Jul 17 Sunscreen is banned from many schools. State legislators are working to change that. By Martha T. Moore, Stateline Read how legislators in some states are working to make it easier for kids to use sunscreen at school. Continue reading
Jul 17 For young adults, the GOP health bill is a hard sell By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Young 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. Continue reading
Jul 16 The Trump administration says a new plan will cut drug prices. It's not that simple By Erin Mershon, STAT When the Trump administration unveiled a new Medicare proposal this week to cut payments to hospitals as part of a drug reimbursement program, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price called the plan a “significant step toward fulfilling President Trump’s… Continue reading
Jul 15 'Are you saying I'm dying?' Training doctors to speak frankly about death By Max Blau, STAT Doctors have a tough time being frank with patients who are dying. So they're stepping into simulators to practice telling patients the unvarnished truth. Continue reading
Jul 15 Major insurance groups call part of health bill 'unworkable' By Alan Fram, Associated Press Two of the insurance industry's most powerful organizations say a crucial provision in the Senate Republican health care bill allowing the sale of bare-bones policies is "unworkable in any form."… Continue reading
Jul 14 Transgender health care targeted in crusade to undo ACA By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Because Medicaid covers a disproportionately high number of transgender people, the potential change could heap hardship on an already embattled population. Continue reading
Jul 13 CRISPR used to store images and a movie inside living bacteria By Hyacinth Empinado, STAT Forget iTunes or your old zipper case of DVDs. How about storing movies in a Petri dish of E. coli? All you need is some genetic engineering with CRISPR. Continue reading
Jul 13 U.S. charges hundreds of people in health fraud schemes worth $1.3 billion By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the charges Thursday. Officials say those charged include more than 120 people involved in prescribing and distributing narcotics. Continue reading
Jul 12 These stairs recycle your energy so they're easier to climb By Roni Dengler Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have built energy-recycling stairs that store a user’s energy during descent and return energy to the user during ascent. Continue reading
Jul 12 How Medicaid cuts could worsen health services in rural areas By Virginia Anderson, Kaiser Health News Patient advocates say Republican bills to replace the federal health law would worsen rural areas’ financial straits through reductions in Medicaid funding. Such changes threaten the health of thousands of state residents, especially those in rural areas. Continue reading