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A new Utah law allowing children conceived via sperm donation to see the medical histories of their fathers is seen as an exception to otherwise light regulation of assisted reproductive technology in states.
The lethal infection is one of three that the CDC says urgently require close monitoring and prevention to halt their spread.
The ratings are part of a national effort to cut down on the most common infections patients contract in hospitals.
The recent death of Joan Rivers, who suffered cardiac arrest at a center in New York, highlights some of the concerns among consumer advocates.
The data comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks six types of frequently occurring infections in hospitals as part of an effort to reduce them.
Spending for the medications dropped from $1 million per week to about $200,000 per week after the state imposed restrictions.
Each year about 75,000 patients die from infections they caught in the hospital. A KHN analysis of federal data shows that nearly 700 hospitals have higher than expected rates of infection for at least one condition.
The Ebola epidemic in Africa and fears of it spreading in the U.S. have turned the nation’s attention to the federal government’s front-line public health agency: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But as with Ebola itself, there is much confusion about the role of the CDC and what it can and cannot do to prevent and contain the spread of disease.
Hollywood center taps medical authorities to answer producers' questions on everything from autism to tuberculosis.
Truvada is a drug that can help people who are not infected avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS. But some patients are worried the medical community is not up to speed.
Experts hope to see it decline as more women gain coverage through the federal health care law and become better educated about their bodies.
The health law seeks to reduce health care costs by spending more money on prevention and wellness efforts.
County health officials are scrambling to set up immunization clinics for thousands after 341 cases in Ohio have swept through the Amish communities in the central part of the state.
The 1 percent cut in payments is the latest effort by the federal government to improve hospital care.
Before assessing penalties, Medicare assesses rates of infection among patients with catheters in major veins and in the bladder and eight other patient injuries, such as blood clots, bed sores and accidental falls.
Federal health officials urge anyone at substantial risk of HIV to start an expensive prescription drug regimen that can prevent infection. But that doesn't mean it qualifies for coverage without any cost sharing under the health law.
With a climate especially bad for asthmatics, Missouri has been a pioneer in fighting the disease.
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