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Massachusetts Weighs Tax on Sugary Drinks

BOSTON — Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are joining activists in other states pushing for taxes on sodas that they say will ease the rise in obesity-related diseases and bring in money for programs aimed at improving the health of children in Massachusetts. Supporters of the tax say that too many children and families in Massachusetts […]

May 15, 2017

Obamacare Premiums Set to Rise

Health insurers are asking for sharp increases in the cost of their Obamacare plans next year, thanks to instability in the law’s coverage markets that’s been compounded by the Trump administration. In Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut — the first states to make filings public — premiums for Affordable Care Act plans will rise more than […]

May 10, 2017

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Obama Hopes “Courage” Will Save Healthcare

Former President Barack Obama accepted the John F. Kennedy “Profile in Courage” Award in Boston on Sunday, where he spoke broadly about the healthcare debate gripping the country. In his first remarks since the House passed a bill repealing and replacing Obama’s signature healthcare law, the former president ruminated on the idea of political courage. […]

May 10, 2017

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Unabated Lice Frustrate Families

RENO, Nev. — Reno mom Sara Kopp searches through every strand of her daughter’s blond hair at least once a week. She meticulously combs through it, watching for lice after treating her 10-year-old for the bugs 15 times over the school year. “When I realized my daughter had it after brushing her hair, I called […]

May 8, 2017

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Medical Student Incorporates Indigenous Medicine

Leo John Bird, a member of the AmskapiiPiikanii tribe, is known to his community as Piitahsoowatsis. A senior at Stanford University in California, Bird is majoring in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and Native American Studies. He comes from a culture that stresses family and equality, and it impacts his life as well as […]

May 8, 2017

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Budget Deal Defies Trump on Medical Research

The budget agreement Congress reached tonight would give the National Institutes of Health a $2 billion increase for the second year in a row, a Senate GOP aide confirms. That means congressional negotiators basically told the Trump administration to take a hike. The administration wanted to slash the agency’s funding by $1.2 billion in the […]

May 3, 2017

V.A. Doctor Suspended Over Prescriptions

CINCINNATI — Officials have indefinitely suspended the deputy chief of staff at the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center in a move her lawyers call a “publicity stunt.” The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Dr. Barbara Temeck was suspended for writing three prescriptions for a private patient between December 2012 and May 2013. Her lawyer, Ken Hawley, says […]

May 3, 2017

Kimmel: Pre-Existing Conditions Are No Joke

With the US in the throes of another contentious debate over healthcare, comedian Jimmy Kimmel used his late-night TV stage to put a very personal spin on an issue that is a matter of life and death for millions of Americans. On yesterday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host fought back tears to reveal that his […]

May 3, 2017

Healthcare Pros Critical of First 100 Days

We asked our audience of healthcare insiders about President Trump’s work on healthcare since he took office in January. Representing many political views from around the country, the majority of responses (coincidentally, we received 100 replies to this survey) were in agreement that the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency lacked clarity on healthcare’s future. […]

May 1, 2017

Colleges Sign Accord on Nursing Degree

Northwest Christian University has signed an agreement with Linn-Benton Community College to let graduates of the community college’s nursing school enroll in NCU’s bachelor of science in nursing degree program. “NCU’s RN to BSN program is a workforce development initiative that leverages the excellent nursing education offered by LBCC and NCU,” Joseph Womack, the president […]

April 26, 2017

Colorado Marijuana Sets Sales Records

DENVER — Colorado’s marijuana industry — one of the most mature in the nation— continues to thrive, posting record-setting sales figures through the first two months of 2017. Combined sales of medical and recreational marijuana in January and February 2017 totaled over $235 million, up 30 percent from the same period in 2016, Marijuana Business […]

April 26, 2017

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Program to Prepare Detroit Residents for Healthcare Jobs

DETROIT— Three health systems will work with the city to train Detroit residents for entry-level healthcare jobs. Mayor Mike Duggan announced the partnership with the Detroit Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System and St. John Providence. Training for patient care associates and patient sitters will be provided by Focus: HOPE and Oakland University’s School of […]

April 24, 2017

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Congress Returns to Healthcare Issue

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers returning to Washington this coming week will find a familiar quagmire on healthcare legislation and a budget deadline dramatized by the prospect of a protracted battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over his border wall. Trump’s GOP allies control Congress, but they’ve been unable to send him a single major bill […]

April 24, 2017

W.Va. Allows Opioid Antidotes at Schools

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Schools in West Virginia will be able to give drugs to students who overdose on opioids without having to first contact parents under a new law approved this week. The measure passed unanimously by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Jim Justice comes as West Virginia recorded 844 overdose deaths last […]

April 19, 2017

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Colleges Can Get Free Narcan

LOWELL — As the United States continues to grapple with the opioid crisis, a new program is targeting college campuses with an effort to deliver 40,000 doses of Narcan in an effort to save more lives. The program was initiated by the Clinton Foundation and Adapt Pharma, the maker of Narcan nasal spray. And the […]

April 19, 2017

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VA Unveils Website for Data on Care

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has unveiled a new website aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers, touting new accountability even as it grappled with fresh questions of patient safety in its beleaguered health system. The VA website, www.accesstocare.va.gov, is a work in progress. It provides preliminary […]

April 17, 2017

No Bias in Inmate’s Death, Court Rules

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court has cleared Hill and Blaine county officials of discrimination in the slow, painful death of a teenager suffering from alcohol withdrawal symptoms while in jail for more than four days. The court on Tuesday overturned one district judge’s ruling and upheld another’s that the discrimination claim filed with […]

April 17, 2017

Schools Try New Ways to Enforce Vaccination

RICHMOND, Va. — Officials say almost half of all sixth-graders in Richmond public schools missed class this year because they were not properly vaccinated. Last year, 760 students had not received their Tdap vaccine, which guards against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis, on the first day of school. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that’s up from 2015, […]

April 12, 2017