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With Scott Gottlieb making his exit from the Food and Drug Administrationās top spot, city and country health officials call for backup in the fight to curb teen use of e-cigarettes.
Research shows that going home after elective hip and knee replacements is a safe alternative for many patients.
Executive editor Damon Darlin takes a spin as host of āThe Friday Breeze,ā whirling through a week of health care news so you donāt have to.
Once a tiny specialty that drew mostly psychiatrists, addiction medicine is expanding its accredited training to include primary care residents and "social justice warriors" who see it as a calling.
Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss the efforts to curb āsurpriseā medical bills to patients who inadvertently get out-of-network care; a look at where the 2020 presidential candidates stand on health; and the Trump administrationās efforts to end HIV in the U.S. Also, Rovner interviews Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who is leaving his job in early April.
Overdose deaths involving fentanyl are soaring, says a new study from the CDC.
The renewed squabble over vaccinations obscures a large group of parents who arenāt anti-vaxxers but spread out their childrenās vaccines at a more gradual pace than doctors recommend. Pediatricians warn that could leave small children vulnerable to disease.
How "noncompete" clauses in contracts between doctors and hospitals or clinics prevent patients from seeing their longtime doctors.
The U.S. government claimed that ditching paper medical charts for electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the digital revolution has gone awry.
The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years and $36 billion later, the system is an unholy mess. Inside a digital revolution that took a bad turn.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donāt have to.
Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Alice Ollstein of Politico and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss the suggested cuts to health programs in President Donald Trumpās budget proposal, the latest on lawsuits challenging work requirements for Medicaid enrollees and the FDAās crackdown on e-cigarettes. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week.
Inspectors are citing nursing facilities for violating health and safety more often than during the Obama administration. But the average fine is nearly a third lower than it was before President Donald Trump took office.
New research shows that older adults want close relationships with the people they care about and meaningful social roles.
The budget would increase funding for efforts like the state-centered initiatives run by the Centers for Disease Control and the Ryan White Program, which offers services and treatment to patients. But it would also dramatically cut funding for global HIV efforts.
Outbreaks of infectious diseases such as typhus and hepatitis A are resurging in California and around the country, particularly among homeless populations. Public health officials warn that such diseases could spread broadly.
Eli Lilly released a half-price generic version of its own short-acting insulin. At $137.35 per vial, the generic insulin is priced at about the same level as Humalog was in 2012.
Details of the reductions have not yet been announced, but in 2017 Congress ordered mandated changes to make the military health system more efficient.
More than 275 people ā mostly in Orthodox Jewish communities ā have been infected since the disease began spreading in October. Thatās about half of the confirmed cases in 11 states that were reported nationwide by the federal officials since January 2018.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donāt have to.
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