Jun 28 Courts weigh in on generic drug delays By Megan Thompson In legal battles over drug patents, a brand-drug company will sometimes make a payment to a generic manufacturer that opponents allege is meant to delay the generic to market. Continue reading
Jun 26 Drink up — New York City’s soda ban is dead By Lorna Baldwin New York's highest court ruled Thursday not to reinstate a ban on big sodas. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch ‘Right to try’ law gives terminal patients access to drugs not approved by FDA By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 02 Doctors turn to artificial intelligence when they’re stumped By Daniela Hernandez, Kaiser Health News Tech titans like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple already have made huge investments in artificial intelligence to deliver tailored search results and build virtual personal assistants. That approach is starting to trickle down into health care too, thanks in part… Continue reading
May 29 Better medical information needed on youth sports concussions, Obama says By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is a lover of games played on hard courts, baseball diamonds and in 10-yard increments. His two daughters are active in sports and, like many parents with children on athletic teams, he worries about their… Continue reading
May 27 First lady responds to critics of school nutrition guidelines By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press First lady Michelle Obama is answering Republicans in Congress who want to roll back healthier school meal standards, holding an event at the White House to highlight the success of the health guidelines. The Tuesday event is an unusual move… Continue reading
May 26 Suspended animation human trials to begin for wounded patients By Justin Scuiletti The process, which is being called “emergency preservation and resuscitation,” replaces all of a patient’s blood with a cold saline solution in order to induce hypothermia and stop almost all cellular activity in the body. In the cooler body… Continue reading
May 20 Americans favor tax breaks to encourage savings for long term care By Patti Parson For the second year in a row, the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs conducted a survey of attitudes towards long-term care among those over age 40. The survey, funded by a grant from The SCAN Foundation which is also… Continue reading
May 19 House Republicans propose letting schools opt out of healthy lunch programs By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A GOP spending bill for agriculture and food programs released Monday would allow schools to apply for waivers if they have a net loss on school food programs for six months in a row. Continue reading
May 19 Can health insurers raise rates on e-cigarette users? By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News Under the health law, insurers who sell plans on the individual market can take into account only four factors when determining someone’s premium: age, geographic location, family size and tobacco use. People who use tobacco can be charged up… Continue reading