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Section: Policies
Policies
Maryland Patients Wait for Medical Marijuana
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — While Maryland is on pace to have one of the slowest rollouts of medical marijuana in the country, patients across the state must skirt the law if they want to treat themselves. It has been more than 900 days since former Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the […]
October 19, 2016
Policies
Radio Encryption: New Danger for First Responders
HARTFORD, Conn.— Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and put first responders in danger. Agencies with digital radio systems have turned off the encryption to their main dispatching channels and others have decided not to turn […]
October 12, 2016
Policies
Veterans’ Applications Hidden In Storage Unit
RICHMOND, Va.— Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is seeking a criminal investigation after applications for veterans’ benefits were found in a storage unit belonging to a former state employee who was fired last year for mishandling records, officials said. Between 20 and 30 boxes of documents were recovered from the unit belonging to the ex-employee […]
October 12, 2016
Policies
Analysis: Arkansas Medical Pot Foes Learned Lessons From 2012
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When Arkansas voters narrowly rejected legalizing medical marijuana four years ago, it was a relief to the social conservatives who had mounted a last-ditch effort to kill a measure whose momentum had surprised many in this Bible Belt state. With two competing proposals on the ballot, opponents don’t want to be […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Report: 2.5M Are Missing Out on Health Care Credits
Millions of Americans who bought individual health insurance outside the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges may be leaving money on the table if they skip those marketplaces again in picking 2017 coverage, a new report says. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 2.5 million people who bought so-called off-exchange coverage for this […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Connecticut Encourages Research on Medical Marijuana
HARTFORD, Conn. —Connecticut is encouraging its hospitals, universities and licensed marijuana producers to embark on research that could improve understanding of marijuana’s medicinal qualities, something officials hope will also boost the state’s biotech industry. While there’s some research already underway in Connecticut and elsewhere, officials here hope the state’s initiative, which began Oct. 1, will […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Military Restores Coverage for Transgender Care
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Like many transgender teens, Jenn Brewer faced bullying when she came out. Some classmates called her “tranny,” and a few teachers refused to address the 13-year-old by anything other than her male birth name, she said. But she and her family found that the biggest difficulty came from her father’s employer: the […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Could “Drug Checking” Have Prevented Prince’s Death?
As the investigation into Prince’s death homes in on the source of the fatal fentanyl, some observers are suggesting that the United States explore a lifesaving strategy used in Europe: services that check addicts’ drug supplies to see if they are safe. In Spain, the Netherlands and a handful of other countries, users voluntarily turn […]
October 5, 2016
Policies
Nurse Settles Suit over Disability
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.— The attorney for a former New Jersey school nurse who accused her bosses of discrimination based on her disability says his client has reached a $2 million settlement with a board of education. Rose Martinez’s attorney tells NJ.com the settlement comes as she has been testifying about her attempts to seek help […]
October 3, 2016
Policies
Governor Wolf Urges Action on Opioid Bills
HARRISBURG, Pa.— Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is telling lawmakers that now is the time to take a stand against opioid and heroin addiction, and he urged quick action on a package of legislation in the waning days of the fall legislative session. Some 3,500 Pennsylvanians lost their lives to addiction in 2015, Wolf said in […]
October 3, 2016
Policies
VA Gives Congress Facts on Hospital Costs
DENVER —The Veterans Affairs Department turned over documents to Congress September 28 in response to a subpoena demanding information about how the cost of a Denver-area VA hospital soared more than $1 billion over budget. VA spokeswoman Linda West said the department gave the House Veterans Affairs Committee some of the documents that lawmakers wanted […]
October 3, 2016
Policies
Sugary Drinks Tax on Ballot in Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO— The national fight over sugary soda is bubbling up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where voters in November will consider a tax on the drinks that many health experts say contribute to diabetes, obesity and tooth decay. Backers of the campaign say a penny-per-ounce tax is needed in San Francisco, Oakland and […]
October 3, 2016
Policies
NIH Awards $150 Million for Research on Environment and Child Health
The National Institutes of Health today announced $157 million in awards in fiscal year 2016 to launch a seven-year initiative called Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO). The ECHO program will investigate how exposure to a range of environmental factors in early development — from conception through early childhood — influences the health of […]
September 26, 2016
Policies
IHS Chooses Provider for Telemedicine Services
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Indian Health Service has chosen a South Dakota-based health care system to provide telemedicine services to a network of 19 hospitals and clinics across the Great Plains in an effort to bolster the specialty care available to tribal members, some of whom currently have to travel long distances to receive […]
September 26, 2016
Policies
Delayed Care After Police Shootings Raises Questions
ATLANTA—Philando Castile. Eric Garner. And now Terence Crutcher. Each was a black man killed in a confrontation with an officer, with the aftermath captured on video. And each time, the video leaves the impression of a wounded man left to die alone, with no sense of urgency to try to save him. Law-enforcement experts say […]
September 26, 2016
Policies
Partners Launch Anti-Opioid Effort in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials are partnering with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center on a new project to boost access to a life-saving drug used to combat opioid overdoses. Officials announced the Naxolone Project during a news conference September 19 in Albuquerque. The announcement comes as federal prosecutors across the country sponsor […]
September 21, 2016
Policies
Drugmakers Lobbied Hard Against State Opioid Limits
The makers of prescription painkillers have adopted a 50-state strategy that includes hundreds of lobbyists and millions in campaign contributions to help kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the tide of prescription opioids, the drugs at the heart of a crisis that has cost 165,000 Americans their lives and pushed countless more to crippling […]
September 21, 2016
Policies
Bloomberg Gives Hopkins $300 Million for Public Health
BALTIMORE — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $300 million to Johns Hopkins University to deal with public health challenges. The university announced the gift Thursday. Officials say the money will create the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. The initiative will study ways to fight air pollution, gun violence and obesity. Hopkins says […]
September 19, 2016
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