Health

Louvre Museum removes Sackler name after opioid protests

By Associated Press

At the Louvre's Oriental Antiquities gallery, tape is covering multiple placards bearing the name that has long been associated with arts patronage around the world.

Lead paint suppliers to pay $305 million to settle California lawsuit

By Don Thompson, Associated Press

An appeals court in 2017 affirmed that lead paint is a public nuisance but ruled that the companies only would have to pay for cleaning up homes built before 1951, leading to the settlement.

Sanders defends ‘Medicare for All’ after criticism by Biden

By Juana Summers, Associated Press

The Vermont senator's speech came as the fight over how to best provide health care for Americans has become an animating focus of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Number of U.S. overdose deaths appears to be falling

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Overdose deaths had been climbing each year since 1990, topping 70,000 in 2017.

Federal data shows opioid shipments ballooned as crisis grew

By Mark Gillispie, Associated Press

Federal data shows that companies distributed 8.4 billion hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to commercial pharmacies in 2006 and 12.6 billion in 2012.

Do gun safety laws decrease child deaths?

By Laura Santhanam

A new study says states with universal background checks report fewer children’s deaths due to gun incidents. However, more data is needed to understand the relationship, the study maintains.

This genetic brain disorder turned Woody Guthrie’s life from songs to suffering

By Dr. Howard Markel

Huntington's disease -- which Guthrie inherited from his mother -- can lead to serious mood disorders, uncoordinated and involuntary body movements, balance problems, psychotic breaks, dementia and death.

Is CBD legal? Here’s what you need to know, according to science

By Nsikan Akpan, Jamie Leventhal

If you buy or sell CBD, you could be breaking the law. These science lessons can explain why.

The Trump administration’s move to shelve a plan aimed at lowering drug prices, explained

By Laura Santhanam

This week, the Trump administration reversed its position on reforming the drug rebate system. Analysts and advocates say there may be better approaches to lower out-of-pocket costs.

Trump’s plan to combat kidney disease aims to save money and lives. Can it?

By Gretchen Frazee

Approximately 468,000 Americans are on dialysis, according to the National Institutes of Health, and Medicare spending on dialysis accounts for nearly 1 percent of the federal budget.