Carla’s Recent Stories
Nation May 15
U.S. birth rate falls to 32-year lowA provisional report found there 3.788 million births last year, marking the fourth year the number of births has fallen.
Health Apr 02
FDA says it’s exploring CBD’s uses. Does it work — and is it legal?Products containing CBD are already in stores and sold online, so it's easy to believe there must be something special about the ingredient. But the claims are largely unproven and quality control standards don't exist.
Health Mar 05
A second person seems to be HIV-free after stem cell transplantThe transplant changed the London patient's immune system, giving him the donor's gene mutation and HIV resistance.
Nation Oct 23
U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level offThe number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it's too soon to declare victory.
Health Apr 24
Medicare doesn’t cover methadone treatment. Here’s how Congress may change thatFederal money is flowing to states to open new methadone clinics through the 21st Century Cures Act, but despite the nation's deepening opioid crisis, the Medicare drug program for the elderly covers methadone only when prescribed for pain.
Health Jul 20
Trump administration ends Affordable Care Act assistance contracts in 18 citiesCommunity groups say the move, announced to them by contractors last week, will make it even more difficult to enroll the uninsured and help people already covered re-enroll or shop for a new policy. That's already a concern because of…
Politics Jul 17
For young adults, the GOP health bill is a hard sellYoung adults worry that opening the door to bare-bones plans proposed by the latest iteration of the GOP health bill will make the more comprehensive coverage they know now too expensive or even unavailable.
Health Sep 08
Obama administration on track for 2015 health insurance sign-upsAbout 9.9 million people have signed up and paid for health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law, the administration said Tuesday, a slight dip from a previous count but on track toward the administration's year-end goal of 9.1…
Health Aug 11
Scientists say fetal tissue remains essential for vaccines and developing treatmentsBOSTON — The furor on Capitol Hill over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for decades to develop vaccines and seek…
Health Dec 30
Officials call health-care sign-ups ‘an encouraging start’The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law shows that more than 4 million people selected plans for the first time or re-enrolled in what the administration called "an encouraging start."…
