Feature
Feature
Universal health care hearing: GOP hears what it wants to
One Republican chides colleagues for not focusing on technology.
Latest News
Survey puts a price on health improvement
Forty percent of Americans say that they need a financial incentive to exercise.
Feature
FDA overlooked red flags in esketamine testing
Though esketamine was greeted with public applause, some deep misgivings were expressed during its advisory committee meeting and in the FDA...
Feature
Judge bars contraceptive mandate from being enforced
Texas court ruled the ACA requirement violates religious freedoms.
Feature
Preprints come to medicine: medRxiv launches with safeguards
The new repository of preprints in medicine is intended for researcher-to-researcher communication before publication in peer-reviewed journals....
Feature
CMS seeks answers on prior authorization, other hassles to eliminate
Agency asks health care professionals how to reduce burdens including prior authorization, coding, documentation, and more.
Latest News
A large employer ‘frames’ the Medicare-for-all debate
“This bill removes an albatross from the neck of American business, puts more money in consumer products, and will boost our economy,” one CEO...
Feature
Opioid prescriptions declined 33% over 5 years
The number of opioid prescriptions decreased 33% nationally from 2013 to 2018, according to the new report from the American Medical Association...
News
CDC creates interactive education module to improve RMSF recognition
Treatment should be within the first 5 days of illness to prevent disability and death.
Feature
Louisiana House passes 6-week abortion ban
The legislation, which does not include an exception for rape or incest cases, does allow exceptions if the woman’s life is in danger, if the...
Latest News
What closing Missouri’s last abortion clinic will mean for neighboring states
Providers in Kansas and Illinois say this influx from Missouri isn’t new. About half of their clinics already come from the Show Me State.