Five governors press Congress for fast bucks to secure Obamacare market in 2018
State leaders tell senators that federal dollars are needed this fall to keep insurers participating in Obamacare next year and prevent big hikes in premiums.
St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients
The vaccine research has sparked controversy because the lead investigator did not rely on traditional U.S. safety oversight while testing the vaccine.
Peter Thiel sponsors offshore testing of herpes vaccine, sidestepping U.S. safety rules
Defying U.S. safety protections for human trials, an American university and a group of wealthy libertarians, including a prominent Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel, are backing the offshore testing of an experimental herpes vaccine.
Opioid crisis strains foster care system; programs aim to keep kids with mom
One Kentucky program is eyed by other jurisdictions as a way to get addicted parents into recovery and help them care for their children at home.
When Heather Menzel arrived at the Bakersfield, California, bus station one day in February 2014, she hoped that the worst of her withdrawal was over and that a new life without heroin awaited.
Death rates for older adults with asthma are five times that of younger patients, according to a new review of asthma among seniors. And medical complications are more common.
What if, during these strange legislative times, the skinny repeal were passed by the Senate and then became law? States’ experiences with insurance market reforms and rollbacks highlight the possible trouble spots.
Because Medicaid covers a disproportionately high number of transgender people, the potential change could heap hardship on an already embattled population.
Many policy experts, lobbyists and senators seem skeptical that the Better Care Reconciliation Act could be saved, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has $200 billion to build a bridge to victory.
