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Residents of small, rural towns where it can be challenging to get food are opening community-run markets as a way of combating the problem. In other public health news: IVF, anxiety, suicide, cyberharassment, the "war on drugs," cancer, and more.
Fifteen states and Puerto Rico were given either a D or an F on the March of Dimes' annual report card on premature births. Only Oregon nabbed an A grade.
More than half of seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries struggle with medical costs, a report finds. The research surprised experts since Medicare is considered to offer relatively good coverage and most people have supplemental insurance to fill its gaps.
Overturning the Affordable Care Act would eliminate several taxes created to help pay for the law’s expansion, including a 0.9% Medicare tax on single Americans who earn more than $200,000 a year or couples who make $250,000. A court decision is expected soon on the constitutionality of the law.
Researchers project that under the law -- which bars parents from citing personal beliefs as a reason for not vaccinating children -- 1.87% of children will remain unvaccinated compared to 2.36% without the law. Meanwhile, across the country there is an increase among parents citing religious objections to vaccinations.
Manufacturers say the current shortage is among the worst they have experienced since the popular, wide-ranging treatment came to market. In other pharmaceutical news: Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) touts value-based payments for cutting drug costs; a new approach to gene therapy offers tentative hope; a controversy arises over a pre-term birth medication; and more.
Despite hundreds of cases, health officials are still stumped. Meanwhile players in the industry have opinions on what to do to curb e-cigarette use and addiction in young people. And issues related to vaping or tobacco are reflected on the 2019 ballots in California and Massachusetts, as well.
The gubernatorial and legislative elections in these states could hinge on the debate over abortion as the country's attention is increasingly focused on the issue. Other news on abortion comes out of New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, California and Florida.
The plan from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) includes work or volunteer requirements despite troubles other states are experiencing with such measures. Supporters of a full Medicaid expansion under the health law estimated it could cover about 500,000 Georgia residents, while the governor's office envisions this limited expansion will cover around 52,000 people in its fifth year.
The Washington Post Fact Checker takes a deep dive into the "Medicare for All" cost analysis offered by experts and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Critics continue to focus on the assumptions -- such as getting hospitals accepting near-Medicare rates from all patients -- that the proposal relies on. If those fall apart, so does the plan.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these health issues and others.
Editorial pages focus on the plan Elizabeth Warren released on funding "Medicare For All".
Media outlets report on news from Massachusetts, California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Louisiana, Idaho, and Iowa.
Ilana Yurkiewicz, a physician and medical journalist at Stanford University, explains why CAR-T is only used in patients with certain cancers and tries to answer why they haven’t yet been shown to work against solid tumors in an UnDark article. Public health news is on breast cancer tests, fecal matter transplants, Zantac recalls, white male life expectancy, skin rashes, growing up with HIV, a retracted HIV study, live-streaming a mammogram, and how to get a good night's sleep, as well.
The administrators of Lauren Bard's health plan assured her three days after the early birth of her daughter that the baby was covered. But she didn't realize she would need to be enrolled through the website within 31 days of the birth.
Under the policy, doctors would be paid the same amount for a basic visit whether it takes place in a hospital outpatient facility or a regular doctors' office. Earlier this year, a court found that the proposal exceeds the administration's authority.
The first part of the commission's report to Florida lawmakers in January called for improvements to school safety. Friday's report zeroed in on Florida's rank among the lowest of any state in per-capita mental health funding.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) defended the state's health department's tracking spreadsheet, saying that kind of information has been filed to the state for decades and is done to regulate patients' safety. "Lawmakers that don’t know that should probably take a good look at the laws in the state of Missouri," Parson said. The revelation that the state logs women's periods came from a trial over Missouri's last-remaining abortion clinic.
Food safety experts fault the CDC and FDA for not notifying the public during the outbreak in September. The FDA says its data indicated the tainted produce was no longer on shelves by the time romaine was identified as the likely culprit. No one died.
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