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The officials said they were never consulted about the measure, which would have set criteria for a pharmacy benefit manager for the Medicaid program.
Col. Vincent Mysliwiec proposes a set of conditions that present in veterans when they're sleeping be recognized as its own diagnosis.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams dismissed a lawsuit that was blocking the ban, but doctors and clinics didn't seem to know that happened. In other news, women are speaking out about their abortions to try to combat any stigma around the procedure.
The beleaguered pharmaceutical company rejected a joint takeover bid this spring by Takada and private-equity firm TPG.
CEO Paul Markovich made $3.5 million last year – a 40 percent increase since he took the top job in 2013. And in Texas, an Arlington health care provider and Aetna forge a partnership.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has indicated that he is willing to put the bill from Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., on the floor if enough support exists so that debate time will be limited. In other news from Capitol Hill, Vice President Joe Biden hints that Republican lawmakers may support his cancer funding request, while a Democratic congressman calls out Red Cross struggles.
InHealth Mutual was one of 23 co-ops set up by the federal health law to offer more options for consumers, but many of them have run into financial problems. Also in health law news, a new insurer is looking to Colorado, Massachusetts leaders to get federal officials to reconsider a hospital funding issue and an insurer's decision to discontinue bronze plans in Virginia raises some concerns.
The U.S. Justice Department is recommending police departments put mental health programs in place to help their officers cope with trauma, including the aftermath of mass shootings.
Health officials in states across the country are trying to get ahead of the Zika threat.
On the same day Congress left town without approving money to fight the outbreak, Dr. Tom Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned that time is running out. He knows how to change the course of an epidemic, he says, but he can't because his hands are tied on funding. Key House Republicans say, however, that more money will be coming and the government's efforts have not been hamstrung.
Proponents say the method of using implants instead of pills could help patients avoid dangerous relapses that can occur if they miss a medication dose.
Defense Department researchers have determined that a Pennsylvania woman carried a strain of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin, a discovery that could lead to a "nightmare" situation where infections are untreatable.
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The measure approving limited use of the drug now goes to Gov. John Kasich. Polls show nearly 90 percent of Ohioans support medical marijuana.
In other news, an alliance of Georgia hospital systems is in talks with a large physician organization while Connecticut officials give the temporary OK to a hospital purchase.
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