients. The states say the regulations could force doctors to perform gender transition procedures on children.
Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak said the increases in rates were necessary to ensure health care options throughout the state. News outlets also report on marketplace developments in Alabama, Georgia and Texas.
The company says it has suffered significant losses on the Obamacare markets and is rethinking its approach.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Commentators look at the issues surrounding the insurance marketplaces that are central to the federal health law.
Outlets report on health news from Florida, Ohio, New York, Massachusetts and Michigan.
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