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Email accounts involving phishing scams seem to be the primary target through which data is exposed. In other news on health technology, Google Health hires a leading researcher on wearables.
The clinics will offer birth control, STI testing and pregnancy counseling, but not abortion. Two public health officials, trained by Planned Parenthood, will be stationed full time at each school to provide education and counseling, and a Planned Parenthood nurse practitioner or other medical provider will come once a week. Women's health news comes out of Missouri, Iowa, Florida and Ohio, as well.
After months of delays, the House Energy And Commerce Committee released legislation that would tackle the issue of surprise medical bills. It has garnered bipartisan support in Congress and won backing from President Donald Trump. But Ways and Means Committee lawmakers think their proposal is better.
In the sixth week of open enrollment for 2019 coverage, there had been a 12% drop off. For 2020 coverage the sign-ups are lagging by 6%. These numbers don't include people who will be automatically enrolled in their coverage, and there also is usually a flurry in the last few days before the Dec. 15 deadline.
Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.), the bill's co-sponsor, previously said there would be a vote by the end of the year, but there's only so many days left. And researchers are still investigating the root cause of the vaping-related illness that swept the country.
But the flip side is that families may be unprepared to handle a seriously sick relative.
The House Judiciary Committee is unique in that it seems almost designed for fiery disagreements between lawmakers who are firmly on their own side of the aisle on all issues. It's also played host to many abortion battles over the decades.
Vivitrol, manufactured by Alkermes, is meant to help those recovering for addiction, but it also lowers tolerance to opioids. That means if patients relapse while taking it they are far more vulnerable to overdoses.
Several children died in U.S. custody because of the flu and the CDC recommended that migrants are given the vaccine. But officials say that trying to provide flu shots to everyone during the few days they spend in Border Patrol custody does not make sense. A group of doctors launched a protest in response to the refusal that spanned the past three days.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's drug plan includes many policies that President Donald Trump himself has touted. It was almost a dare for him to fight against it, and at first he seemed interested. That all changed with impeachment.
State Attorney General Gurbir Grewal warned: "During the early stages of an investigation, others may have incomplete or inaccurate information which can not only cause unnecessary panic in the community, but also undermine the integrity of an ongoing criminal investigation.”
The conflict between HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma has become increasingly public and messy. As voters have been vocal about the importance of health care in recent elections, could the infighting be a distraction that President Donald Trump doesn't need heading into a tough 2020?
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care issues and others.
Media outlets report on news from the District of Columbia, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, Louisiana, Ohio, Georgia, Louisiana, Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri and California.
The report comes amid the state's struggle to contain costs for its Medicaid program. Medicaid news comes out of Kentucky, Maine and Wisconsin, as well.
Cigna has been working to trim debt after last year’s acquisition of pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. for $54 billion. In other news from the health industry: a corporation misses the deadline to close the deal on four Verity Health hospitals and a look at the small Medicare reduction that could make a big difference in premiums.
The letter prompted the recipients to sign up for health coverage to avoid penalties, which in turn prevented premature deaths that would have occurred without it. It was essentially the first rigorous experiment to find that health coverage leads to fewer deaths, a claim that politicians and economists have fiercely debated in recent years
Rear Adm. Weahkee, who tried to turn around a foundering IHS hospital in South Dakota, has been nominated to take over the agency that has been plagued with staffing shortages, quality of care complaints, allegations of abuse, and more. Several Native American groups have expressed support for Adm. Weahkee’s nomination. His Senate confirmation hearing is set for Wednesday.
Public health advocates hailed the federal appeals court's decision to reject the industry's challenge against regulations. News outlets also look at how one veteran became addicted to THC to control constant pain and Massachusetts' and California's efforts to protect people from addictive products.
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