Feb 16 Broad Institute wins heated dispute over CRISPR patents By Sharon Begley, STAT The U.S. patent office ruled on Wednesday that hotly disputed patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 belong to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, dealing a blow to the University of California. Continue reading
Feb 15 Another West Virginia town sues drug wholesalers By Jessica Yarvin and Associated Press A southern West Virginia town in the state’s poorest county has joined other communities in seeking to recoup the costs of dealing with opioid abuse. Continue reading
Feb 15 Trump administration ushers in changes to Obama health law By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Tom Murphy, Associated Press The moves announced separately by the Health and Human Services Department and the IRS don't amount to sweeping changes to the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Feb 15 Doctors bill Medicare for end-of-life advice as ‘death panel’ fears reemerge By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Federal program paid $16 million in first six months of 2016 to counsel 223,000 patients about treatment preferences in their last days. Continue reading
Feb 13 California reports thousands of workers exposed to elevated lead levels By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News The report comes as the state’s workplace health and safety agency, Cal/OSHA, is considering a major update of safety standards for workplace lead exposure for the first time in decades. Continue reading
Feb 13 GOP must decide what to do with health law taxes By Alan Fram, Associated Press The Congressional Budget Office says the government would lose $1.1 trillion in revenue over 10 years if the law's taxes are eliminated. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 25:01 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 12, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition, for Sunday, Feb. 12, North Korea fires a ballistic missile in defiance of the international community and President Donald Trump mulls next steps for his immigration ban that was blocked by federal courts. Later, hear from people… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch Cohousing communities help prevent social isolation By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman Groups in Denmark and the U.S. are choosing to live in intentionally intergenerational communities, which emerged to strengthen social ties between aging seniors and their younger counterparts who are balancing work and family. People living in them say the model… Continue watching
Feb 12 What made the ACA succeed in some states? Hint: it’s not politics By Stephanie O'Neill, Kaiser Health News A study out Thursday tries to set aside the politics to examine how the insurance markets function and what makes or breaks them in five specific states. Continue reading
Feb 11 Abortion rights activists counter anti-abortion rallies By Michael D. Regan Anti-abortion protesters gathered Saturday at Planned Parenthood clinics to urge the government to remove federal funding from the health services provider. Continue reading