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Efforts to control drug prices seemed on a glide path earlier this year after gaining traction at the White House and in Congress. But prospects today look less certain and highly controversial.
Eighteen years ago, most first responders were not thinking about their future health when they spent hours searching 鈥淭he Pile鈥 for the remains of terror victims. Today, their illnesses are a slow-moving epidemiological nightmare that has been as difficult for scientists to study as it has been easy for politicians to overlook.
Children are far less likely to drown than they were in the 1980s, in California and across the nation. Experts say state and local laws that require more fencing and security features around family swimming pools have made a difference and should be expanded nationwide.
More than 400,000 U.S. workers have retired in foreign countries and their ranks are rising. But Medicare doesn鈥檛 cover most expenses overseas, so these expats will need to confront the cost of finding alternative insurance.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Dr. Mark Rubinstein, known for his research into youth vaping, has left UCSF to become executive medical officer at Juul Labs, the nation鈥檚 leading producer of e-cigarettes. Juul says the hire will help them reduce teen vaping. Critics see Big Tobacco tactics.
Some physicians say connecting the consequences of climate change 鈥 heat waves, more pollen and longer allergy seasons 鈥 to health helps them better care for patients.
Presidential candidate Joe Biden unveiled a health plan intended to provide a more moderate alternative to his competitors鈥 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 plans. It would build on the Affordable Care Act but would go much further. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this, plus Planned Parenthood鈥檚 very bad week, the U.S. House vote to repeal the health law鈥檚 鈥淐adillac tax鈥 on generous health plans, and the reduction in deaths from opioids.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Although there鈥檚 no official clinical diagnosis, the psychiatric and psychological communities have names for the phenomenon of worrying about the Earth鈥檚 fate: 鈥渃limate distress,鈥 鈥渃limate grief,鈥 鈥渃limate anxiety鈥 or 鈥渆co-anxiety.鈥 The concept also is gradually making its way into the public consciousness in television shows and movies.
A wide variety of medications used to treat allergies, insomnia, leaky bladders, diarrhea, dizziness, motion sickness, asthma, Parkinson鈥檚 disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and psychiatric disorders can interfere with cognition in older patients.
An estimated 18 million American adults have sleep apnea. The go-to treatment 鈥 a CPAP machine 鈥 offers a healthy restful night鈥檚 sleep, but many people struggle to use it. As many as 50% of patients stop using the device.
Oklahoma is seeking $17 billion in damages from Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical giant. After a seven-week trial, a judge will decide if the opioid drugmaker is liable and if so, for how much.
Over the past decade, more than 350 workers nationwide have died from heat-related illness, and tens of thousands have had heat-related problems serious enough that they missed at least one day of work. Proposed federal legislation, modeled on California regulations, would create the first national standards for protecting workers from heat-related stress.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that people who are at high risk of contracting HIV take PrEP, a preventive treatment. The decision means most health plans will be required to cover the drugs without charging patients. But the recommendation doesn鈥檛 apply to the other clinical and lab services people need.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Under federal law, people who have been raped don鈥檛 have to pay for medical forensic exams, yet many get billed and have trouble getting the hospitals or collection agencies to stop dunning them for payment.
A new report by the inspector general for HHS shows prescriptions to treat opioid addiction are way up in recent years, while prescriptions for the painkillers have fallen.
KHN, in collaboration with PBS NewsHour, reports on the skyrocketing cost of insulin 鈥 and the trend's deadly consequences. The price in the U.S. nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016, prompting some patients and activists to travel to Canada, where insulin can be 90% cheaper.
KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony is interviewed on Illinois Public Media鈥檚 鈥淭he 21st鈥 by Niala Boodhoo about how black pharmacists are helping fill a void for African American patients seeking culturally competent care.
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