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Lawmakers in the state are at an impasse over the legislation, which would extend health coverage to 30,000 or more kids. News outlets also report on developments out of legislatures in Kansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Yury and Rimma Baumblit had been the focus of an investigation by The New York Times. Other reports examine fraud cases in New York, Oklahoma and Maryland.
When equipped with a device, the 24-year-old man regains enough use of his right hand to grasp a bottle and hold a toothbrush. Researchers hope the technology will help patients with similar spinal cord injuries.
News on regional hospitals comes from Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois and Texas.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offered harsh sanctions to the troubled blood-testing startup and its leadership in a March 18 letter, which The Wall Street Journal obtained. CMS is now reviewing Theranos' response as to why those punishments should not be imposed.
J. Michael Pearson had previously refused to cooperate in a Senate committee's investigation of soaring prescription drug prices, which had prompted lawmakers to threaten to initiate contempt proceedings.
Total spending in 2015 rose to nearly $425 billion, according to the report from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. It estimates that after rebates and other price breaks, manufacturers received $309.5 billion for U.S. prescription drugs last year, up 8.5 percent from 2014.
Environmental Protection Agency officials promise the agency is actively working on revisions to the rule, which Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has called "dumb and dangerous," but say they don't want to rush because they "want to get them right."
As the crisis grips the country, some health officials think President Barack Obama's call for $1.1 billion in funding to fight opioid addiction signals a shift in thinking about addiction from an individual problem to a chronic medical condition. News outlets offer coverage of the epidemic in Missouri, Massachusetts and California.
“Never before in history has there been a situation where a bite from a mosquito can result in a devastating malformation,” says CDC head Dr. Tom Frieden, ending months of debate about the virus's effects.
Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed similar legislation five times before. Also, in Arkansas, a bill to fund the state's Medicaid expansion program passes its first legislative hurdle but still faces a tough sell in the Senate.
A new study in Health Affairs returned to participants of polls from 2010, 2012 and 2014 to assess changes in attitude.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions from around the country.
News outlets report on health issues in Connecticut, North Carolina, California, Illinois, Oklahoma and Massachusetts.
The assertion is part of an eight-month fight over whether the state can cut payments for services to low-income children in the Medicaid program. News outlets also report on Medicaid developments in North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee.
People in Flint, Michigan, who have been plagued by water issues, are now causing a conundrum for experts who need them to go back to using water so it flushes the system of lead. Meanwhile, a task force created to investigate the crisis says it was a failure of leadership and a clear case of environmental injustice.
The Federal Trade Commission requested the hearing over the proposed merger of Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem. News outlets also report on regional hospitals in Florida, South Dakota and Wyoming.
The doctors who are learning the procedure are staying near the cities where they trained, leaving rural areas with a dearth of providers who know how or are willing to perform abortions.
The advisory panel is recommending that the Food and Drug Administration wait for data from a phase 3 clinical trial before deciding on Clovis' rociletinib. In other agency news, an FDA official says long-awaited biotech medicine guidelines are still in the works.
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