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Combining benzodiazepines with opioids can lead to difficulty breathing, a coma or death. Elsewhere, North Carolina police are joining a national movement to give law enforcement the training and equipment needed to save lives in the case of an opioid overdose.
Many in the industry turned out to ask the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's Standard Board to reject the safety measure that could require the actors to wear condoms, goggles, face shields and gloves.
The Health and Human Services Department still has about $1.4 billion, but the White House says that money should go toward following through on their efforts to fight Ebola. In other Zika news, the administration is making a push to help Puerto Rico deal with the crisis and the World Bank has calculated the monetary cost of the outbreak.
The pontiff cited a decision by one of his predecessors, Pope Paul VI, to allow nuns in the Belgian Congo in 1960s to use contraception because they were in danger of pregnancy from rape.
Gov. Matt Mead is again asking state lawmakers to consider expanding Medicaid, saying, "This is good for our economic future and it is the right thing to do as the state faces this current revenue shortfall." In other health law news, a federal appeals court rejects a challenge to the contraception mandate.
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News outlets report on health issues in Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Florida, Utah, Iowa and California.
And, in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is seeking to eliminate legislators' abilities to change Medicaid and other federal assistance programs.
Some doctors hope the results from the rigorous, government-funded study will curb some of the rampant use of the product. “Frankly,” said Dr. Sundeep Khosla, a dean at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, “there is a lot of abuse.”
In a conference call with reporters, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, D-Pa., alleged this harm and other adverse events. He also charged that physicians who performed the procedure received illegal kickbacks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends intervention for anyone with elevated blood levels above 5 micrograms -- Aaron Stinson's are at 27 micrograms. Meanwhile, Flint's chief financial officer warns the city's water fund will run out of cash soon without help from the state.
The country has confirmed six pregnant women have been infected with the virus, but the pontiff did not mention the outbreak during his trip there. In other Zika news, health officials urge Congress to act quickly on approving funding.
In a culture that overuses high-tech medicine to extend life, medical professionals and elderly patients are starting to look at end-of-life care differently. “Some people think giving up on treatment is tantamount to suicide,” one doctors says, but in many cases it can be the right choice. In other news, working past age 65 can take a toll on an employee's health.
Veterans calling an overloaded crisis hotline run by the Department of Veterans Affairs can encounter long wait times or voicemail, according to a watchdog report. And media outlets cover other developments related to U.S. senators' demands for an end to alleged retaliation against a Phoenix VA whistleblower; the firing of an Albany hospital director; and an investigation into veteran care at the Cincinnati VA hospital.
Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City is guaranteeing a long-term lock on price increases, a move only a few other systems in the country have tried.
The Justice Department was looking into the overuse of implantable cardiac defibrillators, which cost about $25,000.
The cyberattack forced Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center to return to pen and paper for its record-keeping.
Meanwhile, in Georgia, a Senate health committee held a hearing on a proposal that would create a Medicaid expansion alternative.
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